Congratulations to the Lakers! Pelinka reappears in magical operations, the new five giants are born, James gets what he wants

As we all know, before the trade deadline last season, the Lakers used Thick Brow to exchange Christie for the Mavericks star Doncic, and at the same time cooperated with the Nets to exchange for Finney Smith, improving their wing defense and three-pointers from the outside. Although he got Doncic in his year of playing, the emptiness of the inside was a huge hidden danger. For this reason, the coaching staff could only mention Hays to the starter, and even asked Haymura to play a guest center to fight with big centers such as Gobert and Jokic.

Although in the regular season, the Lakers, who lacked the inside, did not "explode" as expected by the outside world, and even took revenge on the Nuggets and rushed to second place in the Western Conference. But in the playoffs, he played against the Timberwolves who had luxurious insides like Gobert + Randle + Reed in the first round. The Lakers were beaten to no avail and the inside was completely destroyed. The expected Doncic's "Military Training" Gobert's famous painting was not born, but Gobert scored "O'Neal" like data, which eventually led to the Lakers' miserable 1-4 elimination. In the offseason, in order to keep Doncic, Pelinka openly showed off the league and will definitely create a qualified center for the team. Just when Lakers fans did not have any hope and believed that the management would definitely pick up bargains in the "garbage market" like in previous years and repaired the sewing for another year, Pelinka actually recruited Aiton from the buyout market for a low price of 16 million yuan in two years.

Alton's reputation has been questioned in recent years, there are still data per game of 15+10. This is also the first time that the Lakers have a playoff-level starting center since the park won the championship in 2020. Doncic and James' most worried issue has finally been solved. After all, losing to the Timberwolves last season, the big problem lies in the inside gap. Hayes is barely enough to play in the regular season, but if it is against an inside line of Gobert, the gap will be obvious.

Not only that, in order to further strengthen the team's championship puzzle, Pelinka has once again made a magical operation. After 16 million yuan in Ayton, the Lakers signed a two-year and 11 million contract with free agent Smart, of which the second year is the player option. He will enter the free market in 2026. This also means that Smart will definitely give all of it next season and inject all his passion into the Lakers, not only for the championship, but also for the ability to sign a new long-term maximum salary contract next summer.

From picking in the draft to taking heavy blows in the buyout market, Ayton and Smart's joining completely made up for the shortcomings of Lakers' wing defense and lack of interior depth. It can be expected that the Lakers' new five giants will be Doncic + Reeves + Smart + James + Ayton next season. At the same time, there are also strong players such as Vincent + Hays + Hays + Vanderbilt + Brownie sitting on the bench. The overall lineup depth of the Lakers is almost the strongest in the past five years. James finally got what he wanted. With the help of the inside super center and the former DPOY, he will strive for the fifth championship in his career next season. His historical status surpassed Jordan, and it is only a matter of time.