famous reporter woj analyzed the offseason signing plan of Lakers in the program, bluntly saying that they will not make any more big trades, and will give up the Big Three model.
"Next they will sign some players with minimum salaries and perform some other operations, but they will not make big transactions in the market." Woj revealed. He also said, "They don't want to give away some of the team's contracts in exchange for the draft picks. At present, they are not involved in any transactions that will bring them a third star. They believe that the Big Three model is no longer feasible under the current salary cap system. ”
To put it simply, the Lakers are planning to operate on a small budget. Although they are a wealthy team in the league, under the management of female owner Jenny, the Lakers have become one of the stingy teams in the league.
Although Lao Zhan was given a two-year maximum salary contract of US$104 million, in fact this investment is not worth mentioning compared with other strong teams. For example, after 76's spent a lot of money to grab George and renew Maxi's contract, the total investment has exceeded 400 million US dollars. Another example is the defending champion Celtics , which has spent more than 400 million US dollars on renewing contracts for Tatum and White.
In contrast, Lakers female boss Jenny is too stingy. When it comes to this, the person who is most worried is probably James. Lao Zhan's goal is the championship, but without the Lakers making a major upgrade this summer, rushing to the championship is just a delusion.
