After a short wait, Jordan Jr. officially completed the buyout with the Pistons, and the Lakers officially announced that the team officially signed Jordan Jr.
As a result, the Lakers have used up 14 of the 15 formal contracts, leaving only one formal contract to strengthen the lineup.
However, according to previous reports, the Lakers will not stop the lineup adjustment, especially after the introduction of Jordan Jr., an inside player, the little Gasol will most likely be disposed of by the Lakers.
Long before Jordan Jr. officially joined the Lakers, the US media "nbcsports" exposed that Gasol Jr. may not return to the Lakers, who also selected suitable interior players in the market.
Then with the official joining of Jordan Jr., Gasol Jr. is naturally less likely to return to the Lakers, but how Gasol Jr. leaves the Lakers has a lot of room for operation.
Under normal circumstances, the Lakers can directly cut the small plus with only one year left in the contract, thus freeing up the position to sign new players, but considering the Lakers' salary space and luxury tax problems, it is undoubtedly a wiser choice to exchange the small plus for a non-guarantee contract.
To this end, the US media "Lakeshowlife" also recruited the Lakers in a timely manner, and can send away Gasol Jr. through three potential transactions to complete the operation of killing two birds with one stone.
The other three teams mentioned can complete the low-priceDaobao and take over Gasol Jr., a veteran who also has a certain degree of immediate combat strength.
Trade option one: The Lakers send a small plus and get Dozil from the Nuggets.
For the Lakers, the core purpose of the deal is to clear up Gasol Jr.'s contract, just as they sent McGee to the Cavaliers last season in exchange for two non-guarantee contracts.
Compared with Gasol Jr., Dozil carries part of the guarantee contract, and the salary guaranteed in the contract next season is only $200,000, which is far lower than the amount that the Lakers need to bear to deal with Xiao Jia directly.
In addition, the Lakers can also kill two birds with one stone to try to keep Dozil, a young player, to balance the high age of the team's existing lineup.
For the Nuggets, it was a low-paying bet, and Gasol Jr. had better experience and immediate combat than the younger Dozil.
Although the Nuggets already have Jokic, the league's best interior player, the team's interior depth still needs to be improved.
In this way, Gasol Jr., who is also a technical center, is naturally a good bet.
Trade option two: The Lakers send Gasol Jr. to Get Diakit from the Bucks.
Similar to the first deal, the Lakers' core purpose is to clean up The Small Plus and take over a young player with a non-guarantee contract.
Diakit is the kind of player that meets the Lakers' requirements, and diakit, who was born in 1997, is younger than Dozier.
At the same time, the guaranteed portion of Diakit's contract slipped further to just $100,000.
The Bucks, on the other hand, gained the outstanding instant power of The Little Plus in the trade to increase the team's weak interior configuration.
Looking at the Bucks' current roster configuration, they only have a reasonable interior player in Da luo, so they have to let Portis make a cameo as a No. 5 player from time to time.
The arrival of Gasol Jr. will solve this problem, and he will share the pressure of Big Lo, providing a stable defense and projection.
Trade option three: The Lakers send Gasol Jr. and Jabari Parker from the Celtics.
Jabari Parker is also a younger option, with only $100,000 in the guaranteed contract to meet the Lakers' needs.
For the Green Army, the team's only internal line is Horford and young Williams, and Gasol Jr. will provide the height and confrontation required for the current lineup.
So, for both teams, it's a deal that promises a win-win deal.