$12 million in 2 years! After Ayton, Pelinka made another magical operation, bringing the Lakers almost a 3D player in vain

In the 398 games in his NBA career so far, Ayton averaged 16.4 points and 10.5 rebounds per game. It should be noted that whether it is the Suns or the Trail Blazers, Ayton averaged double-double in every season with points and rebounds.

We can say that Ayton does not like physical confrontation and is prone to emotionality on the field, but this data is real. In other words, Ayton is definitely a very good reinforcement for the Lakers' weak inside. At least he won't be able to grab rebounds like Hayes.

In addition, the courage to buy out the Lakers with the Trail Blazers also shows that Ayton held his breath and wanted to prove himself. Invisibly, this was a BUFF bonus.

Putting aside Ayton, Pelinka also recruited Smart and Laravia this summer.

Fenney Smith's transfer to the Rockets, Vanderbilt and Vincent have great potential for injury. As long as Smart recovers to the top 60% of his major injuries, it will be a great reinforcement to the Lakers' defensive end.

As for Laravia, I even think it can fill the vacancy left by Finney Smith to a large extent.

Explanation point 1: three points. In the 136 games so far in his career, La Lavia has made a total of 735 shots, of which 369 are from outside the three-point line and has a shooting rate of 37.1%. Regarding three-pointers, let’s look at another set of data: the three-point rate of

1, 22-23 quarterly recruitment rate is 37.6%; the

2, 23-24 quarterly value is 38.2%; the

3, 24-25 quarterly value is 43.9%.

Obviously, like most pitchers, Laravia has very good three-point efficiency in taking in. For Doncic, this is very similar to the former teammates such as Curry and Hardaway. To be precise, you can effectively grasp the opportunity to have an empty space.

Explanation point 2: Defense. Laravia's real plus-minus value for defense has been 0.3 in his career. It’s not very good, but at least it’s hard for opponents to find cheap. In fact, Finney Smith's career average is only 0.1.

To sum up two points, it can be said that Laravia has shown good 3D characteristics. Considering that Pelinka signed for only 2 years and $12 million, I think the Lakers are almost in vain.

First of all, the average salary of 6 million is almost the lowest contract outside the basic salary contract. For example, Paul's contract amount for joining the Clippers is US$3.6 million per year.

Secondly, the contract period is only 2 years, which means that even if you can't play convincingly, there will be little impact on the Lakers' subsequent results. To put it bluntly, the transaction value has increased significantly after a year becomes an expiration contract.

In summary, it can be understood that the contract amount is not large, and the years are not long, even if the game is not good, it will not have much impact on the team's subsequent future.

I think that Laravia still has a role under the premise that 3D has distinct characteristics and certain combat power and Finney Smith leaves the team. As mentioned above, it can largely fill the gap left by the departure of the "electric fan".