Average of 18+3+4! One best defense team, will the Lakers win the 3D forward guard swinger?

Signed Ayton, Laravia, Smart, Thiero, and gave up Milton and Goodwin, and the Lakers' strengthening this summer has basically come to an end.

Are there any obvious shortcomings in the Lakers lineup?

If you don't consider injuries, there is basically nothing left.

On the offensive end, Doncic can break, shoot and pass, a typical top-level playmaker style. When he was on the court, the Lakers scored 120 points in a hundred rounds. You should know that the defending champion Thunder only had 119 points, and the Cavaliers, ranked 1st in the Eastern Conference in the 24-25 season, had 121 points. In other words, as long as Doncic is on the court, the Lakers' offense is the top in the league.

To say one more thing, Doncic has been averaging 35.1 minutes per game so far. James and Reeves can handle the team's offense well in the remaining quarter.

On the defensive end, to be honest, it is basically the best defensive player season. Smart's defensive characteristics and advantages are not just about assisting defense or changing defense. In addition, the advantage of the "little steel cannon" body is that it can swing upwards and even the inside line. For example, in the 21-22 season, the shooting rate was limited to 37.5% when playing against Annuobi, and the shooting rate was limited to 33.3% when playing against Antetokounmpo.

Of course, the disadvantage is that the leader cannot defend the speed-type small defender. For example, in this season, the latter's shooting rate was 67.1% against Trae Young, and the latter's shooting rate was 56% against Fox.

However, thanks to his thin figure and mobility comparable to defenders, Vanderbilt is a speed-proof defender. For example, when facing Edwards, his shooting rate is limited by 20%, and when facing Brunson, his shooting rate is limited by 33.3%.

Founder and Vanderbilt can complement each other on the defensive end. As for the inside line, you can leave Hachimura Shizuo and James to swing upwards to defend and assist in defense.

In summary, without considering the injury factors, the Lakers do not have obvious shortcomings on both offense and defense. But the problem is that injuries are part of the game. If you consider injuries, Smart made a total of 41 appearances and Vanderbilt made 73 appearances in the past two seasons. From this perspective, the Lakers collapsed half of the sky on the defensive end.

Therefore, we can generally conclude that the Lakers lineup still has shortcomings in the new season - if Smart and Vanderbilt cannot effectively overcome injuries, the overall characteristics of the team can be defined as strong offense and weak defense - the stronger the offense, the weaker the relative defense.

Considering that it is still in the offseason, the potential Lakers still have a chance to remedy.

The Lakers' most valuable bargaining chip is Reeves?

First of all, because of Doncic's existence, the Lakers' draft picks for at least the next five years are relatively worthless. This can be seen from the first round of the Heat's request for Wiggins transactions. To put it more, Wiggins' personal efficiency value in season 23-24 is 16.4, and the 24-25 is 12.7. It can be seen that due to the bone marrow extraction, the combat power of both offense and defense has declined significantly.

Secondly, because Kneckett's poor performance in the summer league has led to a decline in the value of the transaction. As for the expiration contracts of Vincent, Kleber and Hachimura, the theoretical peak of the transaction is before the mid-term trading deadline for the new season rather than during the offseason.

From this perspective, only Reeves has the greatest trading value at an All-Star level and an annual salary of 14 million.

Will the Lakers trade Reeves?

I think as long as the chips are suitable, I will definitely be willing to trade. After all, the Lakers are Doncic's team and everything serves the latter.

It is also based on this that the US media "Fadeaway World" recommends that the Lakers and the Knicks make a deal. The specific plan is to send Reeves and Kleber to Bridges for the Lakers.

For Bridges, there are three points of explanation:

First, that is, combat power. In the 24-25 season, he averaged 17.6 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. Average of 18+3+4 per game, which is on par with Reeves in terms of data alone.

Second, position. Bridges has played 18,541 minutes in his NBA career, accounting for 15% of them playing the second position, 70% playing the third position, and 15% playing the fourth position. Judging from the data, a typical style of swaying people playing.

Third, honor. With his outstanding performance on the defensive end in the season, Bridges was selected as the best defensive team of the year at the end of the season. Combined with the career 37.1% three-pointer, it looks like the "3D" characteristics are very clear.

To sum up the above three points, we can roughly define Bridges as the "3D" forward guard swingman.

The Knicks are willing to trade Bridges, or can the Lakers get the latter?

At present, it is unlikely.

First, last summer, the Knicks spent as many chips, including as five first rounds, to trade from the Nets, to Bridges, and this move was aimed at winning the championship.

However, if the Knicks' record is not ideal in the new season, or if they want to reorganize the lineup, the possibility of a trade will come. At this time, one of them. Secondly, Bridges still has a one-year contract of 24 million. The current news is that the former requires a large contract with an average salary of at least 40 million, but the Knicks does not want to give it.

Based on these two points, I think the Lakers are still very likely to get Bridges.

First, contract. If it is difficult for both parties to reach an agreement on renewal, the Knicks can only choose to trade more. Otherwise, if the contract expires tomorrow summer, you will get nothing.

The second is combat power. Although Reeves is not as good as Bridges in defense, he is not much different from the offensive end. From the side, you can see it as a replica, which has little impact on the Knicks' combat power.

Relatively speaking, I think the first point is the main reason. In other words, as long as the two sides do not reach a renewal, the Lakers will have a chance, and the probability will gradually increase over time.