After losing to the Blazers by a big score, the Lakers' record was 5-5, and they were kicked out of the top eight in the West, and in the morning NBA's official battle list, the Lakers have fallen to the 17th place in the league. Obviously for the Lakers, the crisis is really coming, us media Athletic reporter Bill Oram quoted a post by the Lakers' former chief trainer Tim DiFrancesco, saying that James's rectus strain may leave him out for 1-2 months.
In addition, Davis played a section against the Blazers and withdrew from the game, and the thick eyebrows have already highlighted the glass attribute in the past two seasons, coupled with the fact that Nunn and Tucker are still injured. It can be said that the Lakers seem to be on the same path as F4 in 2012. Moreover, after James' absence, it is obviously difficult for Wei Shao to lead the team to win, which is contrary to the Lakers' vision at the beginning of the season, the Lakers want to revive, and trading Wei Shao is a must-do thing. However, With a large contract of more than 40 million yuan, which team in the league is willing to take over?
The US media "nbaanalysis" recently wrote an article suggesting that the Lone Ranger and the Lakers make a 4-for-3 transaction, the specific transaction plan is: the Lone Ranger sent Porzingkis, Dwight Powell, Trey Burke and the first round of 2021 picks, the Lakers sent Westbrook, Horton Tucker, Jordan Jr. So can this deal get the Lakers out of the water and fire? What impact will it have on both teams if reached?
First of all, for the Lone Ranger, sending away the inside Potin in exchange for Jordan Jr.'s impact on the books is not large, this season Potzin did not live up to the grand ambitions of the offseason, shooting rate fell to 35.7%, 3-point shooting rate fell to 20%, although averaging 14.8 points and 6.2 rebounds per game, obviously Porzingkis is too inefficient. However, against the Celtics, Bozin picked up, scoring 21 points. Now that the Lone Rangers are third in the West with Doncic's strong play record, they want to go further in the playoffs and obviously need to add another point of possession.
As we all know, Doncic can always play MVP data in the regular season, but it is difficult for the Lone Ranger to go further in the playoffs, the biggest reason is that the playoff opponent will carry out an unprecedented bag strategy for Doncic, resulting in a reduction in Doncic's efficiency, other players are difficult to stand up, Westbrook has the ability to hold the ball and the ability to organize in tandem, so that Doncic can play a deterrent on the no-ball end. Tucker is also a defender who is good at attacking the interior and can act as a stand-in for Doncic, buying him valuable rest time and storing his body to play a role in the decisive moment. Jordan Jr. has played in the Lone Ranger before, and it is not difficult to play a tacit cooperation with Doncic. On the whole, the Lone Ranger is a slightly more dominant party in this deal.
However, this deal is not friendly to the Lakers, the Lakers are not short of people on the inside line, even if Pelinka considers the patience of thick eyebrows, but Bozin is also a big man with glass attributes, and what the Lakers lack is an efficient guard who can organize and attack with the ball. In addition, the other two players given by the Lone Ranger, Powell and Burke, do not play a big role, not only is it difficult to reverse the current decline of the Lakers, but also cut off the Lakers' back road, at least for the time being, the Lakers maintain a glimmer of expectations for Westbrook to return to the peak. A first-round pick may be slightly worth a bit, and the Lakers can also exchange it for a slightly more capable player.
However, on the whole, this is a transaction plan that may lose both, and it is obvious that this trick trading plan proposed by the US media will spoil the Lakers. For the Lakers, it is difficult to toss and turn, before the US media proposed that Irving and Wei Shao exchange, obviously Boss Cai would rather hide Owen in the snow, and will not send charcoal for the Lakers; the possibility of Westbrook replacing Simmons is not very likely; at present, the league can accept Westbrook's team is really very few, unless the Lakers are sad to use Westbrook + draft picks to find rockets for Wall, after all, Westbrook and Wall have similar contracts, and they are all in contract next year. However, it is also wise for the Rockets to recover the draft pick in this deal, and Wall still has the level of a star player in scoring at least.
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