The Lakers reinforcement was blocked again! Pelinka took the initiative to attack, but was placed on the ground and aimed at the two centers

reported on May 28 that after the Lakers were eliminated, the problems exposed by the team were also quite obvious, that is, the inside line exposed a very big problem after the Davis left the team. Therefore, this summer, the Lakers' top priority is to strengthen their strength through trades, make the team's lineup full of competition, seize the tail of James' career, make good use of Doncic and Rivers' years of playing, and then strive for a championship. According to Lakers' team reporter Anthony F. Irwin, after entering the offseason, Lakers' operations president Pelinka has recently shown an extremely active operating posture. The reporter said that the Lakers' top priority is very clear: more than one center is needed.

Less than a month after being eliminated, Pelinka conducted tentative negotiations with multiple teams based on the chip framework of previous Mawei trades to collect as much information as possible to understand the market. However, the Lakers' trading is also hindered. The reason is that the trading partners in the market now know that the Lakers are in a hurry to lack centers. If they have a team that can run and jump inside, they will start the price as soon as they open their mouths and ask Kneckett to be the starting point of the negotiation. If a strong center is the price, the price will be higher. In the transaction between the Lakers and the Hornets aborted by the trading deadline, the Lakers' chips were swapped with Kneckett, Reddish and the 2031 unprotected first-round and 2020 draft picks.

In addition, according to the reporter, the Lakers' center candidates currently focused on are also targeting two, namely Mavericks center Gafford and Nets center Clarkston, and there may be some unexpected candidates in the free agent market. The Lakers currently need to find a pie-type center who is good at all-connecting, but Redick needs a strong center with three-point ability to cooperate with the five-for-one tactics. Judging from the current situation, the Lakers are likely to pursue two centers at a time. If they trade to eat pie-type centers, they will use free market signing to check for shortcomings and fill in the gaps and sign a center with three-point range to form a lineup complementary lineup.

From the perspective of the Lakers' intentional center candidates, Clarkston and Gafford are both pie-type center candidates, which are more suitable for the characteristics of the Big Three. Of course, if you want to successfully pursue one of these two people, the Lakers will definitely be priced by their opponents, especially in Governor, Doncic and Davis trades, the outside world generally believes that the Mavericks suffered a big loss, and giving another center to the Lakers will definitely be very cautious and afraid of losing. The most important thing is that Ma Wei failed in the previous transaction. Although it avoided the joining of Ma Wei, the center with glass attributes, it also exposed the Lakers' own bargaining chips. Therefore, any future transactions will be used as a reference. The opponent's asking price will only be more or less. Knowing that the Lakers lack centers, they will not let go when they catch you. Therefore, the Lakers' strengthening process will be very difficult this summer, and they can only wait to meet someone with destiny.