On February 10, Beijing time, the Lakers lost again, they lost 11 games in the last 16 games, can the Lakers still save? With less than 12 hours to go before the deal deadline, can the Lakers still trade away Wei Shao? According to Marc Stein, the only obstacle to Westbrook's replacement of Wall is whether the Lakers are willing to send out the first round pick for 2027.
The Lakers have reached an extremely "dangerous" situation, they traded Wei Shao last offseason, but the combination of the big three paired by Wei Shao and Zhan Mei is difficult to form an effective chemical reaction and combat effectiveness. As of now, the Lakers have played 56 games, with only a 26-40 record ranking 9th in the West, and the Lakers are five wins behind the Nuggets, who are 6th in the West, and four wins ahead of the 11th-place Blazers in the West.
It is not difficult to see that the Lakers have little hope of counterattacking the top six in the West, and the difficulty of falling out of the top ten in the West is also relatively large, and it is more likely to replicate the pattern of last season, and it is necessary to start from the playoffs to compete for a playoff seat, but the current situation of the Lakers determines that even if they enter the playoffs, there is almost no possibility of promotion against the Suns or warriors.
The Lakers need to change, and the highest outside call is to trade Wei Shao, but Wei Shao's big contract makes it difficult for him to be traded. The Rockets are one of the few teams willing to take over Westbrook, and they also have Wall to deal with, after all, Wall has not played a game this season.
Westbrook's salary this season is as high as $44.21 million, while Wall's salary is $44.31 million, but according to marc Stein, the premise of the Rockets to accept such a deal is that the Lakers must send out the first round of 2027, but it is clear that the Lakers do not want to give such a first-round pick at the moment.
What's more, Wei Shao has only missed 1 game this season, and Wall has not played a game, and it is extremely risky to exchange Wei Shao for Wohl, and whether the Lakers will make a compromise to complete the transaction can only wait and see.
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