Did the Lakers even target Trey Yang? A short scorer who played a brilliant role in today’s game and scored continuously at the critical moment to sink the Celtics, a giant ship, just because the Eagles had some recent turmoil and wanted to leave the team West? Is the future of the Lakers really in the hands of Anthony Davis and Yang?
The Lakers stared at Yang because “Heavy” reporter Sean Deveney recently interviewed an anonymous executive who said the Lakers were really interested in Yang. He also said that the Lakers had more chips at present, although he did not believe that every player who signed the Klutch brokerage company dreamed of going to the Lakers, “Obviously this is not the case either”, but he was sure that the Lakers were aiming at Yang.
Yang’s performance in the playoffs today was enough for the Lakers to take a high look at him. Yang scored 32 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 22 12 shots, 2 out of 3-point 6, 6 out of 6 free throws. He was not soft shots. At 2 minutes 23 seconds before the final match, he first took a circle of ball pocket and flashed to the side. Before the opponent’s defensive players had time, he flashed out of the neutral and made a decisive shot. The ball entered! 45 seconds before the final match, he struggled to drive the ball into the inside line, leaning against Kobe White to score the ball. The Eagle led 126-121 and basically locked the victory.
Yang claimed in an interview after the game: “I don’t always score, I need to play in the right way, and sometimes I need to involve my teammates. I always try my best to play in the right way, and today I did it.” When talking about his first victory with Dezhang Tai-Murray, Yang also said: “This is the first time we play playoff together. This is our first victory. I hope there will be more such victories in the future.” Eagle Coach Snyder also said after the game: “Yang and Murray, they played a good role as leaders and showed leadership.”
The anonymous executive said that “the Lakers now have a lot of chips”, which is not nonsense. The first thing to propose is Russell. His salary this season is as high as 31.37 million, but the Lakers and the grizzly bear’s G2, he only gave 11 shots and got 5 points in 2, there were also five dismal fouls. After the game, it was even more “I am not a point guard in the Lakers”, which made people confused. Although Russell had said many times that he would sign a new contract to stay with the Lakers, his second fate with the Lakers ended soon.
Among the other players, either the contract expires this summer or the last year of the contract is the team option. In short, a group of people will leave the Lakers this summer. Among them are Malik Beasley, eight village bases, Vanderbilt (the contract expires in Mingxia), Bamba (the contract expires in Mingxia), Dennis Schroder and Austin Reeves. They must all have the goal of staying in the Lakers, but the Lakers have no reason to stay. It is necessary to take one or two to make a deal.
The question now is only whether it is necessary for the Lakers to break up the team and recruit stars, especially those like Yang; Whether recruiting him to the team will make the team have the strength of going to the next level?
First, let’s look at the current lineup of the Lakers. The composition of this lineup of the Lakers comes from the beginning and end of the last superstar. Wei Shao has always failed to show his due strength in the Lakers, so the two sides split up in one shot. Fortunately, there were jazz on the side, and they didn’t let the Lakers do business at a loss. On the contrary, the players who gave them to the Lakers were all real players. Jazz has his own plans, but he cannot guarantee that there will be such a trading object at all times. What should I do if Yang also hits him.
Secondly, let’s look at the player Yang. He has strong scoring instinct and skillful personal skills, which is needless to say. But his height is a natural disadvantage, especially on the defensive side, and he occupies a lot of power to hold the ball, which is what the Lakers try their best to avoid. Before the introduction of weishao, Lawrence Frank, the executive vice president of Clippers, once said that they had two requirements for the point guard, no sticky ball and outstanding defense. Weishao avoided these two points, at first, I didn’t want to sign him Yunyun, but later George tried his best to introduce him. It seems that this is a common view of all teams in the league.
Finally, let’s look at the Eagles. They may not release them. The introduction of Murray in this year’s trade, even the change of coach in the middle, is to consolidate Yang’s leadership status (there are rumors that Yang and former coach McMillan are not convinced). After the salary of 0.173 billion in 5 years fell down, the Eagle basically grasped Yang’s right to speak. He wanted to change the team and had to look at the face of the Eagle’s top leaders first. In the 2018 draft, Eagle would rather exchange Yang with Dong Qiqi, which has explained many problems. Yang also proved that he was not inferior to Dong Qiqi with the performance of a 3-year playoffs.
The Lakers are interested in Yang, but it is just an episode in the process of building the team in the Lakers. The episode evolved into a big deal that the Lakers hoped for, neither did nor tightened. With the existing lineup, the Lakers can make a difference. It was only during this period that I occasionally heard the noise from other homes and went to inquire about it. The Lakers and Yang are like at the two ends of a parallel wire, looking across the line, playing with the opponent’s idea and fiddling with the small abacus in their hearts.
(Mao Mao dad/supine support)
