For many teams, the playoff journey is just about to begin, and for the Lakers, they have already ended the season's battle.
As one of the first teams to prepare for next season, the Lakers are considering how to adjust the personnel structure without moving their eyebrows.
Obviously, the first step is to fire the coach Vogel, and the second step is to sell Wei Shao.
Firing the coach is simple, after all, Vogel's contract just expired, and he only needs to say "you're fine, but we're not suitable" to get rid of him.
But I wanted to send Young Master Wei away, but it wasn't so easy.
Next season, it will be the last season of Young Master Wei's super contract, with an annual salary of up to $47 million.
The excessive salary and the declining players have a huge contradiction, and almost no team is willing to take over, jordan, one of the few team owners willing to trade with the Lakers.
Hear about this? Immediately, a reporter drew up a trading plan for the Lakers:
The Lakers sent Westbrook (47 million for one year of contract remaining) and the first round of 2027 and 2029, from the Hornets to Hayward (61.5 million for the remaining two years of the contract) and Oubre (12.6 million for one year remaining in the contract).
At first glance, it is not too silly, Hayward, the score is acceptable, but the attendance rate is not bad; Oubre, the size is good, can suddenly shoot and can defend the forward guard swing man, if the Lakers can get it, the combat effectiveness will be a good improvement.
Such a deal, the Lakers may still be difficult to return to the championship, but at least, it seems reasonable.
And the Hornets side is not too bad, Wei Shao's contract is already the last year, if Wei Shao leads the team to the playoffs, it will make a lot of money, even if Wei Shao's combat strength is really not bad, leading the Hornets to kill the lottery area, they also got a valuable first round pick.
By the way, some fans may ask the Lakers about this virtue, why not directly mess up.
Here and everyone emphasize that the Lakers' 23-year first-round swap rights, and the first-round picks of the 24th and 25th seasons, are all in the hands of the Pelicans.
No matter what the Lakers get from messing up, they will eventually help the Pelicans make a wedding dress, so the Lakers can't mess up in three years.
Since it is impossible, we have to continue to overdraft the potential, the scalp, and send out the first round of signing in 27 and 29 years.
In this way, the Lakers may be seriously injured until 2030 before they can enter the reconstruction period, but there is no other way.
The current Lakers, in addition to these two first-round picks, seem to have nothing to do.