Are there any benefits for those team who didn't really shuffle their line ups? Like, there are no changes in their line up from the previous season.
For what my point of view is, since they don't have new teammates, their play will still remain as is since they are the same line up for their previous games.
Opposite that is when a particular team has really shuffled their line ups, like trade here, trade there, their playstyle will likely make some different, right?
There is always a team who aren't participating in a big market during free agency for several reasons - but they do trade players:
- Reserving a space cap for a possible targeting a big fish soon that will hit the free agency
- Changed of a plan because of
A and
B got
here and
there- Not enhancing nor improving the lineup for better position for NBA draft pick
- Chemistry - trusting the process with the same lineup -
But you know some of these teams actually shuffling their players at all especially when modifying the bench. There are lots of players in the league and why we only hear a few trades and just involving the big names? At most of the cases, minor trades especially involving an
"infamous" players don't get much media attention and publicity so some people ended up thinking that other teams are not participating in trades.
I think we can use the GSW team here as a good example. They have not really changed their core team that much prior to winning their first championship and before the addition of Durant.
Back when Steph Curry is the only part of their current solid core team now, there are lots of changes in Golden State Warriors main lineup or should I say the entire lineup as part of the long rebuilding process. They struggle year by year so they do several trades and somehow able to pick a good choice in NBA draft. They drafted Thompson, Green and considered not trading them for some reasons but other players of their main lineup were traded along the way until they form a championship contender lineup.
So generally, the time they are not truly changed their entire core player is
"after" they won a championship and not prior. Kevin Durant is the only addition to their core lineup from there.