US media advises the Lakers to strengthen! 4-change the Celtics center to strengthen the inside line, but both aspects are not suitable

May 20th news, the NBA playoffs are still going on. For some teams that were eliminated early, the most urgent task is to start strengthening chips and plan some transactions to strengthen the team's shortcomings. The Lakers started high and closed low this year. After the trade came to Doncic, the team played a sweet period and achieved a record of third place in the Western Conference. Unfortunately, because the Lakers' lineup is strong in offense and weak in defense, and the lack of high-quality centers in the interior, the Lakers' offense and defense are extremely unbalanced, and they lose to the Timberwolves in the first round of the playoffs. For the Lakers, the most urgent move this offseason is to trade a center to make up for this obvious shortcomings.

The Lakers' strengthening also touches the hearts of US media and fans. Today, the US media reporter Andy Bailey, who advised the Lakers and gave a trading plan. The specific content is: the Lakers send Hachimura and Kleber, as well as the first round swaps in 2030 and 2032, and get Porzingis from the Celtics trade. The reporter said that it is no secret that the Lakers are looking for centers, and the Celtics will now try to trade Porzingis to release salary pressure. If they don't trade, they will face up to $500 million in salary and luxury tax fines. Hachimura's salary is $15 million, Kleber's salary is $11 million, and platinum is $30 million. The salary is basically matched in transactions.

However, for this transaction plan, although it meets the Lakers' idea of ​​wanting a center and also meets the Celtics' goal of clearing their salary, there are two very inappropriate points for the Lakers. The first inappropriate thing is that Platinum and Doncic are actually incompatible. In fact, they have worked together in the Mavericks, but after playing together for a while, the two are indeed incompatible. In the end, the Mavericks traded Platinum. Doncic is suitable for the brutal blue-collar insider, mainly for high pick-and-roll quality and defensive frames. If platinum is played normally, it is a technical insider with a basket. Therefore, this does not meet Doncic's needs. What is the point of joining hands again? This is not appropriate.

The second inappropriate one is that Platinum is in very poor form now. This year's regular season play, playing 42 games, averaging 19.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 0.7 steals and 1.5 blocks per game, but he only played 11 games in the playoffs, averaging only 7.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.8 blocks per game. It is said that the decline in platinum is coping with viral sequelae. He has an annual salary of 30 million yuan, and he has a physical fitness in the Glass Man, and his condition is sluggish, so what's the use of the Lakers asking him for? If you really plan to use trading to create 30 million space to strengthen the center, there are definitely people in the market who are better than him, and picking up Adams or trading Kessler, Gafford and others are more pragmatic choices.