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Pelinka says the team is in the best condition? Lake media believes that there are still two weaknesses: It is recommended to change to 5 and 2 mouths + Luo Wei

2:33pm, 4 August 2025Basketball

Doncic talked about an X factor in his choice to renew his contract with LAL in advance at the Lakers' press conference: "Whenever I look up and see so many celebrities' jerseys floating over the stadium, I want to stay here." [The Lakers just reached a three-year, 165 million maximum salary renewal with Doncic, and LAL retained the emperor superstar]

According to the Los Angeles Times, the Lakers hope to take the flexibility of the team's salary as the primary consideration when forming the strongest lineup around Doncic. Pelinka also agreed with the strategy in an interview on Saturday, saying the team is in its best shape at the moment. [This Lakers' lineup is really the best? 】

It is obvious that Laker Tom does not think so. He posted a long article on social media to refute Pelinka's views. He also wrote an article titled "The Lakers' new team building should use ten players to replace the old Big Three Model."

He wrote that the 10-player deep rotation mode is the most in line with the current trend. Currently, only 8 players in the Lakers can enter this set of 10-player rotation. Starting Doncic, Reeves, James, and Ayton are still missing a starting small forward; substitutes are expected to be one substitute center position (he believes that Hayes is not capable of playing substitute center)

The Lakers have Yamura Ai, Vincent, and Kleber expiring contracts worth 40 million, and Vanderbilt and Kneckett have a long-term contract worth about 15 million. As long as these five players can be replaced by a starting small forward and a substitute center, they can allow the Lakers to enter the 10-player deep rotation.

The best vision is to exchange Andrew Wiggins from the Heat and Robert Williams from the Trail Blazers. Of course, there is another point worth paying attention to, that is, whether Brownie's substitute SG and Thiero's substitute PF are excellent enough. If these two men appear lower than expected, Pelinka can consider re-incorporating the two substitute rotations. The wisest thing for the Lakers is to do their best to build a rotation lineup with "10-man lineup depth" so that they can concentrate on strengthening the position of substitute shooting guards and substitute power forwards at the trade deadline.

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