$186 million in 3 years! Alliance Only! The thick eyebrows returned to the peak, but Lao Zhan wanted to be cocooned and bound himself
SJ Sports Circle
2024-05-23 16:46Published in Hunan
The new season, the new pattern, many young teams in the league have risen super, and the championship pattern is very different from the past - Huazi of the Timberwolves, Doncic of the Maveers, Tatum of the Green Army and Haliburton of the Pacers are all young guys under the age of 26. The Los Angeles Lakers created a championship team with the Zhan Mei combination, but they were eliminated by the defending champion Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs! It's not so much that the Lakers are vulnerable, it's better to say that the Nuggets are indeed the Lakers' Tianke. In the words of fans, as long as the Zhan Mei combination remains healthy, the Lakers will continue to upgrade the lineup to win the championship!
With 186 million US dollars in 3 years, thick eyebrows are moving forward
Turning the clock back to last offseason, the Lakers hit hard, completed a number of signings and signings, and every penny was carefully calculated, highlighting the team's ambitions. At the same time, the Lakers offered Thick Eyebrows a three-year, $186 million super-cap salary early contract extension. Thick eyebrows have 2 years and $84 million left in their original contract, which means that they will lock in the peak of thick eyebrows in the next 5 years in advance, and it also means that the Lakers are still eager to attack the championship with Zhan Mei as the core. From another point of view, Lao Zhan is getting older and older, and the Lakers also hope that this big contract can solve the worries of thick eyebrows, and take over the torch from Lao Zhan and carry the team forward!
Thick eyebrows move forward with heavy weight, and live up to the mission! During the regular season, thick eyebrows played in 76 games, averaging 35 minutes per game, averaging 24.7 points + 12.6 rebounds (3rd in the league) + 3.5 assists + 1.2 steals + 2.3 blocks (4th in the league) per game. Even if thick eyebrows are not as dominant as Jokic, Embiid, Brother Alphabet and other top interior lines, even if thick eyebrows are often complained by fans that "the score is not as good as the Emperor, the organizational level is not as good as Jokic, and the dominance of the restricted area is not as good as Brother Alphabet", even if Thick Eyebrows is not a frequent visitor on the MVP list, it is undeniable that Thick Eyebrows staying healthy is the biggest benefit of the Lakers, he is the master key of the Lakers' interior line, and he is full of influence at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends!
Thick eyebrows were selected as the best second team + first defense, the only one in the league
The NBA officially announced the major awards of the regular season one after another, and the thick eyebrows were mixed, but they can be regarded as big winners! In the DPOY selection, Thick Eyebrows received 4 first-place votes, 10 second-place votes and 33 third-place votes, with a total score of 83 points, ranking fourth in the league, behind Gobert (433 points), Wembanyama (245 points) and Adebayo (91 points). In the Defensive Team of the Year selection, Bushy received 60 first-place votes and 31 second-place votes, and was named to the Defensive Team of the Year with a high score of 151 points along with Gobert, Wembanyama, Bam Adebayo and Jones Jr. In the selection of the best team of the year, thick eyebrows won 1 first vote, 65 second votes and 30 third votes, squeezing Lao Zhan (164 points) to the best three teams of the year with 230 points, and was successfully selected for the best second team of the year!
At the same time, thick eyebrows also set a number of god-level records. According to statistics from the NBA's official website, this is the third time in his career that he has been selected to the best defensive team, and he has become the sixth player in Lakers history to be selected to the best defensive team multiple times, the top 5 are Kobe, Cooper, West, Abdul-Jabbar and Chamberlain. In another statistic, thick eyebrows are the only players in the league who have been selected for the second team of the year + best defensive team in the league this season, and MVP-level superstars such as Brother Alphabet, Jokic, and SGA have not done it! How high is the offensive and defensive level of thick eyebrows? This is vividly reflected in the confrontation between Thick Eyebrows and Jokic in the first round - after 5 playoff games, Thick Eyebrows averaged 27.8 points + 15.6 rebounds + 4 assists + 1.6 blocks per game, with a shooting rate of 63.4%; For comparison, Jokic averaged 28.2 points + 16.2 rebounds + 9.8 assists + 1.5 steals per game while shooting 59% from the field.
The thick eyebrows returned to the top, but Lao Zhan was cocooned and bound himself
The thick eyebrows have returned to the peak, and Lao Zhan has not yet stepped off the altar. This season, Lao Zhan played in 71 games, averaging 25.7 points + 7.3 rebounds + 8.3 assists + 1.3 steals + 2.1 three-pointers per game, with a shooting rate of 54% and a three-point shooting rate of 41% (a career high), completing the 411 project, and being selected into the annual team for 20 consecutive seasons! It is not difficult to see from the Lakers' firing of coach Ham that the team will not doubt Zhan Mei's strength to impact the championship because of the first round out, on the contrary, the Lakers will continue to attack the championship with Zhan Mei as the core! But this has a premise, that is, the Lakers have to solve three major problems: first, finalize a new coach; second, finalize Lao Zhan's contract renewal; Third, find another all-star level helper for Zhan Mei!
These three problems seem simple, but they are actually interlocking, and Lao Zhan is the most critical part of the Lakers' solution! Take the selection of coaches as an example, the most popular candidate turned out to be the inexperienced Reddick - the partner of Lao Zhan's podcast show, who is terrified of thinking carefully; Take the contract renewal as an example, according to the American media, Lao Zhan may jump out of the player option and seek a 3-year contract of 164 million US dollars, and by the way, find a job for his son; Taking 10,000 steps back, if the 40-year-old Lao Zhan is still the actual No. 1 core & coach & team GM of the Lakers, it is undoubtedly a cocoon, and it is difficult for the Lakers to build a competitive championship lineup! Therefore, if Lao Zhan wants to compete for the championship, he has to learn to sacrifice, and if he wants to do so, he will only waste the last peak period, and lose everything! Fans, what do you think about this? Leave me a comment to discuss.
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$186 million in 3 years! Alliance Only! The thick eyebrows returned to the peak, but Lao Zhan wanted to be cocooned and bound himself -
$186 million in 3 years! Alliance Only! The thick eyebrows returned to the peak, but Lao Zhan wanted to be cocooned and bound himself -
$186 million in 3 years! Alliance Only! The thick eyebrows returned to the peak, but Lao Zhan wanted to be cocooned and bound himself -
$186 million in 3 years! Alliance Only! The thick eyebrows returned to the peak, but Lao Zhan wanted to be cocooned and bound himself -
$186 million in 3 years! Alliance Only! The thick eyebrows returned to the peak, but Lao Zhan wanted to be cocooned and bound himself -
$186 million in 3 years! Alliance Only! The thick eyebrows returned to the peak, but Lao Zhan wanted to be cocooned and bound himself