The Lakers' plan after missing the playoffs is largely to put Russell Westbrook on the shelves and improve the roster as much as possible this offseason.
Just considering the current transaction value and contract situation of Wei Shao, it is certainly more difficult for the Lakers to promote the transaction involving Wei Shao. In this regard, the advice given by the US media James Pearsey is that the Lakers and the Thunder can promote the transaction involving Westbrook and propose the following two plans:
Scenario 1:
The Lakers got: Derek Favors, Mike Muscala
The Thunder got: Russell Westbrook, 2027 first-round picks, 2029 first-round picks
Scenario two:
The Lakers got: Derek Favors, Alexei Pokushevsky
The Thunder got: Russell Westbrook, 2027 first-round picks, 2029 first-round picks
The Lakers' promotion of Westbrook's trade largely means sacrificing future first-round draft picks, but in the two deals with the Thunder, the Thunder can only send out chips with Favors as the core, and such chips also require the Lakers to sacrifice the next two first-round picks.
At least in terms of this year's offseason, even if the Lakers are willing to get rid of Westbrook in the case of giving away future first-round draft picks, such a deal will at least have to be exchanged for chips that are beneficial to the strength of the Lakers' lineup to have the possibility of being pushed.