The season is playing anyway there are teams can't sit still, Little Sabonis is finally traded away, CJ also went to the Pelicans, these two waves of trades are not the end more just the beginning! And the Lakers couldn't sit still, and wanted to take Tucker + future draft picks to offer Josh Richardson. Don't even think about it, Tucker's transaction is not worth much, and the other party also resolutely refused. But even if the transaction is successful, is there a substantial improvement in the transaction? Not much improvement, Tucker and Richardson are almost all players who average about 9 points per game, not the kind of players who can change the situation, and the Lakers are also helpless, looking at the free market so big, unfortunately there is no chip in hand.
Where is the Lakers' point of embarrassment now? I want to trade, but the chips in my hand have two parts! Others can't move, and no one can see what they want to send out. First of all, as far as the Lakers' current roster is concerned, the players who really have trade value are nothing more than James, Davis, Munch, Nunn or an extra Howard. What are the other players? It belongs to the transaction value, but it is the kind of transaction value that adds to the head (except for Wei Shao). Think about it, as far as the other twenty-nine teams in the league are concerned, will they take the initiative to trade Anthony, Ariza, Ellington, Jordan Jr. and other veterans? Something that is simply impossible!
So the Lakers are embarrassed here now, wanting to trade but not having chips in their hands! James and Davis are basically not moving, these two people are doomed to play small games without moving the Lakers, even if some good role players are traded, they are actually not very sufficient for the overall supplement of the team. And the Lakers have another key point, that is, Wei Shao! Wei Shao has trading value, but his trading value is limited to these two teams! The first is a pure rotten team, the salary in the team is not even enough for the poor line, and Wei Shao is to release salary space for the future, which is relatively small.
Another is the team that purely has few ideas about Wei, that is, it likes Wei Shao, that is, it wants Wei Shao to get three doubles, such a team does not say 100% no, but at least 98% of the teams do not want to get Wei Shao. It's not that Wei Shao has no transaction value at all, but where is Wei Shao's annual salary, 43 million a year, and it is not a contract year, which is a headache. If Wei Shao gets such a big annual salary in the contract year, then the Lakers still have room for transaction operation, and now Wei Shao's contract is here, embarrassed. It's like the Thunder took over Paul's big contract, and it's true that Paul ended up playing, but before the whole league thought that the Thunder would lose without pants.
Therefore, the Lakers are not too good to operate before the trade deadline, it is almost impossible to get big stars, and the main force of the strong point is not easy to get, the only thing the Lakers can do is to supplement their weak rings as much as possible, enhance the overall strength of the team, and give the lineup to young! To put it bluntly, the Lakers are still ready to continue to find a relatively good role player, there are not many people who can be exchanged for existing resources, and it is not easy to say who can be exchanged in the end. If it really doesn't work, take out the old Zhan and thick eyebrows, help Wei Shao, the Lakers can also swing!