Give Doncic an inside player now! You can bring a championship to James

James said the Lakers did not have a real center. His homie Anthony Davis once felt the same, but after he mentioned this with the Lakers management, he was traded a week later...

And in the "win or go home" playoff life and death battle, the Lakers set up a five-squad that had never been used in the playoffs before. The highest height of this lineup is Hachimura Leaf, which is 2.03 meters tall.

Then, Gobert scored 27 points, 24 rebounds and 9 front board performances, hammering the Lakers' small lineup at Staples Center.

Before this game, Gobert was the second lowest player in the playoffs, and even the lowest player. As a center, he only made 4 of 13 shots, and his real shooting percentage was only 30.8%...

Due to no useful center, when Doncic could not continue to punish Gobert, the Lakers who were biased to qualify made Gobert a proud battle and created his fate of being eliminated in the first round.

Node 1: Why is Gobert, who has 4 DPOYs in 7 years, always embarrassing on the court?

And they could have had a center with both offense and defense, but three months ago, Robert Pelinka personally canceled the Mark Williams deal.

You said, if there was a parallel space-time where Ma Wei entered the lake, would the Lakers' endings in the playoffs be different on that timeline?

Silly Choice

Judging from the results, it is really stupid to deny this cheap deal because of worrying about Ma Wei's injury risks.

Node 2: How can Ma Wei, who is not able to have a physical examination, look healthy?

Not to mention that Mark Williams is in considerable physical condition this season. Even if Ma Wei is really a glass man, as long as you are not hurt by this transaction, even if Ma Wei often appears on the injury list in the future, what unacceptable losses will there be?

Some people think that the Lakers do not need to gamble, but IMHO, from the relationship between odds and winning rate, this is not called gambling at all...

Node 3: The Lakers should not give up Ma Wei

to win Ma Wei, you can get: a leverage to leverage the imagination space for the Lakers to compete for the championship, and the possibility of the Lakers' center position being worry-free in the next five years.

And all you have to pay is: Reddish, Knector, 1.5 long-distance picks in 2030 and 2031.

3 months later, Reddish has been cut by the Lakers, and Kneckett only played for 4 minutes in the playoffs...

The Lakers need a center too much

If there is a power, the Lakers don't have to put on a small lineup that was beaten by Gobert in a life-and-death battle.

Although the Lakers' neighbor Clippers have used a small lineup to subdue Gobert, the lineup structure of the Clippers and Lakers is completely different. It cannot be said that the Clippers have used a small lineup to defeat Gobert, and the Lakers can do it too.

And the Lakers' tactical system is not suitable for small lineups because they have Luca. The essence of the five small lineup is five wings, while Luca himself is not a serious wing. He cannot assume the defensive responsibility of the small lineup in this link. This happened in the Doncic Lakers' debut, and the Lakers were beaten at the basket in that game...

And in this playoff round, Luca's 3D engineer Jaden McDaniels averaged 17.4 points per game and shot 57.4%. Under Doncic's direct defense, the shooting percentage is even as high as 62.5%.

Node 4: What happened to Doncic's Lakers debut?

If you want to make good use of Doncic, you must provide him with enough defensive resources to provide him with the bottom line. For example, a frame guard that can fully wipe his butt.

Why was the Mavericks strong in the second half of last year? Why did Luca perform well in the playoffs? It's just that the Mavericks introduced Gafford and Washington to wipe Luca's butt in the middle of the season, which created too high profits.

Bakley made a sharp comment on Doncic: "Luca TM is not defending at all, until Nico Harrison found Washington and Gafford, but you can't always rely on the big guy to wipe your butt."

What's more, the Lakers don't have such a big guy...

The Lakers' management not only rejected the winning power, but also gave up the muscle-slutty jermies who performed well in the Los Angeles Derby. They did not cut off Ryan, who was not useful at all, and there was still a prince of the Zhan family sitting on the bench. However, the loyal bodyguard who can grab rebounds, assist in defense, fight, get stuck, get full of motivation, and lose the least points at the basket in a hundred rounds - was given up before the playoffs.

I can only say that this operation is really a mystery...

Node 5: Has the Lakers found the center they want?

After the failure of this round of series, you may be able to imagine Doncic knocking on the door of Pelinka's office and making his own needs very seriously:

"Give me a good inside, now, now!"

But where do the Lakers find a good inside?

drags on the burden of a total salary of 190 million yuan, and they have no room to strengthen in the free agent market. And trading market? Are you still expecting someone to deliver "Maximum" to your door like a wasp?

When everyone knows that the Lakers urgently need an excellent center, they will only take advantage of the situation and not send warmth, and they didn't have to send warmth to the Lakers.

This is like playing Happy Landlords. Not only are you very little happy beans left, but you also have to make a clear card...

In this case, the Lakers may only be able to use Reeves as bargaining chips to switch to a star-level center, right?

Unless Xiao Hua continues to make efforts and gives them an Antetokounmpo. Or maybe Nico Harrison had a sudden idea and returned Anthony Davis to Los Angeles...