Beijing time on November 23, today is the third day of the free market. After experiencing the ups and downs of the first two days, the Los Angeles Lakers became the big winner again today because they completed a very important signing action. Completely supplemented his final shortcomings.
According to the latest news from ESPN’s authoritative name Adrian Wojnarowski this morning, the Lakers first completed a 2-for-2 deal with the Cavaliers, sending away their main center McGee and the second round of 2026. Switched back to Jordan Bell and McKinney. This seemingly dispensable operation is actually to free up salary space to continue to reinforce. You must know that McGee's annual salary next season will reach 4.2 million US dollars.
is not surprising, and then NBA authoritative name Shams Charania brought another blockbuster news. The Lakers officially signed a contract with Marc Gasol, and the contract period is two years, but the full details of this contract are not yet available. Announced. According to ESPN salary expert Bobby Marks, Gasol should have signed a two-year veteran base salary contract with the Lakers, with an average annual salary of about 2.6 million.
As the former best defensive player and three-time All-Star center, Gasol is now 35 years old, but his defensive ability is still in place. He once blocked Embiid, the number one center in the East. Last season, he averaged 7.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 0.8 steals, and 0.9 blocks per game, shooting 41.9% from the field and 40.2% from the three-point range. He averaged 1.4 three-pointers per game.
Compared with McGee, Gasol is much easier to use in this small ball era. First of all, he has a very good shooting ability, and even can shoot three-pointers, which McGee will never be able to do; secondly, as a typical European center, like Jokic, he also has a very outstanding The passing ability, which McGee does not have. I have to say that after the loss of Howard, the Lakers were able to introduce Gasol, this is indeed a very remarkable operation, this time we have to praise Pelinka.
Yang Yi, a famous domestic commentator, also summed up the Lakers’ operations today and throughout the offseason as soon as possible: “It’s reasonable that the Clippers need Gasol more than the Lakers because their center has a guard. There are shortcomings, especially no one organizes the offense. Gasol is a top organization center, a man who is a center and a guard. I said last year, if you give the Clippers a small Gasol, Then they are very powerful. So the Lakers succeeded in this battle. It is really a draw from the bottom. It not only strengthens itself but also beats the opponents, one can go down and the other. Once Gasol arrives, he can give the Lakers an offseason operation. The label of "success"."
It seems that Yang Yi is very appreciative of Pelinka's operation this year's offseason. In fact, all Lakers fans have the same view. However, it is worth mentioning that the Lakers’ road to reinforcement may not be over yet, because McKinney and Jordan Bell have no effect on the team, and they are not guaranteed contracts and can be at any time. Cut off. In other words, as long as there are players who fit the Lakers on the free market, Pelinka is bound to change staff immediately. You don't even need to have a target. The Lakers will lay off them in the next few days. After all, no boss wants to raise idlers.
After completing today’s reinforcements, the Lakers currently have a total of 14 people on the roster. The 10 players most likely to enter the rotation are: Schroder, Pope, Caruso, Matthews, James, Davis, Kuzma, rookie Tucker, Harrell and Gasol Jr. After this year's draft, the Lakers also signed two undrafted picks, plus McKinney and Jordan Bell, who were just acquired through the trade, and there are currently 14 people.
