As we all know, in this offseason, the Lakers gave up and caruso to renew their contract, turned around and completed a 3-year, 30.8 million U.S. dollar contract with Horton Tucker, which also caused many fans to wonder, after all, Caruso is a player who is more suitable for staying with Zhan Mei! Today's Lakers are finally willing to give up Tucker Jr. in the face of a poor season.
According to today's report from a number of reporters in the Los Angeles Times, according to relevant sources, the Lakers held an internal meeting and officially began to peddle Horton Tucker. The Lakers are one of the teams in the league that desperately need reinforcements, but their chips are very limited, and if they are reluctant to trade Tucker, it will be difficult for them to make a meaningful deal.
The 21-year-old Tucker jr. is the 46th pick rookie of 2019, has a very good static talent, played in 28 games for the Lakers this season, averaged 27 minutes per game, averaged 10.6 points + 3.7 rebounds + 2.5 assists per game, but played very unstable, shooting only 24.4% from three points, but still can get the interest of many teams.
In addition, Lakers head coach Vogel is also at risk of being dropped. Today's report from a number of reporters, today's Vogel is fighting for his own coaching position, before the Lakers lost to the Nuggets with 37 points, the Lakers have considered firing Vogel, if the Lakers face the Jazz against a fiasco, many believe that this will be Vogel's last game to coach the Lakers.
Only then the Lakers defeated the league's strong team Jazz, and Vogel only barely avoided being fired. The Lakers are currently evaluating Vogel's performance in every game, and if the team can't make sustained progress, he is still in danger of being sacked soon! In addition, the team's top decision-makers are closely watching the core issue of Wagle's ability to control the dressing room.
In the face of the upcoming trading deadline, the Lakers are not optimistic about successful reinforcement! Famous journalist WOJ said on the show: "The Lakers probably need to spend the trade deadline quietly, because they don't have enough chips, his competitors will have more high-quality chips, and his value is also declining in the case that the Big Three can't be traded and Nunn has not yet comeback!" ”
At present, the Lakers' primary goal is Grant, Turner, followed by Gordon and Rose Jr., if the Lakers can't strengthen, I'm afraid they won't win the championship this season, and even the playoff seats can't be guaranteed!