The Lakers' fourth batch of trial training invitations officially ended yesterday. This time, six more players were invited. Counting the first two, the Lakers have tried out as many as 24 players in just 28 days. Most of these 18 players are second-round or undrafted prospects.

The Lakers’ fourth batch of trial training invitations officially ended yesterday.

invited six more players this time. Counting the previous two times, in just 28 days, the Lakers have tried out as many as 24 players.

Most of these 18 players are in the second round or undrafted prospects. The list is as follows:

Guards: Pippen Jr., Guo Haowen , Bouye, Arthur, Jones, Cole;

Bernard, Shackelford , Pulin, Juzan, Martin, Devo, Archibald.

forwards: Atkinson, Kane, Prim, Golden, Horn, Esiogu (withdrawn);

Lee Hyun Joong , Kuash, Samuels, Lofton Jr.

Center: McCormack.

There are twenty-four players, with only one at the center position and as many as thirteen defenders.

Pelinka is still the same Pelinka. Regardless of signings or drafts, the primary goal is always defenders.

Of course, it may also have something to do with the lack of draft picks in the Lakers' hands.

After all, in this era, as long as a forward has a body, can shoot, and has a normal basketball IQ, the market will basically not be too bad.

This is why undrafted player lists are often filled with many defenders.

The NBA will never lack defenders, unless you are a particularly accurate three-point shooter. The reason is simple. If a defender can do it, a forward can do it. If a defender cannot do it, a forward can do it. On the other hand, if a forward can do something, a defender may not be able to do it. , such as swinging to the fourth position to cover the inside line, such as defense.

It is worth mentioning that although the Lakers are currently the team that has issued the most trial invitations, they have no draft picks this year.

At this time, someone will ask: has no draft rights, so why join in the fun?

Regarding this question, The Athletic reporters John Hollinger and Sam Vecenie gave the answer in the podcast.

According to them, although the Lakers do not have draft picks, Pelinka specially prepared US$4.7 million in cash to purchase the second round.

Secondly, Austin Rivers' success last season made Pelinka believe that there are also gems among undrafted players.

If Westbrook and Nunn exercise their contract options, the Lakers will only have 14 million space for operations.

And of this 14 million, five players need to be signed to meet the minimum requirements for the twelve-man regular season roster.

1 What kind of players can be signed with 4 million? It’s impossible to split them all into a basic salary, right?

So for the Lakers, if high-quality signings are not completed in the free market, they can only find treasure among the undrafted players.

Firstly, it is cheap, secondly, it can replenish vitality, and thirdly, in order to survive, undrafted players often try their best after playing.

It can be said that the Lakers are taking advantage of petty gains, but due to lack of money, sometimes they have to take advantage of petty gains.

Because this is the only way the Lakers can hit the playoffs...