Beijing time on March 3/news
According to the countdown to the Lakers' career, according to the famous Jake Fischer, in any case, this summer, the Lakers and Wei Shao are both interested in finding a new home for Wei Shao; Ming Ji lists the ways in which the two sides break up, and the Lakers may trade Wei Shao, or they may directly buy out Wei Shao's $47 million contract.
According to open-air stand reporter Jake Fischer, both the Lakers and Westbrook intend to break up this summer, and league observers point out that this offseason is a bigger opportunity for the Lakers to get rid of Westbrook's contract, when they will be eligible to trade their 2029 first-round picks.
So far this season, Westbrook has played in 60 games for the Lakers, averaging 18.1 points, 7.7 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game, shooting 43.2 percent from the field and 28.6 percent from three-point range; Westbrook's contract expires next year, and Westbrook's salary for the 2022-23 season is about $47 million, and he has player options.
At this year's trade deadline, due to the refusal to trade the first round of options in 2027, the Lakers and rockets talked about the Westbrook Wall swap; how should the Lakers break up with Westbrook this offseason?
First, if the Lakers are still unwilling to trade the 2027 first-round draft picks, they may send two first-round picks to facilitate the Westbrook trade; this offseason, the Lakers' 2029 first-round draft picks can be traded.
Second, the Lakers directly bought out Westbrook's $47 million contract for the last year and deferred payments, just like Rohr-Deng in the year, Jake Fischer believes that this is the most realistic approach.
So far in the Lakers' career, Wei Shao's performance has not been ideal, in February this year, Wei Shao averaged only 13.7 points, 6.6 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game, shooting 35% from the field and only 14% from three-point range, with a total plus-minus of -49 (the lowest in the team); and Wei Shao has not had a double-double assist in 8 consecutive games, and lost to the Lone Ranger in the last game, Wei Shao was 5 of 17, 5 of 4 three-pointers, 0 of 4 three-pointers, and had 12 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.