With the Big 3, the Lakers ended the season hastily with no chance of a playoff, which made rumors about the Lakers' deal begin before the season was over.
Among them, Wei Shao is naturally the first to deal with the object, it is precisely because of his joining, which led to the Lakers' failure this season, although Wei Shao has done the best within the scope of ability, but inappropriate is not appropriate.
Although Brother Thick Brow and James are also caught up in trade rumors and may indeed be sent away, in contrast, Horton Tucker is a player who is more likely to be sent away.
On the one hand, because Horton Tucker's contract is larger, last season the Lakers not only rejected the deal about Lowry in order to keep Tucker, but also chose to sign Horton Tucker with a 3-year, $31 million contract in the offseason, thus abandoning Caruso.
This made Horton Tucker the only player with a salary of more than ten million for the Lakers this season, except for the Big Three, and his performance was a mess.
On the other hand, Horton Tucker's physical talent is indeed outstanding, and when he gets enough ball rights, he shows good strength, such as in the absence of the Big Three, Horton Tucker scored 40 points against the Warriors.
In this case, the US media "nbaanalysis" also supported the Lakers, which can send Horton Tucker through a 1-for-1 deal in exchange for the Magic team's super six to help James.
Potential deal scenario: The Lakers send Horton Tucker and Terrence Rose from the Magic.
If you look at the performance of this season, the deal is actually a "garbage contract" swap, and Horton Tucker's performance this season has been disappointing.
Averaging 9.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game, shooting only 41.7% and shooting 27.4% from three-point range, neither offensive efficiency nor overall defensive performance has met expectations.
In contrast, Rose, a super six-level player in the past, averaged 10 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game, with an overall shooting rate of 39.6% and a three-point shooting rate of 29%.
If you look at the data alone, the Lakers don't seem to need to trade Rose, after all, his defense is not as good as Horton Tucker, and the offensive efficiency is more ugly than Horton Tucker.
Like Horton Tucker, Rose's poor numbers are tied to his surroundings, and unlike Horton Tucker, Rose has proven his scoring ability more than once.
Both during his time with the Raptors and during the Magic's competitiveness, Rose proved himself to be a perfect sixth-man substitute and averaged 15.6 points per game in 2019-20.
As a very young player, don't look at Horton Tucker has been playing for 3 seasons, in fact, he is only 21 years old, and the overall technology and ceiling are far from fixed.
Helplessly, he is in a championship team like the Lakers, and the team is a big core of holding the ball, which causes him to have to accept the positioning of 3D players, but the projection is not his long board, and the ball-holding offense is.
This is the fundamental reason why Horton Tucker looks less than Reeves in the losing draft, because Rivers itself does not have a high ceiling, it is good to try to play role players, and Horton Tucker's talent is entirely possible to reach a higher level.
But given the actual performance of Horton Tucker this season, and the fact that his last year on contract was a player option, being able to exchange him for Terrance Rose is no longer a loss for the Lakers.
Because even if Horton Tucker does play on the Magic next season, the latter will also face huge pressure to retain, Horton Tucker can directly refuse the player option to jump out of the contract.
Therefore, for both teams, this is a deal worth exploring, it is entirely possible to achieve a win-win outcome, especially for players, the Lakers get the instant power Rose, and the Magic team also bet that the young Tucker can complete the transformation.