The Lakers selected Bronny in this year's draft, fulfilling the dream of James father and son on the same stage! At the same time, he also picked up Cornecott with the 17th pick, a mature shooter who played in 36 games in the NCAA in the 2023-2024 season, averaging 21.7 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 30.6 minutes per game, and shooting 39.7% from three-point range. At the same time, in the early morning of June 30, Russell announced the execution of the $18.6 million player option for the final year, so does this mean that the Lakers' reinforcement work this season may be over!
Brownie and Cornecott
Aren't the Lakers sitting still? Bronny is just a player who averages 4.6 points per game in college and helps the team almost zero. And the Lakers' draft vision has never been good, do you expect a college shooter Cornecot to prop up the Lakers' outside firepower? Originally, the team was very close to getting Hawks guard Dejan Tai Murray in the offseason, but the team was reluctant to Rivers, and was successfully intercepted by the Pelicans, don't forget that the Pelicans are also from the West, and after they successfully reinforced, it means that the Lakers have another strong opponent in the West!
Pelicans Hawks trade
Now the situation of the West being strong and the East is weak has become more obvious, in the West, in addition to the ten playoff powerhouses in the top 10 of the West this year. There will be one more Grizzlies led by Morant next season, the young team Rockets, and even the Spurs may become a spoiler team, so next season's West will be 13 teams competing for 8 playoff spots, and the competition is extremely fierce, while in the East, it is almost the Celtics and the Knicks!
Morant
The most important thing is that Redick, the head coach of the Lakers, has not even coached a regular NBA game, and he has zero experience in coaching NBA games! Although he showed very good organizational skills when he was a player, he had good experience on the field! But wasn't Nash good when he was a player? Even beat Kobe Bryant to win two league MVPs, and won the assist king many times, is his understanding of the game poor? But what has become of me as a coach?
Reddick: Am I going to be the next cephalosporin?
So for the Lakers, there are still big problems with both the lineup and the coach, plus James will be a year older next year, the Lakers' lineup is really not as strong as it looks on the outside, and what they should strengthen now is a qualified point guard, a guard who can help the team score at critical moments. It's best to use Russell and Rivers as trade subjects, and the only defender in the free market for the Lakers may be Mitchell!
What is the trading plan?