At present, there are 7 teams in the NBA with a winning rate of more than 60%, with LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook's Lakers, their current winning rate is only about 50%, compared to the expectations at the beginning of the season, the current Lakers will undoubtedly be disappointed, and the performance is not good, naturally they will have trading rumors, trades may not necessarily make the team better, but the trade rumors can indeed bring great imagination space, watching the Lakers struggling, This is the pleasure of infinite YY.
Recently, there have been some rumors on the Lakers, such as trading Ben - Simmons, Grant, Lillard, etc., can be exchanged for any one who seems to be a good choice for the Lakers, but the rumors may not necessarily become a reality in the end, on December 24, Beijing time, the US media "Lakeshowlife" made an analysis, they said that the Lakers' recent trading rumors are not realistic, and they listed 3 reasons, the rumors are ultimately just rumors? The top 3 reasons listed by the US media may convince you?
1. Trading Simmons is not possible
The Lakers want Ben Simmons naturally for a reason, Simmons' defense, organization, and ball quotient are all top, in addition to projecting him is actually a very comprehensive star, if you can replace Westbrook with Simmons, this is not only beneficial to the Lakers at the moment, Simmons even hopes to become the cornerstone of the Lakers, but the transaction is not a one-sided thing, the 76ers need Westbrook? What does such a deal mean for the 76ers?
Simmons' performance on the 76ers has proven that the organizers who lack the ability to project are not suitable to play next to Joel Embiid, and it is obviously not a change to replace Simmons with Westbrook, more importantly, Simmons is still young, Westbrook is 33 years old and has an annual salary of 44.21 million, plus the Lakers do not have too many first-round signings, it is difficult for them to pry this deal, and it is unrealistic for Westbrook to replace Simmons.
2. Tucker may not be as valuable as you think
Taren Horton Tucker is very good, that was last season, because at that time his annual salary was only $1.52 million, as long as it exceeded the basic salary player level, it looked very good, but so far this season he averaged less than 40% per game, three-point shooting is a mess, he got a 3-year contract of 30.78 million US dollars, this season his annual salary of 9.5 million US dollars, from low salary and high energy to high salary and low energy, this is a fact that many fans do not recognize, or everyone's impression of him is still stuck in the 20-21 season ...
Last season at the age of 20, this season at 21, Tucker is still very young, but there are really many young players in the NBA, Kyle Kuzma has a high value period is the period when he holds a rookie contract, when he gets a new contract, you should use the standard of the new contract to look at his value, overestimate the value of Tucker, this is a very embarrassing thing, some rotten and no potential stocks of the team may be willing to gamble with the old future, but the Lakers still lack veterans? How many teams need him? (Incidentally, the Rockets have Green and Porter Jr., and the Pistons have Cunningham and Hayes.
3. The Lakers will not trade Thick Brow Brother in the near future
Anthony Davis's performance so far this season has been disappointing, he may be the most disappointing star in the Lakers, recently he was injured again, this injury is estimated to be at least a month out of the game, which seems to let us see the possibility of the Lakers trading thick eyebrows, but in fact he and LeBron James have the same agent, thick eyebrows brother theoretically completely healthy combat effectiveness is still top,000 in the value of the low period of trading stars is not reasonable, want to trade Rich Paul's stars is also difficult...
The Lakers' recent trading rumors may just be rumors, because the Lakers are difficult to come up with valuable tradable assets, either they were used up when trading Westbrook and Thick Brow, or they were sent away in vain, coupled with Tucker's sluggish performance, as a head, he seems to be a little inappropriate, the Lakers can do is just some small operations, such as signing Isaiah Thomas, I believe in the process, this is not necessarily insistent, this is sometimes just no choice.