Earlier today, the Lakers, Knicks, Cavaliers and other three teams have been officially announced, a big deal involving 5 players was officially reached, the specific details are, the Lakers obtained the signing rights of French player Raberg, Rondo joined the Cavaliers, and the Knicks got Valentine + Wang Zhelin and Newley's signing rights + part of the cash. It is understood that the 28-year-old Valentine is not in the Knicks management's future plans, and the two sides will reach a buyout agreement in the near future. For cavaliers management, Rondo's role is crucial, and with both Sexton and Rubio unable to play, they hope Rondo can lead the team's young players forward. Unlike the Knicks and Cavaliers, the Lakers' involvement in a three-way deal is more about freeing up a valuable player spot to sign "temporary worker" Stanley Johnson.
From the follow-up report of NBA reporter Dave MacMenamin, johnson's 10-day short contract has expired, and the forward swinger is currently actively communicating with the Lakers management, both sides are interested in continuing to cooperate, and it is not surprising that Johnson will receive a formal NBA contract from the Lakers. Fans who have long been concerned about the Lakers should all know that Johnson is a windfall in the middle of this season, although he signed a development league team under the Lakers early, but after the NBA outbreak of employment, the Bulls took the Lakers one step ahead, using a 10-day short contract to sign Johnson, and later because Johnson was forced to quarantine and failed to play for the Bulls, and finally returned to the Lakers by mistake.
It is worth mentioning that Johnson is obviously not able to make the Lakers management completely reassure the depth of the lineup, Pelinka and Lambis and two other Lakers executives are still looking for suitable reinforcements in the free trade market, the source comes from NBA journalist Chris Vivlamore, the Lakers and the Hawks recently completed a trade dialogue, in order to get Reddish + Gion, the Lakers are willing to provide Horton Tucker + 1 base salary player + 2027 first round signing. In response to this 3-for-2 deal plan, Chris Vivlamore recently updated the recent progress of the negotiations between the two sides, according to league sources, in the case of the team's current defensive problems are very serious (5th to the bottom), the Hawks are not willing to send the defensive tip Reddish away, so they suggested to the Lakers, reddish to Hunt, the two are not much different in salary, and both are potential forwards.
Chris Vivlamore was told that the Lakers were not interested internally in Hunter, a young man with a "glass" attribute, who played only 23 games last season and suffered a wrist injury this season, missed for nearly 2 months and is still in recuperation. In the eyes of the Lakers management, after all, there is already Anthony Davis in the team, and even if the inside combination of Hunter + Davis is very matched, if attendance cannot be guaranteed, then the 37-year-old James is still unable to escape the fate of cameo No. 5. In addition, Howard and Jordan Jr. have been officially put on the shelves by the Lakers, the two veterans compared to the little Jordan's transaction priority, in this negotiation session with the Hawks, the Lakers made it clear that if the Hawks want to make up for the inside gap caused by Dion's departure, they can choose between Howard and Jordan Jr.
Finally, it turns out that the Lakers coaching staff abandoned the double tower tactic is simply helpless, this season Howard can be a little better, can protect the basket a little, and Jordan Jr. on the court is basically a side effect, in fact, Vogel knows that it is necessary to save as much as possible on the use of James, but there is no way, in order to help the Lakers to win more, Vogel can only take James's body to risk. According to statistics, during James' cameo position no. 5, he can contribute an average of 32.6 minutes per 36 minutes, and his shooting percentage is close to 56%. Do you think the existing chips in the Hands of the Lakers can be exchanged for Reddish and blue-collar center Gion? Welcome to leave a comment in the comments section below to discuss, thank you for reading and following.