On July 3, Beijing time, the NBA free market has been open for 3 days, and many teams have gained something and successfully achieved reinforcements, but the Lakers have gained nothing, and they are still 0 reinforcements and 0 transactions in 3 days. During this period, the Lakers are still very popular, and even James is willing to take a salary cut to renew his contract to give the team space to bring in reinforcements, but the result is very bleak, Klay Thompson, Paul, Wallan and other players have not gotten it, and can only watch the opponents make shots.
When James jumped out of the player option and took the initiative to say that he was willing to take a pay cut to let the team recruit star helpers, the Lakers saw hope, and the main target was Warriors veteran Klay Thompson. Among them, the Lakers were willing to offer a four-year, $80 million contract, but unfortunately their sign-and-trade method did not satisfy the Warriors, and finally Klay signed and traded for three years and $50 million to join the Mavericks. In addition to Klay, Varland joined the Wizards for $30 million in 3 years, and Paul joined the Spurs for $11 million in 1 year, and the targets were snatched away.
In terms of recruitment, nothing was gained, and the Lakers also wanted to actively invest in the trade, and there were a lot of goals, but they were not willing to give up too much, and more to take out players such as Russell and Vincent, and they had to change all over the league, and the results were obvious, and they were all rejected. Looking at the Pelicans' chips in exchange for Murray, they only used Dyson Daniels, Larry Nance Jr., EJ Liddell and two first-round picks, and Murray was once very close to the Lakers.
In the first 3 days of free agency, the Lakers made 0 acquisitions and 0 trades, and there were no reinforcements. During this period, the Lakers used 4 years and $32 million to renew Christie's contract, who averaged 4.2 points and 2.1 rebounds per game in the 23-24 season, which is still a generous shot. They then signed two rookies, No. 17 Kleckert and No. 55 Bronny, which was perhaps the biggest addition to their offseason.
In addition to nothing in terms of recruitment, the Lakers have also made no progress in the formation of the coaching team, and the new coach Redick is still alone and has not signed any assistant coaches. The Lakers idea is still good, and they want to match the rookie coach with some experienced helpers, but unfortunately they were all rejected, former Raptors coach Casey no longer considers joining the Lakers coaching staff, and former Trail Blazers coach Stotts also refused to join the Lakers and will become the Warriors' chief assistant coach in the new season.