Although the Lakers have a hasty end with the Big Three this season, players including James have already started the vacation mode in advance, but for the Lakers management, their challenge has just begun.
As a championship-contending team, the Lakers have performed badly in the past two seasons, and this summer is destined to usher in a wave of lineup changes, because most of the previous role players have signed a one-year short contract.
Because Westbrook is obviously not compatible with James and Thick Brow, for the Lakers, the first thing to bear in the offseason is to clean up Westbrook.
However, Wei Shao's contract amount is as high as 47 million US dollars, according to the performance of Wei Shao in the past season, he is undoubtedly a negative chip, and it is difficult for the team to directly exchange him for a quality player.
The Lakers can choose two paths, the first is to buy out Wei Shao, the second is to trade Wei Shao, because the team has just got rid of the dead space occupied after the Luol Deng buyout, I believe the Lakers management will not make the same mistake again.
Trading Wei Shao is naturally a better choice, but according to Wei Shao's situation, the Lakers can only use him to exchange for another pile of garbage contracts, or take the future first round of signings in exchange for another giant.
No matter which way you choose, the Lakers' salary space next season will be locked, and there is a high probability that only midfield exceptions and basic salaries can be used.
To this end, the los Angeles local media "lakeshowlife" also directly hit the Lakers's "lack of money" and "lack of defense" two key points, sending 3 major bottom-reading targets, of which the Warriors won the championship.
Option three: Muscara
As a veteran of the Lakers, Muscala briefly joined the Lakers in 2019, and the Lakers paid the price of Zubac + Beasley.
The reason why the Lakers have paid such a big price is that they think Muscala is an interior line that can open up space and meet James's overall style requirements.
The attempt failed, but after joining the Thunder, Muscala proved to be a player who could provide defensive and spatial capabilities.
He has played in 43 games for the Thunder this season, averaging just 13.7 minutes per game, 8 points and 3 rebounds, and with a DBPM of 1.2, he is a good defender.
What's more, he shot 42.9 percent of his three-point shooting percentage, two skills that perfectly fit the Lakers' reinforcement needs.
Considering that the Thunder will usher in another large-scale young rookie introduction this season, Muscala, although there is still a year of team options left, believes that the Thunder will most likely choose to let him go, because his age does not meet the team's rebuilding plan.
Option two: Dunn
Dunn, like Munch, is a young player who can't find his favorite family due to injury reasons, but the difference between the two is that Munch has an offense but no defense, and Dunn has a defense and no offense.
In the 2019-20 season, when he played relatively many games, Dunn handed over an exaggerated 3.1 DBMP value, ranking third in the league as a guard.
Referring to the Lakers, who have cultivated Caruso and saved Munch's career, the 28-year-old Dunn is undoubtedly worth betting on, he is a low-risk, high-reward signing option.
Option 1: Bjelica
Judging from Bjelica's body shape and visual performance, he is not a top defender, and even mistakenly believes that his defense is extremely bad.
But the fact that he has delivered a DBMP of 2.3 this season, ranking 13th among players in the league who play at least 500 minutes, at least proves that his defense is completely trustworthy.
Especially in the small-ball era, Bjelica's space-type interior line is particularly popular, considering the Warriors' lack of space in the offseason, the Lakers can try to poach this strange soldier from the Warriors.