On December 12, Beijing time, after yesterday's big victory over the Thunder, the Los Angeles Lakers seem to be not satisfied with the status quo. According to Pacers reporter Scott Agness, there have been talks between the Lakers and the Pacers about the Miles-Turner deal. For many Lakers fans, the good news is that the Lakers management seems to have finally begun to act, intending to make the next step of reinforcement of the team, the bad news is that Turner is now very sought-after, according to the media, the block maniac has also received attention from other teams besides the Lakers, of which the Knicks, Clippers, Hornets and Pelicans will become competitors of the Lakers.
So far this season, Turner has averaged 36 games per game, can get 13.1 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.7 blocks, and Turner's three-point shooting rate this season is as high as 39.8%, averaging 1.9 three-pointers per game, is a real inner protective frame, external bombing, the Lakers want to get him is really not easy. But the problem now is that the Lakers really need to reinforce the interior line.
The Lakers will face the Magic tomorrow, in today's official release of the injury list, thick eyebrows because of knee soreness and doubts, there is no further news that the knee injury of the thick eyebrows is very serious, but he is very likely to miss two games in a row, and this also sounded a wake-up call for the Lakers, that is, to insist on letting the thick eyebrows play center, to his consumption is too large, and may even bring serious injuries, once the thick eyebrows fall, the Lakers really have no hope this season.
The problem is that now the Lakers in addition to the thick eyebrows, they do not really have to fully trust the center, Jordan Jr. offensive and defensive efficiency is too poor, playing a few minutes more per game is more harmful than beneficial to the team, Howard although diligent, but only rely on him and thick eyebrows to support the Lakers' inner line, obviously far from enough, whether the Lakers can get Turner, they should find a way to introduce another inside line, but unfortunately, there seems to be no good center in the market at present.
At this time, many fans began to regret that the Lakers did not sign Whiteside in the offseason, in today's Jazz's game to beat the Wizards, the white side of the bench played 19 minutes, 9 shots 8 of 18 points, 14 rebounds and 4 blocks, on the inside line can be said to be overturned. It is worth mentioning that in the last 2 games, the white side has a total of 32 points, 24 rebounds and 6 blocks, the efficiency is quite terrifying, in the eyes of many fans, the white side of these two games is completely a low-end version of Gobert, especially when he and the Gobert Warriors are on the field, the defensive oppression is really terrible.
Try to think about it, if the Lakers had a big white edge, how terrifying would their internal strength be? The combination of the white edge and the thick eyebrow may even be more powerful than the combination of Gobert and the white edge, after all, compared with Gobert, the thick eyebrow has a better offense, which can become an internal nightmare for other teams if it is used well.
In fact, in the offseason, the white side at that time was once unsought-after, many fans and media believed that the Lakers should sign him, after all, the white side is actually only 32 years old, 2 meters 13 height and 119 kg weight, is really a very perfect center candidate, considering that the Jazz finally only signed him with a 1 year 2.4 million basic salary, the Lakers really have a complete chance to get the white edge. But in the end, the Lakers missed him, so far in the season, the white side averaged 15.5 minutes per game, can get 7.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.4 blocks, if he is there, the Lakers do not have to worry about Jordan Jr.