The Lakers management finally realized.
According to ESPN reporter Venhorst and salary expert Bobby Max, the Lakers management has begun to contact the Pistons management, and they want to use Tucker as the main chip to trade to the Pistons' Grant.
The specific situation is this, the Lakers will send Tucker + Nunn + 2027 first-round draft picks in exchange for the Pistons' Grant, of course, this is only the initial offer, specifically may be two sides to add a few more second-round picks or unnamed scrap players.
I have to say that if you want to exchange wei less for the whole world, such a transaction is obviously much more practical.
Grant has played quite well with the Pistons this season, averaging 20.1 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.2 blocks per game, shooting 41.4% from the field, 33.1% from three-point range and 84.9% from the free throw line.
But despite Grant's hard work, the Pistons have not been able to rot this season, and now the record is 5-27 and has begun to blatantly fall apart.
Moreover, the core player of the Pistons is Now Cunningham, all the ball rights of the team are handed over to the Champion to control, and Grant is a little embarrassed, he is not without strength, but the Pistons can not give him the status of boss.
Grant is 27 years old, and for a non-All-Star like him, if he doesn't play good data, it will be difficult to get a big contract after the age of 30, and when Grant left the Nuggets and came to the rotten Pistons, it was to be able to be the boss and be able to stand up in terms of on-court performance and personal data.
The first year, it was sweet, the Pistons did not have any superstars and potential rookies, Grant became the boss, but also selected the NBA's fastest improving player candidate list, can be described as a spirit.
But after Cunningham was drafted by the Pistons, everything was different, Grant was abandoned by the Pistons — not to say give up, but to say that it was a seizure of power, and Grant was no longer regarded as the team's first choice.
Now Grant is obviously in a very embarrassing situation, it is impossible to be the top card, to give the rookie a hand, to fight for honor is impossible, to mess up the good position.
And if you wait for the Pistons to rebuild and Grant has become a veteran, he naturally does not want to continue to spend time in the Pistons, and the Pistons also want to be the team top card in this transition period, so they opened up the trade about him.
And the Lakers smelled it and quickly posted it.
The Lakers originally wanted to trade Westbrook, and management also tried to get in touch with certain teams, such as the 76ers, but the 76ers didn't want to trade Simmons for Westbrook, and another open supermarket Pacers wanted to rebuild itself, and it was impossible to take westerbrook's big contract for garbage.
So the Lakers focused on Grant.
The Lakers' lineup distribution this season is extremely uneven, looking at the big list, the center position is Howard and Jordan Jr., the big forward position is thick eyebrows, the flanks are Ariza, Anthony, James, and then the rest are basically backcourt players, and the Lakers have a full 12 guard players in the lineup at the most, and the backcourt position is very crowded.
And the injury of the thick eyebrows, so that the Lakers helplessly chose a small lineup, James was topped to the center position, so that the overall height of the Lakers is suddenly short, the opponent of any player above 2 meters 1 can wantonly bully the Lakers, and the Lakers management not only does not supplement the flanks, but also a strong signing guard, but also on the three-guard strange lineup.
And a wave of losing streak proved the uselessness of this lineup, so the Lakers management finally sobered up, if not supplement the wing players, then the Lakers will be finished this season.
It is said that if James is 5 years younger, then the Lakers do not need to supplement the wing players, but James has reached the age of 37, and signing Westbrook this season is to reduce his burden, and the result is now that the burden is reduced to a more tired, more injured center position, which is the rhythm of the reduction and death.
Grant, on the other hand, fits perfectly into the Lakers' current lineup.
Although Grant wants to be the boss, he will not be the boss at all - after Grant's ball power soared, his efficiency has dropped a lot, and he prefers to take the opponent's comfortable pass and then shoot it, which is his most efficient offensive means.
This coincides with the Lakers, James is most annoyed by the good ball passed out, the result of the opportunity for the vacancy teammates can not grasp, and Grant this kind of catch the ball to shoot the player who has the guarantee of the hit rate, is the most suitable for James.
Moreover, Grant's independent offensive means are also good, he can play the back jump shot like a defender, he can also go inside to play some difficult layups, his projection area is very wide, there is no shooting dead end, and most importantly, he has 2 meters 03, which is very suitable for playing a small lineup.
Of course, the Lakers have been ridiculed by everyone as an "intentional team", because the chips are not enough, resulting in inquiries everywhere, the results are thunderous and rainy, small, not to it, and this time the Lakers' offer is quite sincere, the little Tucker is a treasure of the Lakers (I don't know why he is a treasure), although the Lakers are more struggling, but the potential is there, but also played some relatively good data.
And Nunn, one of the surprises, that is, the combat power is very strong, presumably able to give the Pistons some help.
Of course, how to negotiate specifically, but also depends on Pelinka, if you can negotiate this deal, then the strength of the Lakers will be qualitatively improved, and the subsequent games can also be more assured of the small lineup.
The Lakers now have a lot of opponents, such as the Blazers, such as the Suns, I heard that the Warriors also want to intervene, and whether they can finally reach this deal smoothly is related to the fate of the Lakers this season.
Do you think the Lakers can make this deal?