#Summer Life Punch Season #On May 21, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs are in full swing, and the Lakers lost to the Nuggets again at home today, and the series was 0:3 behind, and it has basically missed the Finals. In this case, the Lakers should consider a trade offseason to prepare for next season's championship race. The biggest problem with the Lakers lineup in this year's playoffs is that there is no excellent scorer, once James and the thick eyebrows are in a scoring dilemma, it is difficult for other players to step up and break the game and lead the team to win the game, whether it is Reeves, Hachimura or Russell, who has high hopes, so the Lakers want to hit the championship next season, then bringing in a top scorer is the best choice.
According to the US media "FW" revelation, Lakers general manager Pelinka intends to pack Hachimura, Reeves and Russell to trade a top scorer to help Jamei and share the scoring pressure of the two of them, and the Lakers targeted the Grizzlies' Morant.
The main elements of this 4-for-1 transaction are as follows:
The Lakers sent Russell + Reeves + eight-inch base + 2029 unprotected first-round pick to get the Grizzlies' star Morant
There's no doubt that the deal is still very good for the Lakers today, and although Morant's off-court performance is a bit bad, he is still one of the best players in the entire league, and his scoring ability is what this Lakers need and that Russell, Reeves and Hachimura do not have.
Morant averaged 26.2 points, 5.9 rebounds, 8.1 assists and 1.1 steals per game in the regular season, shooting 46.6% from the field and 1.5 three-pointers per game; in the playoffs, he averaged 24.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, 7 assists and 1.8 steals while shooting 42.5% from the field, 41.6% from three-point range and 2.6 three-pointers per game.
Morant has very good individual ability, his strength is very good, and he can help the Lakers a lot. On the offensive end, Morant has top-level scoring ability, and he is fully capable of breaking the game to lead the Lakers to victory when James Mei is in a scoring dilemma; Especially in key moments, Morant can play explosive points to help the team win the game.
And the arrival of Morant can allow James to play without the ball, focus on the defensive end, let James get more rest time, have enough physical strength to deal with key moments, like the second round of the playoffs against the Warriors, key moments to lead the team to win the game, Morant can greatly reduce James' scoring pressure.
In addition to the offensive end, Morant is also very good at organizing offense, he can organize the attack with the ball, and he can also hold the ball to single, which undoubtedly greatly reduces the pressure on James and allows James to put more energy into the attack at key moments.
With Morant, the Lakers' ability to solve hard and break games at key moments can be greatly improved, Russell, Reeves and other three do not have this ability, and the scoring ability of the three of them is not as good as Morant, so this deal is extremely good for the Lakers.
Although Morant's off-court performance is terrible, but he is not properly guided, around James, in a big ball market such as Los Angeles, Morant will also be more mature, able to better discipline his behavior, with his own strength to help the Lakers, so Morant to join the Lakers is a very good choice.
So will this 4-for-1 deal succeed? Let's wait and see!