LeBron James is the NBA's current top star, he has won 4 championships, during the period of winning these 4 championships, he often has many excellent shooters around him, thanks to Zhan Huang's strong ball holding threat and super organizational ability, shooters often play excellent performance around Zhan Huang, Zhan Huang needs shooters, and he can really make shooters play a good performance, especially shooters with excellent ballless ability, and because of this, The 2021 offseason Lakers trade to Russell Westbrook's operation has puzzled many fans...
Westbrook's average three-point shooting rate so far this season is 30%, his last 2 seasons of playoff three-point shooting after the first 24%, 25%, he has never been a good shooter, the Lakers in zhan Huang's side to add such a giant, it seems very unreasonable, this unreasonable brings problems, once the Lakers have a poor record, fans can easily put anger on Wei Shao, even if it is not essentially Wei Shao's fault, and on January 6, Beijing time, the US media "Lakeshowlife" Just out of the Lakers to trade Wei Shao's plan, trading may be the best choice for the Lakers now?
The US media "Lakeshowlife" believes that the Lakers are now trading Westbrook is necessary, and they have drawn up a very realistic deal plan, in which the Magic team takes out Terrance Rose, Robin Lopez, Gary Harris, the Lakers take out Westbrook, the first round of 2025 picks, the first round of exchange rights in 2027, this is a 3-for-3 deal plan, the salary can be matched, the Magic team needs to make such a deal, they are currently the team with the worst record in the league, Westbrook can increase their ticket revenue, and they can also get some good draft picks.
Wei Shao's contract is very large, but in fact, his contract will expire at the end of the next season, and this season will be finished? Obviously, the magic team's rebuilding needs a process, Westbrook's contract does not have any obvious side effects on them, even if the Magic team does not use Westbrook like the Rockets treat John Wall, it is not too much of a problem, the current magic team's total salary ranks 8th from the bottom in the league, according to the current contract, their total salary next season is in the second to last place in the league, and Westbrook can also solve the problem of the Magic's poor ghost line...
Terrance Rose's average data so far this season is 12.3 points + 2.7 rebounds + 2.3 assists + shooting rate of 40.3%, Xiao Luo averaged 7.9 points + 3.7 rebounds + 2 assists + shooting rate of 57.5%, these 2 are obviously not the lakers very much needed players, but good Xiao Luo can alleviate the pressure of Zhan Huang playing the No. 5 position, he is also a player willing to do dirty work, Terrance Rose is a clear negative asset, next season Rose's annual salary is $11.5 million, His contract expiration time is the same as Thatcher's, both are some high-paid and low-energy players, and Rose's contract will obviously be much smaller and many less than Westbrook's.
Gary Harris is a key player in this deal plan, although he has averaged only 11 points + 2.3 rebounds + 1.9 assists + 34.8% shooting rate per game this season, but during the Nuggets, he has two seasons of three-point shooting rate of about 40%, his career so far in the regular season three-point shooting rate of 35.9%, the playoffs average of 35.8% per game, which is a sharpshooter level data, more importantly, Harris has played a good defensive performance, He's a bit far from the top 3D, but he's both offensive and defensive!
Now the Lakers have many shooters, their three-point shooting rate reached 37.7% during the recent 3 consecutive wins, if they can trade Harris, this may be like a tiger for James, and add Harris in the team with multiple shooters, the Lakers will have the hope of creating a top-matching "Royal" shooter group, although Zhan Huang's age has gone up, but if the shooter group is strong enough, the Lakers are still very promising to win the championship, so this transaction plan of the US media, that for the Lakers, Magic is all advantageous, and it's really a very viable trading option, isn't it?