The Los Angeles Lakers, who didn't make any deals before the deal deadline this season, had to turn their attention to the buyout market to do as much as possible that would help improve the team's competitiveness. Previous reports have always shown that the Lakers' main target in the buyout market is Golan Dragic, a veteran point guard who was traded by the Toronto Raptors to the San Antonio Spurs before the trade deadline, and then bought out. Although the outside world is not optimistic about the Lakers getting Dragic, but they have not broken the idea of the veteran point guard, but the final facts have proved that the Lakers' wishes have failed again, according to ESPN ace reporter Woj, the Brooklyn Nets will sign Dragic until the end of the season, for which they will cut guard Jevon Carter to make room for signing Dragic.
The Nets traded Ben Simmons, Seth Curry and future draft picks from the Philadelphia 76ers before the trade deadline with James Harden and Paul Millsap, and while that seems to increase the team's depth, the Nets don't intend to stop reinforcing, and Dragic's arrival does help boost the Nets' backcourt depth and maintain the stability of the team in the absence of stars.
This is not the first time the Nets have snatched the Lakers' signing target, we should remember last season to buy out the biggest player in the market, Blake Griffin, who caused a chase by multiple teams after being bought out by the Detroit Pistons, and the Lakers were one of them. But Griffin eventually signed with the Nets and played well with the Nets last season, and if he's on the Lakers, maybe they can overcome Anthony Davis' absence due to injury and not ruin the 2-1 lead against the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the playoffs.
The Nets also stole another veteran of the Lakers' favorite, Lamarcus Aldridge, from the buyout market this season, who could have brought good interior depth to the Lakers, but the Nets still stole Aldridge when they signed Griffin. Although Aldridge had to choose to retire before the start of the playoffs, he has received a comeback medical clearance this season, and he will be more meaningful to the Lakers than Jordan Jr.
Millsap, another player in the Nets' mid-season deal, also attracted the Interest of the Lakers after becoming a free agent last summer, but he also declined the Lakers' invitation and threw himself into the arms of the Nets.
In summary, the Lakers have been cut off by the Nets four times in a row in the buyout market, and they can only pin their hopes on the Houston Rockets will really buy out Dennis Schroeder, and count on the team and his old love to impress him and let him return to Los Angeles. But who can guarantee that the Lakers can get their wish, the Nets stole all the centers that the Lakers want to bring in last year, and this year they stole their favorite guard, it is difficult to ensure that they will not steal another person.