On the Lakers' rest day, the official media posted a family portrait, thinking of the recent situation of the team, which is likely to be a group photo. The US media revealed that the Lakers and Wei Shao are intending to part ways this summer, and Pelinka will also be out of class.
However, this group photo still has a lot of details worth speculating, James and thick eyebrows sit on both sides of Pelinka, suggesting that the Lakers will continue to build a championship lineup around the two in the future, and Wei Shao stands in the second row C position, highlighting his incompatibility with the team.
BR reporter Jack Fisher revealed that the Lakers have discussed the Westbrook deal at the trade deadline, because they refused to send off the first round of 2027, so there is no follow-up. When the offseason comes, the Lakers will have two solutions. One is to join the 2029 first round of signings to facilitate the Westbrook deal without the first round of signings in 2027. The other is a reference to Ruhr Deng's deferred buyout of the $47 million contract paid to Westbrook for the last year.
At the same time, Fisher added that Pelinka's position as general manager was not stable. Although his stud raised eyebrows to bring the Lakers the 17th crown in team history, his mercenary model could not help the Lakers rise, and Jenny Bass's think tank was dissatisfied and began to find a new decision-maker, and Wilkes, the current head of basketball operations at Rich Paul's agency, is expected to take over.
The Lakers are fighting internally, and the external pressure is increasing. The Pelicans beat the Kings 125-95 at home, only 1.5 wins away from the Lakers, according to this trend, the Lakers will be squeezed out of the playoffs at any time, once they miss the playoffs, many veterans may regret the NBA.