15 wins, 12 losses! The two-game winning Lakers are sixth in the West, this position is very embarrassing, far from the favorite to win the championship, the team has also been hindered, Howard and Munch have triggered the league health and safety agreement, and then the Lakers officially confirmed the news. As a result, coupled with Tucker, who triggered the safety agreement before, the Lakers already have 3 players who will be quarantined and unable to play, and they will miss the Lakers' game against the Lone Rangers on December 16.
As Ariza and Nan continue to recuperate, the thick eyebrow injury is stopped, and the residual team of Tucker and the Lakers who are absent is undoubtedly facing a severe test, the record may continue to decline. In such a situation, Wei Shao was discussed by the Lakers internally about the transaction is indeed a little chilly, but this is also inevitable, for the Lakers, because the combination of James, Thick Eyebrows and Wei Shao did not meet the Expectations of the Lakers, It is also reasonable for Wei Shao to fall into trading rumors.
According to the famous Evan Massey report, the Lakers are not only discussing the deal with Wei Shao internally, they have made preliminary negotiations with two teams on the potential deal of Wei Shao, although there is no major substantive progress at present, but it is not excluded that the Lakers will continue to negotiate, after all, the idea of sending Wei Shao is real, the fact is in front of them, the Lakers want to go further away from the championship, may only have to change.
Us media Basketball Forever listed a three-way trade plan involving multiple players, the specific trade plan is as follows: the Lakers sent Westbrook and Tucker Jr. to the Pelicans to get the Blazers' star Lillard; the Blazers got Ingram, Graham, Satoransky and the 2023 first-round draft picks; the Pelicans got Westbrook, Horton Tucker, Little and the 2027 first-round picks.
The most important thing about this three-way deal is naturally Ingram, Lillard and Wei Shao's swap owner, Wei Shao and Lillard's swap is even more interesting, Lillard's Blazers have been poor, and Lillard will be more suitable for the Lakers, at least more selective than Wei Shao.
There is no substantive progress in the negotiations, and there are many problems in front of the Lakers, and the large contract of $91 million for two years is the most critical. In the current situation, there is little hope of sending away Wei Shao and his two-year big contract, the Lakers' current personnel situation wants to make too much adjustment, and the small Tucker involved in the transaction does have the possibility of such a transaction, of course, this three-party transaction is only a reference, and the specific will continue to wait.
In other words, Wei Shao's trade is just a discussion, the real want to trade is not so simple, this season so far Wei Shao represented the Lakers average 36 minutes per game, can get 19.5 points, 7.7 rebounds, 8.4 assists, 4.6 turnovers, 1.2 steals and 0.2 blocks, shooting 45.1%, the data is not bright, but it has improved a lot from the beginning of the game! What do you think about the Westbrook deal?