Big news! Lakers: After signing Smart, the Los Angeles Lakers will still chase Boucher

For most NBA teams, even if their signing work is not completely finished, they have already been in operation.

The Los Angeles Lakers, which are loved and paid attention to by fans, have had a very unpleasant relationship with James and his team during the offseason, but they still live together.

Therefore, all the recruitment work of General Manager Pelinka is basically operated around James and Doncic. At the draft, the Purple and Gold Legion won a surprise victory and overcome all obstacles, and selected the talented Thiero with the No. 36 draw.

After the door to the free market opened, Doncic and Redick took the initiative to contact their favorites and recruited Laravic and Aiton.

At the same time, Pelinka and Hayes completed the contract renewal.

However, the Los Angeles Lakers' signings are not completely over. This morning, according to a report by the famous NBA reporter Shams, Smart and the Wizards will join the Lakers with a two-year, $11 million contract after reaching a buyout agreement with the Wizards.

Message from ESPN sources shows that in order to successfully sign Smart, the Lakers plan to lay off guard Milton to free up a roster spot.

It is worth noting that Milton's $3 million contract will be officially fully guaranteed on Sunday local time. In fact, in the overall planning of the Los Angeles Lakers, strengthening the defensive ability of the point guard position is an urgent task. The team has always had certain shortcomings in the point guard defensive end, which has become the target of opponents' key breakthroughs in many games, seriously affecting the team's overall defensive efficiency. Therefore, it is urgent to improve the defensive strength of this position.

What is interesting is that Doncic, the star of the Mavericks, has spared no effort to recruit Smart. Doncic knows Smart's strong strength on the defensive end, and takes the initiative to contact Smart many times and sincerely expresses his wish to join the Mavericks through phone calls, text messages, etc. During the exchange process, Doncic not only painted the team's future blueprint to Smart, but also emphasized the important role he can play in the team's system.

According to TA Lakers reporter Dan Woike, sources revealed that after signing Smart, the Los Angeles Lakers will still chase free agent Boucher.

Boucher's value cannot be judged simply by panel data. Although he did not perform particularly well in regular statistics such as scoring, rebounding, assists, and those numbers may not be eye-catching enough on the data list, however, time is the best proof. The game situation year after year makes it clear that as long as Boucher stepped on the field, he would be like injecting a shot of a heart-warming agent into the team, which could have a positive and positive impact on the team. Therefore, if he can join the Lakers, it will undoubtedly improve the team's combat effectiveness.