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Lakers management remains active, Pelinka praises new players in the second round, and his favorite shooter is intercepted by the Warriors

4:59pm, 29 June 2025Basketball

In order to increase the highlights and attention, NBA senior executives have now divided the draft into two days, but fans have been looking forward to it for so long. Except for some rookies to swap and sign the unselected players, there is no major operation at all, and it is simply in vain to look forward to it.

Of course, the Lakers management looks to remain active, for example, General Manager Robert Pelinka was interviewed and he revealed a lot of information. On the one hand, Robert Pelinka said that the Lakers' offseason operation is definitely not over yet, and it is even just beginning now, and there will definitely be a center this summer.

However, the NBA is somewhat different from other leagues. Even if the boss is willing to spend a lot of money, due to the salary cap restrictions and other series of terms, the operation is not as simple as spending money. Especially this summer, the Lakers have many players who are qualified to jump out of contracts and become free. How they choose in the end will greatly affect the Lakers' operation direction. In fact, the management led by Robert Pelinka tried its best on the second day of draft night. It doesn't seem to be an exaggeration to say that the Lakers are the most active teams among them. However, compared with other management teams, Robert Pelinka's operations are still more conservative, only improving the second round pick and signing multiple draft picks. To be honest, it is difficult to solve the fundamental problem.

Of course, in an interview, Robert Pelinka also praised the new player Adu Tiero in the second round. He believed that the Lakers had definitely found the treasure, because in the scouting department, Adu Tiero had the first round market. So at the end of the first day of the draft, when the Lakers management saw that Adu Tielo was ignored, they were both surprised and happy, so the Lakers acted quickly and worked with other teams twice in a row to improve the second round pick and finally win Adu Tielo. In other words, it is still difficult to make a conclusion about the future development of the latter, so there is naturally a risk of becoming a parallel product, but the Lakers are at least optimistic about him now.

Although many players were signed in the end, the Lakers' favorite shooter was actually intercepted by the Warriors. LJ Claire from the University of Houston has signed a training camp contract with the Warriors. This season, he averaged 15.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2 assists and 0.9 steals per game. He is very good at outside shooting and has a three-point shooting percentage of more than 40%. However, as a pure defender, he is only 1.85 meters tall, and many people can't help but joke that the Warriors have a guard collection habit, and tall players do not sign at all.

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