Paper Gui Los Angeles|Detailed Pelinkaxia window sealing operation: spend a small amount of money to upgrade the Lakers to the big lineup!
(Text/L.A. Van Cidy)
In the offseason, Lakers general manager Pelinka can be called the MVP of the operation, creating a five-up and five-down deep rotation lineup, which is still based on the condition that the total salary is controlled under the hard salary cap. Recently, the Lakers renewed Vanderbilt (referred to as Biao) in advance for 4 years and 48 million.
How to evaluate Pelinka's operation?
First of all, when we evaluate a general manager operation, we need to consider several aspects:
First, adaptability
The general manager's vision is very important to fully evaluate the suitability of the deal/draft/signing.
General managers only look at fame and do not look at fitness, such as Ben Wallace of the Bulls signing the Pistons, Nets trading DeLong, Bulls trading Boozer, Timberwolves trading Gobert, and Lakers trading Wei Shao, are typical counterexamples. They only see each other's fame, but ignore that they are magnified under the system.
Pelinka signed Vincent, Wood, Prince and Reddish in the offseason, and renewed Hachimura, Reeves and Russell, and the player fit was good.
Biao was originally Pelinka's big deal to remedy Wei Shao's failed deal:
After Biao came last season, the Lakers' defensive efficiency rose to 110.9 (third in the league), allowing the Lakers to start from the "opening bowl" situation of 13th in the West, enter 7th in the West, and reach the Western Conference finals.
Biao Ge is an important part of the Lakers' defensive system, he moves fast, has strong mobility, mainly changes defense and expands, thick eyebrows shrink and squat and sink, and the double inside line supports the Lakers' defensive system.
Biao can defend the No. 1 to No. 5 position, due to the lack of defense of the Lakers' guard line, he needs to tirelessly defend guards, such as Doncic, Morant, Curry, etc., he has delivered satisfactory answers in many games.
In the playoffs, he has a certain effect on Murray and Curry, and according to statistics, when he played Murray in the playoffs, Murray was 1 of 3 (33.3%), 0 of 2 from three-point range; Against Curry, Curry was 2-of-7 (28.6%) and 1-of-4 (25%) from three-point range.
Of course, his attack is poor, and he has very few offensive means, which drags the team space; The confrontation is poor, and the effect of carrying the Nuggets inside is not as good as Hachimura, and these problems are magnified in the playoffs. So there is clearly not enough playoff time, only 16.4 minutes.
To sum up, Biao Ge has no problem with the adaptability of the Lakers, but the upper limit is not high.
Second, the cost performance
The cost performance of player signing is very important, the team should not be too stingy, but it should not be too high and the premium is renewed, otherwise it will affect expenses and salaries.
For example, the Knicks have signed too many high-paid incompetents over the years, which has become a negative teaching material (which has only improved in recent years).
Some operations, although the adaptability is not a problem, but the investment is too high and has been criticized, such as the 15-year Cavaliers trading Morankov is fine, but the two first rounds are simply bleeding!
Pelinka's offseason signing is roughly a cost-effective signing (the controversial is Hachimura's 3-year 51 million, which is a compliment for his playoff performance), and at the same time adaptable.
Biao Ge has good adaptability and can give a contract, but the playoff ceiling is not high, and it should not be too high salary, he still has a contract of 4.7 million, plus a 4-year 48 million early renewal, which is indeed very cost-effective and cost-effective.
3. Forward-looking
When the general manager signs a contract, he must also have the ability to predict, a good general manager can do a good job of prediction, and can be low-paid Taobao, the Spurs were the best in those years, he was overseas Taobao international players, such as Parker, Manu, save salary while achieving excellent results.
The general managers of the above-mentioned bad deals lack forward-looking strategic vision and ignore the suitability of players.
But more forward-looking managers can also balance the present and the future to prepare for the future salary space. With the Heat's Riley being the strongest, he can often free up huge salary space in specific years to sign players, and Jimmy Butler, who signed Jimmy Butler in the summer of '19, is a masterpiece.
Pelinka offseason renewal, except for the early renewal of the core top salary of the future of thick eyebrows, most of the contracts signed are either not long, or the contract is not large, if the play is not good, the short contract can be cleaned up in time; Small contracts can be traded in a timely manner. Biao Ge belongs to the latter.
4. Integrity
Evaluate the general manager, there is no need to catch him a certain operation, there is no need to be demanding must achieve "Pareto optimal", some operations may not be cost-effective, but the whole can be on the line.
Los Angeles Lakers offseason
3-year, $186 million early contract extension for Davis;
4-year, $56 million contract renewal for Reeves;
3-year, $51 million renewal of the eight-village base;
4-year, $48 million contract extension for Vanderbilt;
2-year, $37 million contract extension for Russell;
3-year, $33 million signing with Gabe Vincent;
1-year, $4.5 million signing with Torrion Prince;
2-year, $4.63 million signing Cam Reddish;
signed Jaxon Hayes for $4.63 million in 2 years;
Signed Christian Wood for $5.7 million over 2 years.
Perfect salary control under the hard cap, but also strengthen the lineup, this is a typical "small money to do big things". Some classmates disputed the signing of Hachimura, in fact, even if it is a premium?
Big money does big things, typical representatives are warriors; However, some things have been broken, big money to do small things, the historical Knicks are representatives (there has been an improvement in recent years), and the Nets in recent years have also done so.
It is normal for small money to do small things, such as the pistons of these years; Small money to do big things is great, as is the case with the Spurs in history, and the Lakers' offseason operation is completely up to par.