As the former triple-double king, with the three teams of the Rockets, Wizards and Lakers, Wei Shao's reputation has plummeted, and the overall transaction value is the same.
Especially after joining the Lakers this season, next to James and the thick eyebrow brother, Wei Shao wanted to complete the self-proof and launch an attack on the championship, and the team did not even get a play-off place.
During this period, Wei Shao continued to make adjustments, but it turned out that Wei Shao's big-package play style was indeed not suitable for the championship team, and it also further reduced his potential transaction value.
Coupled with the fact that Wei Shao's contract value next season is as high as $47 million, it is not easy for the Lakers to send Wei Shao away through a transaction, and Wei Shao has also been exposed that he does not want to buy out, resulting in further damage to his reputation.
Therefore, the Lakers can only send Wei Shao away through a transaction as much as possible, fortunately, Wei Shao's contract is only one year left, which can directly free up salary space for some rebuilding teams.
So some teams have been exposed to potential buyers for Westbrook, such as the Hornets, who have always admired Westbrook, and the Rockets, who also have a garbage contract in their hands.
Recently, marc Stein has revealed that the Pacers are also the potential next home of Westbrook, on the one hand, because the Lakers have been interested in introducing Hield, on the other hand, Westbrook's expired contract meets the Pacers' reconstruction needs.
Marc Stein also gave a potential 2-for-2 deal, in terms of player salary matching, the Pacers need to send Hield and Brogdon to match the salary.
In order to send away Wei Shao's big contract, the Lakers naturally need to increase some future draft picks to impress the Pacers.
Therefore, the potential deal plan is: the Lakers sent Westbrook + draft picks, from the Pacers to get Brogdon + Hield, but the specific number of draft picks name Marc Stein did not go into detail.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand why the team completed the deal from the situation of the Pacers this season, because from the perspective of team reconstruction, this plan is expected to achieve two wins with one stone.
The first thing that is certain is that the Pacers did not look at Westbrook's ability, but only looked at his big contract that was about to expire, which was extremely tempting for the Pacers in the early days of reconstruction.
It can make the team quickly free up huge salary space, whether it is for the introduction of free market reinforcements, or the renewal of young players after that, the expiration of large contracts is very valuable.
What's more, the Pacers could ask the Lakers for at least one-two first-round picks through this deal, which will greatly accelerate the team's rebuilding process.
In addition, the team also cleaned up Brogdon and Hield, both of whom are not old enough to meet the needs of the team's reconstruction.
Even to some extent delayed the growth of the future core Halliburton, the deal will solve this problem by hand, as for the deal to get Westbrook, the team may not necessarily need him to play.
For the Lakers, the deal is entirely worth considering, as the team not only cleared out Westbrook's contract, but gave the team the opportunity to continue competing for the championship next season.
It also introduced two strong reinforcements to meet the needs of Zhan Mei's playing style and championship competition, of which Hield, as a three-point shooter, has always been a reinforcement object that the Lakers management has tried to bring in, and his joining will solve the problem of lack of space for the team.
In addition, Brogdon is also a player with both attack and defense, and can average nearly 20+5+5 data per game, which is naturally a huge help for the Lakers to compete for the championship, the only question is how many future chips to send away, which is also the key to whether the two teams can complete the transaction in the future.