At the beginning of the season, the Lakers, Hornets and Pacers all started the new season with great expectations, and all three teams ended in a sloppy end in the playoffs.
Therefore, the three teams will inevitably fall into the rumors of the deal, for this reason, the US media "Fadeawayworld" also recruited three teams, which can complete a three-party 8-person deal plan that everyone is happy with.
Among them, the Hornets got Westbrook as desired, the Lakers successfully upgraded the first five tigers, and the new season continued to compete for the championship around James and the thick eyebrows.
The potential trading options are as follows
The Lakers get: Brogdon + Rochelle;
Hornets get: Westbrook + Turner + 2027 first-round pick (from the Lakers);
Pacers get: Hayward + PJ Washington + Harrell (sign first and change later) + Horton Tucker.
The Lakers are undoubtedly the big winners of this deal plan, and the team has two high-quality instant combat forces in one go, Rochelle and Brogdon, and the two playing styles are completely suitable for the two cores of Zhan Mei.
The US media further supported the Lakers to poach the Suns' Biyongbo in the offseason, so that the team can create a very good starting lineup.
At that time, the Lakers' starting lineup will be: Rochelle, Brogdon, James, Thick Brow and Biyombo.
The lineup looks gorgeous, but there are actually big problems on the defensive end, because Brogdon's performance in the past two seasons has been very bad, on the one hand, he has not been able to maintain a healthy state, and he has played a total of 92 games in both seasons.
On the other hand, Brogdon lacks the ability to shoot, shooting just over 30 percent of three-pointers last season, while defending ranks 367th in the league.
Fortunately, his offense is trustworthy, averaging 19.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game, plus the Lakers only took a first-round pick to clean up Westbrook, although Brogdon is a high-risk, high-reward reinforcement object, but it is still worth the Lakers' bet.
Rochel's type is similar to Brogdon's, both are players who are good at attack and have obvious problems with defense.
Although Rochelle is much more aggressive defensively than Brogdon, his stature dictates that he tends to be targeted on the defensive end.
Fortunately, he also averaged 19.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, and shot 37.4% from three-point range, which means that the Lakers' starting lineup will have a top offensive threat, and the defense can only expect thick eyebrows and Biyongbo.
For the Hornets, in the face of the team's failure to miss the playoffs again this season, the team was exposed to be interested in getting Westbrook because his big contract was about to expire.
With the deal, the Hornets could handle Hayward's big contract, as well as Rochel, to free up huge salary space next summer.
They can go after Middleton, Dream, Wiggins or Russell, or even Jokic.
What's more, Westbrook's style of play is actually very suitable for the Hornets, as the Hornets have a large number of shooters above the horizontal line.
After the Trade is completed, the Hornets can create a starting lineup of Westbrook + Bauer + Bridges + Oubre + Turner, in addition to Westbrook, the other four players have the ability to space, and Westbrook's playing style can also ensure the sale of tickets for the Hornets in the small ball city.
Coupled with the Hornets' season goal is to impact the playoffs, such a requirement is completely achievable for Westbrook, and the Hornets targeted to get Turner, the team's guard frame this season ranks fifth from the bottom in the league, and the introduction of Turner will obviously make up for this shortcoming.
On paper alone, the Pacers seem to have no reason to close the deal, as Turner and Brogdon are both seemingly very good immediate combat chips.
But judging by the chaos within the Pacers and the presentation of deals this season, the team can accept the plan after finalizing Halliburton as the core of the future.
PJ Washington and Horton Tucker fit Harry Burton's growth timeline, Hayward and Harrell are good immediate combat, and there is not much left in the contract, which will allow the team to free up huge salary space after the next 1-2 seasons.
After the deal is completed, the Pacers will build a starting lineup of Halliburton + Hield + Duarte + Hayward + PJ Washington.
Give Harry Burton, Duarte, PJ Washington and 21-year-old Tucker 1-2 years to grow up in this lineup, during which time some young players will be selected.
If it goes well, after 1-2 seasons, the Pacers will completely get rid of the current embarrassing situation and return to the contender stage.