The Lakers, who have lost five consecutive games, are likely to say goodbye to this season in advance, the original relatively stable playoff qualification seems to be out of reach, and the comeback of thick eyebrows is obviously useless, who can guarantee that the Lakers can finally end with five consecutive wins? It seems that five consecutive wins will not secure a playoff place. Next, everyone is not concerned about whether James can come back, but what kind of trading operations the Lakers will bring in the offseason, because all players except James can be put on the trading market. Some Lakers local media said that the Lakers already have the latest reinforcement targets, focusing on the reinforcement of frontal strength.
The player who is favored by the Lakers is also a very famous player, that is, the 31-year-old forward from the Clippers, Covington, a 31-year-old forward from the Clippers, may be more surprised, Covington has just joined the Clippers, how can he leave again? The author took a closer look at Covington's contract years, it turned out that he would become a free agent at the end of the season, and if the Lakers intended to pursue, it was very likely to get this quality forward. Covington is best known for his defensive ability, so it will not be very bright in terms of offense, just take the Clippers' average per game data, averaging 9 points, 5 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1.4 blocks per game, it can also be seen that he is a player with outstanding defensive ability. It is worth mentioning that he has entered the best defensive team.
Although the height is not too high, only 201 cm, but the arm span reaches 218 cm, it is indeed from the first position to the fifth position, very good at the tactics of infinite change of defense. Why the Lakers want to pursue him, the defensive ability is the main reason, at the same time, the Lakers' defensive ability is quite bad, James also has to distract the defensive end, it is already very tired, there is no high-quality wing around to contribute efficient defense, the Lakers are naturally in a state of losing more and winning less. Previously, the Lakers also officially pursued Covington, but the proposed transaction plan was unsatisfactory, when the Lakers were only willing to exchange Jordan Jr. and Nunn for Covington, which was ignored by the Blazers.
In fact, the Lakers in the preparation for the coming offseason is to have the advantage of introducing Covington, on the one hand, Covington began to get used to life in Los Angeles, if you want to join other teams, the first choice is naturally to stay in Los Angeles, in fact, or play in the same stadium, just put on the Lakers jersey. On the other hand, the Lakers can offer a four-year, about $50 million contract, slightly higher than Covington's current contract, and should be able to meet his needs. In addition, the Clippers are overcrowded, and Covington certainly cannot become the main force, but in the Lakers, it is an absolute main force, and it can even become the strongest forward partner around James, which is obviously a different treatment.
Therefore, the Lakers' chances of bringing in Covington are very large, and perhaps this is the first step for the Lakers to rebuild the championship-winning lineup for James. In fact, the Lakers' offensive ability does not have to worry at all, although most players can be traded, but the Lakers will not risk a large-scale purge. Like Westbrook's type of super giant, it is time to leave the Lakers, the Lakers only need to focus on the players who can bring defensive efficiency, so that the lineup can be rebalanced, in order to get back on track, James needs not a number of super giants around, he needs some defensive support, Covington should be a reliable championship winning helper.