114-117 defeated the Wasps.
Waking up, the Lakers are another defeat, losing for the third time in the last 4 games, but this loss is a little different.
In the first half, the Lakers once again came up with an attack that was not feeling well. Broken paper paste wall defense, Zhan Mei is not there, 3 shots 1, efficiency value -27 Wei Shao. Substitute Tigers, Lakers management in the palm of the heart of the treasure, 4 of 1 Tucker.
The trade deadline is less than half a month away, and the Lakers' appearance in the first half will make Pelinka buzz?
In the second half, the wind and rain suddenly changed, Wei Shao suddenly killed crazy, 30 points in the two quarters of the game 20 shots 11, became the first Lakers player to split 30 points in the half after Kobe Bryant's retirement war, the last two minutes of the fourth quarter even hit the three points of strength, so that Jordan who watched the game from the sidelines could not sit still, although it failed to reverse, but the offensive resolute version of Wei Shao, let go of wei shao, still quite able to fight!
35 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, only 1 mistake, Wei Shao set a new single-game scoring record in the Lakers' career, is this what the Lakers are looking forward to, the second half of the season the state soared "Dawei Tianlong"?
The question is, this version of Wei Shao suddenly appeared, the Lakers are still not trading?
Share three small rumors of the Lakers trading.
Myth 1: Rumor has it that the Cavaliers are interested in replacing the injured Rubio in exchange for Westbrook. To the news, the source laughed and said: "Never heard of it. ”
Key: Laugh and say.
Did the friend who launched this rumor play a prank at the time, or did he think the Knight management was stupid and naïve?
Myth 2: The Lakers used Tucker + Nunn + 2027 first-round picks to ask for a price across the league, but did not get a response, they used this chip to offer the Pistons' Jerami Grant, was rejected by the Pistons, Grant himself is not willing to go to the Lakers, he does not want to play the role of the team's third star.
Key: No response, number three star.
Tucker, Nunn, the first round of signing in 2027, this is the lakers are currently willing to come up with the upper limit of transaction assets, but industry insiders said that the Lakers' value of Tucker is overestimated.
Counting the Hornets, Tucker has scored in single digits in 5 consecutive games, and the industry is still very accurate.
The statement of the third star points out two problems, one is the star or quasi-star level, there is little interest in joining the Lakers, especially like Grant, who hopes to get a contract of 100 million yuan in the offseason, and feels that the Lakers may lose their value. The second is the positioning of "Number Three", which means that in the eyes of players of Grant's level, they think that if they play with the Lakers, their tactical status is higher than that of Wei Shao, which shows what the current market value of Wei Shao is.
Myth 3: The Lakers contact the King to exchange Tucker for Hilde, but the King refuses.
Key: Decline.
The king is still quite personable, and the so-called polite refusal is probably a smile on his face and a heart....
The current situation of the Lakers is still related to the King and Hield. The storyline is like this, the Lakers in the offseason, there are three reinforcement options, DeRozan, Hilde, Westbrook. DeRozan and James communicated and both felt it was appropriate to join forces, but as the operation progressed, DeRozan's agent found that the Lakers players and management did not seem to agree with each other's ideas, and Jenny Bass preferred Westbrook, believing that doing so would make the late Lakers owner Jerry Bass smile.
Before Jenny became the owner of the Lakers, she was mainly responsible for the commercial development of the team, Jenny's perspective on the problem, there are market factors mixed in, Westbrook's traffic is undoubtedly very attractive, and in this era, traffic means commercial value.
However, the Lakers' operation of introducing Westbrook was blocked, the Wizards were a little hesitant, Pelinka then turned to exchange with the King, Hield's salary is only half of Westbrook, the Lakers can match with Kuzma and Harrell, they can keep Pop, but Westbrook took the initiative to contact the Wizards management to request a deal after learning the news, the Wizards agreed to release people after seeking Bill's opinion, the Lakers had to send Pop away in addition to Kuzma and Harrell in order to match the salary.
When the King learned that the Lakers had traded with the Wizards, they were very angry and thought that they had been tricked by the Lakers, so you can imagine how the Kings management felt now that the Lakers wanted to exchange Tucker for Hield.
Judging by Wei Shao's fame, the Lakers are exchanging change for whole money, but when implemented in the game, the result is that the Lakers gave up high-quality auxiliary players in exchange for a star whose traffic is indeed large, but the actual combat effect is sometimes magical.
The Lakers originally envisioned a reduction in pressure for James through the output of power from the big core of Wei Shao's possession of the ball, and when Old Zhan rested, there was a person on the court who could lead his teammates, but Wei Shao did not do it in the first half of the season, and his net efficiency value was -1.7 during James' absence.
The Lakers have considered sending away Wei Shao, but he still has half of his salary left this season, combined with a contract worth 47 million next season, it is difficult to operate, unless the Lakers add the first round of signing, but the Lakers smashed the pot to sell iron in exchange for Wei Shao, and now send him away to take another first round signing? Instead of this, the Lakers would rather keep Wei Shao, expect him to improve his status in the second half as last season, and wait until the offseason to explore the trading prospects, after all, he will expire at that time.
For the Hornets, at least it can provide some confidence for the Lakers to do so.
In the offseason, the Lakers gave up Caruso, according to Caruso himself, the Lakers gave him a renewal offer of less than 15 million for 2 years, while the Bulls offered 37 million for 4 years, Caruso asked the Lakers if they could provide a contract close to the Bulls, or a lower one, but the answer was still not OK. While the Lakers rejected Caruso, they renewed Tucker with 3 years and 30.8 million.
Tucker's contract extension, if from the perspective of potential stocks, is not particularly bad, after all, he is only 21, and the annual salary of about 10 million, in the trading market is easier to operate, but the problem is that Tucker has not improved at all this season, but instead regressed in shooting efficiency, he shot 64% from within 3 feet of the basket last season, the little prince on the basket is a waste, but this season this data slipped to 59.5%, last season's three-point shooting rate of 28.2% is already a failing level, this season 25% There is no worst, only worse.
The Lakers should have recognized the reality by now, February 10 is the closing date of the transaction, Wei Shao has a high probability of not being able to send it away, the value of the Tucker transaction is far below the level they once imagined, the Lakers have some attractive trading assets that are the first round of signing in 2027, but after five years, it is difficult to predict, although it is likely to be a lottery sign, but there are not many teams willing to put the transaction income line so far, after all, the manager who completed the operation is still difficult to say in that position.
Therefore, if the Lakers want to trade, they have to look for the kind of teams that have an iron heart to rebuild and are willing to put long-term fishing for big fish, such as the Rockets and Thunder.
Eric Gordon may be the best choice among the players the Lakers can theoretically exchange at present. "Round Face Brother" has a three-point shooting rate of 44.5% this season, he still has a level above the level of defense, salary of $18.2 million, which is exactly according to the rules of the transaction, Tucker + Nunn can get the maximum salary amount, and the Rockets want to get a first-round pick from Gordon's trade, the Lakers can try it in 2027, although the probability of success is not very large.
Thunder's Kenridge Williams, he is a forward guard swingman, the second position to the fourth position are played, but also occasionally cameo five position, this season's three-point shooting rate of 38.2%, can shoot can also defend a defense, the salary is only 2 million, the cost is very good, get the attention of many playoff level teams, the Thunder's asking price is the first round of signing, objectively speaking, it is a bit high, but the Thunder are not in a hurry anyway.
Are the Lakers in a hurry?
The Lakers are of course in a hurry, the regular season has entered the second half, and they are still hovering in the playoff area, which is too much different from the expectations before the start of the season. Although the Lakers have suffered from injuries, which team is healthy and healthy this season that has been affected by the epidemic? Injuries are originally part of the game and fair to all teams.
The lakers' dilemma is that they need some changes, but their trading assets can not afford to operate in a big way, whether it is the trade deadline, or the March 1 layoffs playoff qualification deadline, the Lakers may only have to do some small repairs, and their strength basic disk may not be substantially improved through reinforcements.
The most realistic way for the Lakers to save this season is probably to dig inside, the specific point is Zhan Meiwei, the old Zhan has pulled his offensive status at the level of the regular season (the playoffs are also said, and maybe there is a better version of the full strength of Theon), Thick Brow first played a very satisfactory defense after the comeback, and then showed Embiid the attack that dreamed of returning to the Orlando Park.
If Old Zhan's knees and thick eyebrows' wrists are not a big problem, thick eyebrows can continue to improve the output of combat strength, and the Lakers' rotation lineup can play together steadily, and this season is not completely out of play.
After all, the Lakers have been looking forward to the "Wei Zhentian" for half a season, although it is late but it has arrived.