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Lakers offseason strategy: give up illusions and focus on stability

Odie or some other star? Most likely, it is not, and a series of recent rumors have pushed the Lakers' offseason operation ideas out of the water, the outline is as follows:

Reeves, must stay;

Rui Hachimura, Required;

Russell, look at the price;

Walker, look at the price;

Schroeder, may put;

Lakers offseason strategy: give up illusions and focus on stability

Perhaps some friends will wonder if the old man has previously expressed the idea of retirement, is it not to retire in the hope that the management can be proactive? There is a high probability of thinking too much, the more direct factor of the old man's retirement idea is mental internal friction, and after trying his best to win a fight and not getting it, it is easy to give birth to the idea of "going to his mother's job can't be done". After a few sleeps and recovery, can you hear further talk about retirement in recent days?

Lakers management is aware of this, and the core of the current rumor is basically to ensure the current roster. Simply:

It is to make targeted trade-offs for the current lineup, not to make much movement for the time being, to give up illusions, and to focus on stability.

Lakers offseason strategy: give up illusions and focus on stability

As for the operational priorities for the offseason, they are listed in the order of Reeves> Hachimura Jun> Russell> Walker = Schroeder. Among them, retaining Reeves may become a top priority for the Lakers management.

Reeves shined in the regular season, and there was a lot of discussion in the media about Reeves' hopes to secure a four-year, $60 million contract in the offseason. Never thought to enter the playoffs, this guy's performance is more and more dazzling, from 13 points, 3 rebounds and 3.4 assists in the regular season to an average of 16.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game, efficiency is not crotch-pulling, averaging 46.4% overall shooting rate plus 44.3% three-point shooting rate, worthy of being the third output point of the Lakers outside James.

Comments such as "more whistles and more free throws" are exaggerated, and Reeves averaged 3.6 free throws per game throughout the playoffs, which is not much exaggeration. Similar to "leaving James' eyebrows may pull his crotch" is even more outrageous, there are more defenders next to James, Russell Schroder and even Lonnie Walker, which one can reach the level of Reeves? Not to mention the ability to repeatedly play highlights in playoff-level games, which in itself proves to be good. No wonder some teams are willing to throw olive branches for Reeves this offseason.

Lakers offseason strategy: give up illusions and focus on stability

The list includes the Rockets, Magic and Spurs, and shares a lot of space and money and the ability to make lucrative offers for Reeves. To some extent, you can refer to the 2016 Nets offer Taylor Johnson, also lost the draft, also in the parent team Heat played some fame, that summer the Nets in the gambling mentality of 4 years 50 million offer, the framework is poison contract. Its salary in the first two years was 5.623 million and 5.881 million respectively, and soared to 18.859 million and 19.632 million in the next two years.

The heat thought about it and was reluctant, and chose to endure the pain to match.

The Lakers are likely to run into similar trouble, and considering that Reeves' overall performance is much stronger than Taylor Johnson, it is not ruled out that a team will offer him such as 80 million in 4 years or even higher in the offseason. And the Lakers have no choice but to grit their teeth and follow up. No problem, Reeves has become the most anticipated growth point for the Lakers next season, and whether the team can maintain its current record, and even further depends to a large extent on how much room this guy still has to improve. Don't keep worrying about losing the draft, the hero doesn't ask about his origins, the fat man in Denver who flaunts his might was just a second round in the past.

Lakers offseason strategy: give up illusions and focus on stability

Compared with Reeves, Hachimura's imagination space is relatively limited, and its economic team can play a clear card, about 60 million in 4 years. The asking price is not too much in line with the market valuation, but given that the Lakers have to calculate carefully in the offseason, there will still be a pull between the two camps, and it is expected to be traded around 56 million in 4 years.

Russell is a real trouble, originally he hoped to get a 4-year contract of more than 100 million, which is more in line with his own level and positioning. But because of the indescribable playoffs, it is doubtful whether the Lakers or other teams are willing to offer him a similar contract. It's just that then again, Russell's Western decision did make a big move, and the series with the Grizzlies was not complete, and the performance against the Warriors was also acceptable, and overall it was pulled, but not completely pulled...

The specific value is not easy to assess, the Lakers have his bird rights to renew the supercap, but the supercap does not mean giving money indiscriminately. The average salary of more than 30 million is mostly a no-show, and the average salary below 20 million seems too low, and it is estimated that a compromise may be reached on an offer of 70 million in 3 years or 87 million in 4 years.

So should the Lakers keep Russell? The reason is straightforward, leaving Russell on the one hand to retain immediate combat power, on the other hand to support the salary space to pre-set potential transactions. Rationally speaking, Russell is by no means completely worthless, and it is generally enough to be a starting point guard on an ordinary team. Therefore, the Lakers' idea should be to retain Russell at a reasonable price as much as possible, and then quietly observe until the league changes, when it is still competitive to use Russell + rookie + future first-round as a bargaining chip.

Lakers offseason strategy: give up illusions and focus on stability

As for Lonnie Walker, the 24-year-old has had a brilliant playoff and is slightly mediocre overall, and whether he can stay with the Lakers depends on his asking price and whether there is a better replacement on the market.

The remaining Schroder may become a pawn that the Lakers have to give up in the offseason, as the real Laker Man Schroder has endured humiliation and burden in the past two years and has suffered enough of life. Last season, he obviously received a basic salary, but he played the role of the seventh or even sixth man of the team, which is really touching, and it is not an exaggeration to issue him the Los Angeles Model Medal. So the other day there were rumors that Schroder might go to other teams to seek good returns. Really, it's too inappropriate to play the emotional card to let people take a low price, go and get a well-deserved treatment, just keep in mind the identity of the Lakers.

It's easy to crackle on the keyboard, but it's not like that in practice. There will be all kinds of unexpected situations, such as if there is really a team lard blinded and give Reeves a 4-year 100 million offer, will the Lakers follow? For example, Russell's asking price is higher than the acceptable value of the Lakers, and both sides refuse to budge, what should be done? In addition to as many as 5 major players facing contract extensions, the Lakers also have to decide the whereabouts of Debiao (if Debiao is not cut before July 1, 4.7 million will be converted to a guaranteed contract next season), Beasley (whether to implement the 16.5 million team option next season) and Bamba (if it is not cut before June 30, then 10.3 million will be converted to full guarantee next season)...

Lakers offseason strategy: give up illusions and focus on stability

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