On October 15, Beijing time, Lakers General Manager Pelinka recently talked about the team's reinforcement issues in an interview. A large number of fans are urging him to send Westbrook away, but he has been reluctant to take action. Why is this?
Mr. Pei said in an interview: "We now have three giants. If there is a deal that can make the team have the strength to compete for the championship again, then we will definitely do the corresponding operations without hesitation. But we will never trade for the sake of trading. From this offseason to the present, the media and fans have been discussing our draft picks extensively. This is of course easy for them, but for us there is only one chance, so we must be cautious and cautious."
"If we finally give out the first round picks for 2027 and 2029 at the same time, it proves that we think this deal is 100% correct and there will be no risks. As the general manager of a team, the most difficult part is to say no to the wrong deal, because the outside world will put a lot of pressure on you and hope you do something, but that may bring a worse situation to the team."
Pellinka's attitude is already very obvious now. He will not easily make the two first round picks in his hands to trade unless this deal can turn them into a championship-level team. But to be honest, this kind of deal has nothing to do with the Lakers today. Just imagine, what kind of player can you exchange for with Westbrook + two first-round picks? Irving is an exception. His personality and the complex relationship between Nets at that time led to the Lakers having the opportunity to make this deal, but they were eventually rejected by the Nets.
Westbrook is a negative asset, you have to sacrifice a first-round pick to send it away, offsetting each other, which means that the Lakers only have the attractiveness of one first-round pick. The previous trading plan between Jazz and Pacers was actually very good. Whether it is Hilde + Turner or Bogdanovic + Conley/ Clarkson , these two transactions are not a loss for the Lakers, but it is really hard to say whether they can help them return to the championship ranks, so Pelinka naturally dare not take action.
For the current Pelinka, his operating idea is not to seek merit, but to seek nothing wrong. Now he uses two first-round picks to send Westbrook away. If the team's performance is not ideal in the end, he will definitely become the scapegoat and may even be fired in the end. But if Pelinka chooses to lie flat and wait until tomorrow's Westbrook's contract expires, then they will have the opportunity to sign a star naked and also protect their two first-round picks, which will result in much smaller risks.
In fact, if everyone thinks about this issue from the perspective of Pelinka, his approach is the safest for the team and himself. But this is obviously not what James wants, because he is about to be 38 years old and can no longer wait, so he will continue to put pressure on the team's management during the offseason, hoping that they will make reinforcement moves as soon as possible.
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