The Lakers' failure to complete the recruitment this offseason caused dissatisfaction among fans, and Pelinka's explanation is that he feels that the Lakers' current roster is already excellent, and the current salary environment is not suitable for forming multiple giants, and he prefers the lineup match during the championship period. In other words, two top stars and a group of outstanding blue-collar workers led the team to win the system, this is the system of the Lakers winning the championship in 20 years, to be honest, if you only look at the current Lakers' lineup configuration, it is indeed good.
In addition to the dual-core, they also have Russell and Reaves, two backcourts who average more than 15+ per game, both of whom have spatial ability and ball handling ability, and there is also a Vincent on the bench, and the defense and space are also good. There are top gates Vanderbilt, Reddish and Hachimura on the front line, Reddish and Van der Biao are iron gates, Hachimura's offensive ability is excellent, these rotation players, except for Reddish, the other ones have an annual salary of more than 10 million.
The interior is Hayes and Wood, two backup centers, although the substitute interior is shabby, but Hachimura sometimes sways to the No. 5 position to help the thick eyebrows defend, so the Lakers' rotation thickness is still very good, there was no Vincent and Reddish before, they relied on this core lineup to reach the division finals, so Pelinka did his best to retain the core lineup, and the team is facing a lot of luxury tax pressure, if it weren't for James' salary cut this summer, they would have touched the second local tyrant line.
So it seems that the Lakers are still very strong? To be honest, if the core remains healthy, then the Lakers' future ceiling is still very high, as long as they stay healthy and enter the playoffs, it is not a big problem, but the biggest problem of the Lakers team is that their core cannot remain healthy, according to the American media, Wood underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee, and he will be evaluated in 8 weeks. And it's worth mentioning that two weeks ago, Wood just published an INS saying: I'm back, next season will be a season of revenge.
I thought he would be able to play healthy in the new season, but looking at this situation, it is estimated that his attendance rate in the new season will not be too high, after all, his attendance rate was not good last season, he played a total of 50 regular season games last season, and his annual salary in the new season is 3.04 million, although it is not expensive for the Lakers to sign him with a 2-year contract of 5.75 million, but it is also very speechless to occupy the team place all the time, and the Lakers have more than one such sick name.
Previously, the Lakers talked about Vanderbilt on the podcast, and he said that now the news is that Vanderbilt may miss training camp or preseason, or even longer, because Vanderbilt did not choose surgery but chose conservative treatment after suffering a foot injury last season, so it also made his injury last longer, Vanderbilt played a total of 29 games last season, playing less.
Vanderbilt previously got a 4-year, 48 million contract with the Lakers, and it seems that he doesn't want to work after winning this contract, anyway, it's a fully guaranteed contract, I keep it as you like, and you have to give me money. According to the current situation, it is estimated that Vanderbilt will not play too many games in the new season, the reason why the Jazz gave up on him at the beginning was because he was often injured, and after coming to the Lakers, attendance was not guaranteed.
There is also Vincent, although there are no injuries reported in the offseason, but he seems to be the least insured for the Lakers, because Vincent only played a total of 11 games last season, most of the time in the recuperation of injuries, it can be said that the Lakers suffered the Lakers, but the Lakers gave him a 3-year 33 million contract, but he lost the first year, if he follows the rhythm of the first year, he will still suffer the team in the next two years.
These three are using the Lakers as a sanatorium, if ordinary players are injured and absent, it is still acceptable, but these are the team's key rotations Vanderbilt is the team's sixth-man level existence, Vincent is the first choice for the backup point guard, and Wood is the first choice for the bench inside, last season because of his injury, which led to the Lakers going through the play-offs to make the playoffs, but it was only the first round.
If all three remained healthy last season, maybe the Lakers could cross the Nuggets, although the playoffs were 1-4 to the Nuggets, but friends who watched the game know that the Lakers will establish a lead at the beginning of the game, but because of the lack of rotation, after the physical decline in the second half, the team was reversed by the opponent, if the three of them are there, the team's rotation thickness will be better. Seeing the current situation, Pelinka probably regrets keeping them in the first place, but these are all premium contracts, and it is difficult to send them away now.
It is estimated that James and thick eyebrows will waste another year in the new season, Lao Zhan is 40 years old, and it is difficult to estimate the fifth championship of his career until retirement. Speaking of which, what do you have to say about these players? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.