Goodbye Russell! Paul will help the Lakers form another Big Three, which is not afraid of the Nuggets

Since returning to the starting lineup against the Thunder in the rematch, he has shot 48.6 percent from three-point range on offense, and Russell has averaged 23.1 per game. In the same period, the three-point percentage was 47.7% and the average was 4.1 goals per game. Russell has 6.8 assists per 46.7 passes on the tandem.

Truth be told, Russell at this stage is easily reminiscent of Harden – a two-way guard who combines an individual offense and a tandem team.

How important is Harden to the Clippers?

The Clippers have a net efficiency of 10.5 when Harden is on the floor, second only to Leonard on the team, and when Harden is not on the floor, the Clippers have a net efficiency of -6.1, which is the best on the team. The difference of 16.6 is a good indication of the importance of Harden - the presence of teams on the court to win and lose on the court. Therefore, the rebirth of the Clippers this season is directly related to the addition of Harden.

Of course, the better Russell plays for the Lakers, the more he should be traded. On the one hand, this stage is at the peak of trading. More importantly, there are no bird rights.

Regarding the latter, Russell gave up bird rights and signed a 1+1 contract with the Lakers last offseason. The original intention of signing 1+1 is to gild. Now, with Russell playing better and better, the possibility of jumping out of contract this offseason is very high. There is no room for the Lakers to keep Russell in this regard.

Rather than letting it go for nothing, it is better to trade at this stage and exchange some chips to come back.

Meanwhile, the Lakers have limited opponents to an overall three-point rate of 37.7 percent so far this season. As contrasting Wizards 37

4%, Raptors 37.6%. Looking at it this way, the Purple and Gold Army's ability to defend the outside line is not as good as that of the fish belly team. Of course, this is directly related to the long-term absences of Vanderbilt, Reddish, and Vincent, but it cannot be denied that Russell and Reeves are lacking on the outside line.

At 18:49 against Mitchell, Murray limited him to 1-of-7 three-point shooting, and at 16:02 with Lillard, Murray limited him to 3-of-9 three-point shooting. In fact, so far this season, Murray's opposition defense has been able to hold opponents to a 34.3% three-point rate. For Murray, I think the Lakers are very likely to trade Russell and others.

Reason: Paul. First of all, it should be noted that the Eagles have been openly peddling Murray for a long time, and the fact that it has not been traded shows that the market has not responded well. For the Lakers, as long as the chips they come up with are not much different from other teams, the probability of getting Murray, the star player, is very high, after all, the latter's agent is Rich Paul.

From Paul's point of view, he definitely wants to operate his players in the big cities. After all, if the player's income is high, his own income will also be high, and the Lakers have a very good relationship with Paul.

At this time, Russell has to be mentioned, precisely because the recent good performance is very conducive to the completion of this deal, whether it is the Lakers directly with the Hawks, the Hawks or a third-party team.

Of course, after getting Murray to restructure the Big Three, the Lakers are not afraid of the Nuggets. After all, the Lakers lost more to the third star in the Western Conference Finals last season, and now they make up for it.