At present, the playoffs are in full swing, and the idle old Zhan Tou has not rested, and he has run to the Maldives for a vacation with a family, and the life is called a comfortable life - eating, drinking tea, basking in the sun, it is simply a fairy couple.
But...... At present, when the old Zhan tou side is leisurely, the beautiful country side has re-emerged, and various media + commentators are arguing about the topic of "whether the Lakers should trade the old Zhan Tou".
Some people say that the Lakers should trade the old Zhan tou, of course, some people say that the Lakers should keep him, anyway, the rumors are very mixed, can be roughly divided into two factions.
The pro-deal faction, led by the famous Steven A-Smith, argues as follows:
"Old Zhan Tou is 37 years old, averaging 30 points per game in the 19th season of his career, there is no doubt that he still has the strength of MVP, but the Lakers chose to trade him is also a compliment to him."
"At present, there is no prospect for the Lakers structure, the young master has lost some ability, will he recover next season? Maybe. As for The Thick Brow Brother, it's hard to get too much value from trading him, because he's repeatedly injured and unreliable..."
"That is to say, Old Zhan Tou is the only player in the Lakers who has huge transaction value, which is also the only chance for the Lakers to become decent!"
The faction against the deal, led by former NBA player Jaylen Rose, summarizes the arguments as follows:
"Think about it in a nutshell, if you're the Lakers management, you can't trade the old Zhan tou. Even if the Lakers are not strong enough to win the championship, he is still the ticket and team facade of Los Angeles, and you can't betray him, just like they traded Kobe Bryant in the years when they didn't make the playoffs. ”
"The second point is that the thick eyebrow brother is the player that the Lakers should try to trade, not James."
The two factions are considered to have their own opinions, and there are not a few concurrs in their respective camps. However, even if the quarrel is lively, the final decision depends on the personal opinions of the Lakers management and the old Zhan Tou, but objectively speaking, it is better to seek to leave the team than to leave the team.
From the Lakers level, it is now a game of dead chess!
Last year, the momentum brought in Young Master Wei, hollowed out all the hole cards (Pop + Harrell + Little Ma Ge, and also built a first round), this wave of transactions is a bottom loss, as for how to deal with the aftermath? I'm afraid that Pei Zong didn't think about it...
Even if you don't have any chips in your hand, you still have to think of sending away Young Master Wei, and rely on young master to exchange some valuable assets. This...... It's really a concubine who can't do it.
But even so, according to the Lakers' "dead nature", it is unlikely to let them send away old Zhan Tou.
You know, the Lakers' team defense is completely different from most teams in the NBA, and the Lakers are not keen on cultivating players themselves, but are more keen to use the commercial value of Los Angeles and the added value of their own history to plunder the top stars of the league who have been playing for many years.
After the establishment of the team, it does not matter if the team plays poorly, but it must have heat and story, so there is what we see:
The Lakers have been messing around for years, and if they don't get the top talent like a magician, his management will always do one thing, pry the home star of other people's teams, even if it ends up bleeding... For example, Azan, who gave up taking the initiative to reduce his salary last season, wanted to live or die for young master Stubhawe!
Therefore, the Lakers cannot give up the gold signboard of old Zhan Tou.
Kobe Bryant retired as one of the most successful retirement cases in the history of sports communication in the world, and if the old Zhan Tou retired from the Lakers, it would not be another beautiful thing.