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A few days ago, the Warriors, Trail Blazers, Eagles, and Pistons launched a four-party deal, mainly for the return of championship guard Gary Payton II. However, because GPII did not pass the Warriors medical examination, the deal was delayed for a while before it came true. The Warriors complained to the NBA authorities that the Blazers may have misled the status of GPII, and the league has begun an investigation.
In the end, after considering the financial point of view (trading James Wiseman can save a lot of luxury tax) and combat power point of view (the GPII that can play makes an outstanding contribution), the Warriors decided to swallow the deal.
This is not the first time that a player has failed a physical examination in the league, and it probably won’t be the last. In addition to discussing whether the league will punish the Trail Blazers and the ups and downs of each team’s combat power after the trade, let’s review the three trades that failed the medical examination!
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1. In 2016, the Rockets and Pistons traded Donatas Motiejunas Motiejunas is the main center from Lithuania. He is a tall man with shooting ability and has a certain offensive power inside and outside. He was 25 years old when he was traded. Unfortunately, he failed the physical examination due to his long-standing back injury, and finally stayed with the Rockets (Pistons Rockets trade changes, D-Mo temporarily unable to play)。
However, after returning to the Rockets, Motiejunas got a lot of playing time. From the end of February to the end of the season, he became the Rockets’ starter, playing about 16 minutes per game. In the first round of the playoffs, the Rockets played against the Golden State Warriors. Motiejunas played in five games, one of which had a Double Ten performance. Maybe there is a real back injury, but it seems to have limited impact.
Motiejunas, who became a restricted free agent in the summer of 2016, was favored by the Nets and got a four-year contract with heavy thresholds. Later, it was reported that he refused to go to the Rockets for a physical examination and report, becoming the first restricted free agent in NBA history to refuse to return to his home team after being retained by a price comparison. The two sides stalemate until the start of the new season. He didn’t play for the Rockets at all and was abandoned. He picked up some playing opportunities in the Pelicans for the rest of the season. However, no other NBA team signed him after the season, and he began to become a wandering wanderer .
He played in China’s CBA for several years, and got the chance to return to the NBA to play for the Spurs, proving that he still has the strength to fight in the NBA. But then China’s offer is much better than the NBA’s. He chose to leave the United States and continue to spend money in Asia to make money until he returns to the European Ligue 1 to play in 2021.
Last season, the Pistons and Nuggets traded Bol Bol and finally canceled because of the medical examination. Hearing this news, Motiejunas spoke on Twitter:
I also failed the physical examination in the past, and was told by the Pistons team doctor that I could never play basketball again. Now 6 years later, I am still fighting on the court, and I plan to play for many more years.
What they do is destroying the reputation and future development of young players. I have been treated in a different light after what happened.
As Motiejunas said, this kind of reputation for failing the physical examination is extremely harmful to players. Maybe the authorities should step in and investigate?
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2. Pistons and Nuggets trade Bol Bol in 2022. The protagonist of this deal is the Pistons team doctor, and the target is center Bol Bol, who has played well in the Magic this season.Last year my younger brother wrote an articleThe disappearing unicorn in “Fengling Essay”? Bol Bol leaves Nuggets for PistonsCommenting on this deal, I never expected that Bol Bol would be able to play like this this season.
Bol, who has been suffering from injuries since college, is rarely able to play this season. The total number of games played has exceeded 50, and the total game time has exceeded 1200 minutes, which is more than the sum of the past few years. He only played 268 minutes in 9 games in college, and only played 328 minutes in 53 games for the Nuggets in the previous three years. This season’s attendance frequency seems to be reborn.
Tall and capable of shooting, and capable of dribbling and attacking himself, Bol has been expected to be the next unicorn. This season, he scored 10.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.4 hot pots, and made 33% of his three-pointers. It seems that there is such a thing. However, looking closely at the performance on the field, Bol can be said to play with talent, and his attack choices are extremely unreasonable in many cases. The defense is even more of a mess. In addition to the lack of confrontation and the high center of gravity of the movement, the rotation of the defense and the defensive position are all messed up.
It can only be said that basketball is really a gifted sport. In the past few years, it has been almost impossible to play like this. It is really not easy for Bol. Having said that, the two trades that the Pistons failed to pass the physical examination, the sufferers continued to play in the end and did not perform badly. Should such a medical team review it?
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3. In 2009, the Hornets and the Thunder traded Tyson Chandler. The Hornets, who were still in New Orleans, completed a deal with the Thunder. The 7-1 main battle center Tyson Chandler was exchanged for forwards Joe Smith, Chris Wilcox, and the right to sign center DeVon Hardin.
As a result, the Thunder team doctor found that Chandler had injured his left thumb. In the end, the deal fell through, and the Hornets can be said to have escaped. Among the chips that the Thunder took out, DeVon Hardin never played a game in the NBA, former No. 1 pick Joe Smith played two more seasons before retiring, Chris Wilcox was slightly better and played three seasons, but never scored more than double digits.
But the Hornets don’t laugh too early, they traded Chandler to the Bobcats in the summer vacation, in exchange for the Bobcats’ main center Emeka Okafor. Okafor is not bad, and his performance in the Hornets can be said to be quite satisfactory. He is much better than Chandler in terms of attack alone, but there is a huge gap between the two in terms of achievements and encounters.
Chandler was traded to the Mavericks after a season with the Bobcats. In the 2010-11 season, he was the mainstay of the Mavericks penalty area. He became the best guard with a knife for the ace Dirk Nowitzki and helped the Mavericks win the only championship in team history so far. In the first round, they defended the Trail Blazers star center forward LaMarcus Aldridge. In the second round, they fought against the defending Lakers’ three towers in the restricted area. Chandler sits in the penalty area and effectively protects the frame and rebounds. Although the statistics are inconspicuous, no one can replace him.
After the end of the season, the Mavericks sent Chandler to the Knicks. After that, he was successfully selected to the All-Star Game and won the best defensive player award. He played all the way until he was 37 years old before hanging up his sneakers. In comparison, Okafor’s performance was not bad, but after the age of 30, he faded out of the court due to a neck injury, and disappeared shortly after he was 35.
Motiejunas, who has been suffering from injuries throughout his career, even though his NBA career was not going well, he played all the way until he was almost 33 years old and was still running on the court. In the past, only in the CBA period was he used as the main player to play a lot of playing time. Whether in the NBA or Ligue 1, he was mainly a role player, and his playing time was not too high. This track may help him continue more or less. player career.
However, as Motiejunas said, once a player is forced to cancel the deal because of a medical examination, it is tantamount to labeling him as vulnerable to injury, which is very detrimental to the next contract. Fortunately, Chandler did not have much impact after being cancelled. He still has a long and rich career and has received many honors. Now it seems that Bol should temporarily escape the unemployment crisis, depending on how far his body can support.
Sai Weng won the horse, so he knew it was not a disaster. Sometimes the cancellation of the trade is not necessarily a bad thing for the players. At least I personally think that Bol will not have a chance to play like a magic player when he arrives in the Pistons.
Another lesson for NBA front office might be not to make deals at the last minute of the deadline. When Isaiah Thomas was traded from the Boston Celtics to the Cleveland Cavaliers, one of the protagonists, Isaiah Thomas, had a hip injury that was worse than expected and failed the physical examination. Because there is no trading limit in the off-season, the Cavaliers took an extra second-round pick from Celtic as compensation. However, the Warriors cannot ask for compensation because the time limit has passed in this case. They can only swallow or reject the transaction. Even if it is finally investigated that the Blazers did deliberately hide, but it should be fined or deprived of the draft pick, the Warriors will not get more compensation.
If you want to trade, don’t rush at the last minute, and I would rather those players whose trades were canceled would not be labeled!
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