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Go to the Clippers to form a nursing team? It was revealed that once the 37-year-old Love is bought out, New York and Los Angeles will choose one

5:28am, 27 July 2025【Basketball】

It has been a month since the NBA free market started. For example, the Lakers have also won free agents Ayton and Smart. The offensive and defensive strength of the inside and outside lines has obviously become stronger.

According to reporter Fischer, once inside Love is bought out by the Jazz, he will choose one of the spotlight markets like New York and Los Angeles to join. As a 37-year-old veteran, Love's last contract has a salary of $4.15 million in the last season; according to previous reports, the veteran will usher in the last contract of his NBA career and is expected to join a team with championship strength.

Judging from the above reports, the New York Knicks, the Los Angeles Clippers, and the Los Angeles Lakers are all potential next players of Love. He played 23 games for the Heat last season, averaging 5.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1 assist per game, and his three-point shooting percentage was 35.8%.

In this regard, some fans joked that Love, 37, is quite suitable for the Clippers, and can go to this team to form a nursing team. After all, in this summer's offseason, the Clippers retained the core lineup of last season and won two veterans, Lopez and Paul; at the same time, they also signed the buyout Bill, and the older Harden and Leonard were also included in the lineup.

From the lineup, although the Clippers have the starting striker Collins, their strength at the No. 4 position has been well supplemented, and there is also veteran Batum on the bench. It is logically enough, but if you can defeat veteran Love, who has height, body shape and shooting advantages, the team's shooting inside strength will also be improved. In the long regular season, injuries are inevitable. Signing Love can relieve the pressure on core players and make the team healthier.

Playing around Harden and Paul, as long as you do a good job of pick-and-roll and cover, there are many opportunities to score easily. As an inside line that has won the championship, Love can catch the ball and hit the basket after pick-and-roll, and can also break out to pull the opponent's inside line out of the 3-point line, which is conducive to the ball-holder's attack.

Of course, if you play happier before retirement, Love can also choose to join the Lakers and play basketball for the last season with James to satisfy the fans' eyes. After all, these two men once won the championship in the Cavaliers and defeated the 73-win Warriors in the 2016 NBA Finals, creating a legendary history in the NBA.

Although the Lakers' lineup has won the No. 1 center Ayton, the strength of the inside is still relatively weak. James and Doncic need space shooters to support them to maximize their ball-holding offensive ability. Normal Love is completely suitable for this Lakers.

It's just that the hero is old. Now Love is on the verge of retirement. It's no longer realistic to make him the key to the Lakers' championship. But as a surprise player in some games, it is still worth looking forward to when it comes to a series of three-pointers.

But we don't know whether James will choose to retire in the new season. We only know that one of the major focus of the Lakers is to renew the contract with Doncic early, and it is likely that James will no longer be the focus of operating; this is also one of the reasons why there is no heavyweight transaction in addition to signing free agents this summer offseason.

The Lakers management is likely to have to wait until James' contract is over next summer to free up more salary space to build a championship lineup around Doncic.