A list of the five major stars who may be traded in the offseason, Holiday is on the list, Antetokounmpo and KD lead

Although there is still some time before the end of this season, for the management of each team, they must look longer, so they must sort out the general ideas for the offseason in advance. Whether to continue to maintain the existing lineup or strengthen it through trading and other methods is a choice that the management needs to make in advance. At the same time, even the stars who are still in the contract period have the ability to decide their future. As long as they apply to leave the team, even if the team has no idea of ​​a deal, they can only send him away in the end. According to the current situation, this year's offseason will undoubtedly be very lively. Like the five major stars we will take stock of next, they may be traded this summer. Let's take a look at who these players are and their potential next players!

5. Holiday

As a great contributor to help the Celtics win the championship last year, Holiday is a very important part of the team's defensive system. His shooting on the offensive end is not very accurate, but if you want to empty him, he can really score four or five three-pointers in one game, which forces you to pay attention to him. But Holiday is old after all. At the age of 34 this season, he can only start the "skipping" mode in the regular season. On the court, he basically doesn't take action without taking action. This attitude hurts the team's offense more than simple inaccuracy.

And Holiday's attendance rate is also very average. He played 2 games in the first round of the playoffs this year. In this case, other core members can only bear more pressure to play on the court. At the same time, Holiday also received an annual salary of more than 30 million yuan, and his contract will not expire until 2028 in the future, which is obviously unacceptable for the Celtics.

So quickly trading Holiday in the offseason to get out of the trap is the best choice for the Celtics. It is true that players of his type are not easy to find a substitute, but as he gets older, his decline speed is completely uncontrollable. If he plays again next year and still paddles on the court, it would be too luxurious for the Celtics, whose luxury tax is about to soar, to continue to spend more than 30 million to support him.

4. Green

Before this year's playoffs, there were always people in Rockets fans discussing who is better for building the team. Even though Shin Kyoto was selected as the All-Star this season, some people are saying that his playing style is not high in this era. If you want to go further in the playoffs, you have to look at Green. To a certain extent, this statement is not unreasonable. Green can play a stable All-Star level, and his influence on offense is indeed above Shin Kyung, but the problem is that he cannot be stable. He once again confirmed this in the playoffs this year.

Green's best performing G2 scored 38 points in the entire series, and the team did win that game with his performance. But the problem is that Green played this game well, G1 scored 7 points in the whole game, G3 scored 9 points in the whole game, and G4 scored 8 points in the whole game. Such performance obviously cannot support the team's upper limit, and it is even a drag on the court.

This is not because of the lack of experience caused by Green's first playoffs. Such shortcomings have been obvious in the past few years in the regular season. When the three-pointers feel good, he does score very quickly, but the number of games he is not accurate is far more accurate. In this case, if the Rockets want to achieve results in a short period of time, there is no reason to keep him.

3. Morant

3 years ago, Morant was still a hot potential star in the league. At that time, the league also intended to support him, but Morant himself was not good at it and frequently caused trouble for himself off the court, which led to the league's suspension many times, which also made the NBA gradually lose his favorable impression of him. In addition, Morant has not been able to completely get rid of the injury in recent years. He only played 50 games in the regular season this season, and finally announced the end of the season in the playoffs due to a defense from Dort.

Although Morant is still only 25 years old, his playing style and attendance rate are no longer suitable for being the boss of the team. It is unrealistic for the Grizzlies to make a breakthrough in the playoffs with him as the core of the team building. As early as the regular season, some media broke the rumors that the Grizzlies were interested in trading Morant. As they were eliminated in the first round again, even if it was fake news before, the Grizzlies now have a high probability of really considering the feasibility of this idea.

In addition, the future of other players in the Grizzlies is not "safe". Bain's contract premium is difficult to deal with. For Jalen Jackson Jr., his shortcomings are obvious and the contract year will soon be ushered in. It is also very troublesome to renew the contract at what price the Grizzlies will have. If the team thinks that the upper limit of this lineup is like this, they are very likely to send all these cores away and start rebuilding.

2.Durant

Since Durant chose to join the Nets, his "luck" seems to have gone downhill. The 2021 playoffs was originally the year with the most chance to win the championship, but in the end he lost due to the injury of his teammates. After joining the Suns in 2023, his playoff teammate Paul was injured again. The offseason team traded Bill, but his chemistry with Booker and Durant was basically 0, and the salary of the Big Three also caused the Suns to have basically no room for reinforcement. Therefore, their performance has been declining over the years, and they have not even entered the playoffs this year.

The Suns had already made a decision on the transaction this season, but Bill, who held the veto power of the transaction, was unwilling to leave. Later, he forced the Sun to put Durant on the transaction shelves, and the latter was almost sent to the Warriors, but unfortunately he himself stood up and called the deal to stop. However, now Durant's relationship with the Suns has cracked, and it is obviously impossible to win the championship if he continues to stay here, so submitting a transaction application in the offseason is his best choice.

At present, in Durant's potential next home, the Rockets are generally considered the most likely candidate. They have neither shortage of young players nor draft picks. If the Suns want to rebuild and the Rockets' attitude towards Durant is inevitable, then not many teams can match the Rockets' chips.

1. Antetokounmpo

After the Bucks lost to the Pacers 1-4 this year, this is their third consecutive year to be eliminated in the first round. For their star Antetokounmpo, he was injured in some games during this period and could not play, all the games he could play were already given, especially this year's playoffs Antetokounmpo averaged 33 points, 15.4 rebounds, 6.6 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, but the team still only won 1 game. During this period, even Antetokounmpo G5 scored 30+20+13 and finally failed to escape the finale of being killed by the opponent.

Considering that Antetokounmpo is already 30 years old, coupled with his playing style, his peak will definitely not last too long. As a star, his window for championship competition is quickly closed. Antetokounmpo has stated more than once before that he doesn't care where to play, and winning is his only goal, so naturally, the possibility of him applying for a trade cannot be ruled out during the offseason. For players of Antetokounmpo's level, as long as he applies for a transaction, other teams will come back to inquire, but in order to compete for the championship, he will definitely have to go to a strong team, at least at the playoff level, otherwise it will be meaningless for him to apply for a transaction.