After signing three new players, the Lakers are interested in Holiday again! US media shows a 3-for-1 trading plan to sell Hachimura

After buying at the bottom at a low price so far from the offseason, the Lakers were exposed to be fond of top defender Zhu Holiday! The US media also quickly showed a potential trading plan for 3-for-1, and suggested to the Purple Gold Legion to sell Hachimura to chase Holiday.

Signing three new players

Compared with the past few seasons, the Lakers are very restrained in the free and trading market this summer. Due to the limited degree of reinforcement, James also publicly put pressure on the Lakers through his agent Ricky Paul after executing the $52.6 million player option to stay in the team.

Fortunately, Pelinka responded quickly, first signing the younger Laravia to fill the gap in the front line after Finney Smith left the team.

Then he continued to make efforts in the buyout market, not only won Aiton with a 2-year, cost-effective contract of US$16.6 million, but also successfully solved the insider's shortcomings.

also won the battle against many teams after Smart and the Wizards bought out, winning the former DPOY with a biennial exception of just over $5 million.

In this way, the Lakers have met the three major needs of Doncic to strengthen the backcourt defense, shooting and inside. After signing three players in a row, the Lakers' new 14+2 roster is as follows:

point guards: Doncic, Vincent, Smart;

point guards: Reeves, Kneckett, Brownie, Manon (two-way);

small forwards: Hachimura, Laravia, Adu Tiero;

power forwards: James, Vanderbilt, Kleber;

centers: Ayton, Hays, Kroko (two-way).

It seems that the Lakers have completed some of their shortcomings, but there is still a big gap between returning to the championship ranks.

Especially considering the competitive environment of the West, the Rockets and the Nuggets have successively completed major reinforcements, and even the Clippers in the City have won the champions such as Collins, Bills and Paul in the free and trading market.

If the Lakers want to make a difference in the new season, what they need is not only to find bargains in the free and buyout market, but also to continue to make efforts in the subsequent trading market.

Internal contradictions highlighted

Against this backdrop, the internal contradictions of the Lakers have also been further highlighted, which was destined when the Lakers suddenly got Doncic from the Mavericks in the 24-25 season.

The Lakers have never completed big operations in the trading market this summer. The fundamental reason is that they hope to leave more cap space and chips to the core Doncic in the future, rather than James who only has the last season left in the contract.

After all, after the last few years of continuous operations, the Lakers have only one first-round pick left, and even one second-round pick. If the salary space is locked down, it will be difficult for the Lakers to reorganize their lineup around Doncic after James retires.

Therefore, whether the Lakers will complete the transaction in the future depends on the final game between the two sides. If James fails, then the two sides are very likely to part ways in the new season.

If James wins again, the Lakers will actively continue to strengthen, such as introducing Ju Holiday.

US media showed a 3-for-1 trading plan

According to reporter Grant Afseth, the Lakers have not only discussed the possibility of trading Pope and Diwen Qinzuo in the past period of time, but are also closely following Zhu Holiday's trends.

This former champion defender was sent to the Trail Blazers by the Celtics this summer. Due to poor condition during the physical examination, the Trail Blazers withdrew two second round picks in the trade, which also made the outside world speculate that the Trail Blazers would change their minds and send him away.

For this reason, the US media "FW" showed a potential 3-for-1 transaction plan, and advised the Purple and Gold Legion to get Zhu Holiday.

The potential trading plan is as follows

Lakers get: Ju Holiday;

Trail Blazers get: Hachimura Less + Vincent + Kneckett.