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The media advised the Lakers to trade Magic players, and the top five show became the main body, and were sent away in three rounds?

9:26pm, 7 June 2025Basketball

Except for the Thunder and Pacers who reached the finals, other teams have already started holidays, especially although the Lakers have been paying great attention to it all the time. If you want to go far in the playoffs and even launch an attack on the championship, the Lakers will definitely need to adjust or even upgrade the roster.

Local media from Los Angeles advised the Lakers to trade the Magic players, Jaylen Sages, the top five pick, naturally became the main body of the program, and the other player was center Bitaze. Of course, the Lakers cannot make money by themselves. Three rotation players, Austin Reeves, Hachimura and Dalton Kneckett, will be sent away according to the plan.

Jaylen Sages is not very famous, but in the NCAA Crazy Three Championship that year, he completed a long three-pointer finale and was also selected by the Magic with the No. 5 pick in 2021. Although Jaylen Sages has not become an All-Star after entering the league, his organization and defensive abilities have provided great help to the Magic. This season, Jaylen Sages averaged 16.2 points, 4 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.5 steals. As a guard, he even had nearly 1 block per game, which is quite exaggerated. Jaylen Sages has the best defensive lineup, but unfortunately he made his debut in January when he was injured while the Magic were fighting the Pistons. He announced his reimbursement in advance of the season.

But Jaylen Sages is definitely a point guard above average level. Not only does the Magic continue to decline in the rankings in the absence of him, but the Celtics are also easily solved by the first round of the playoffs. Considering that Jaylen Sages is only 24 years old and can defend players at multiple positions, if the Lakers introduce him, they will definitely solve multiple problems. After all, Jaylen Sages is really unreliable in the outside shooting, and he is simply a panacea player. What's more, the Lakers can improve the depth of the inside by introducing Bitaze. There have been rumors about the two sides before. Bitaze is the number one substitute center, so there must be no problem.

As for the several players in the plan, there are problems of varying degrees. Austin Reeves performed poorly in the playoffs. If there were no whistles, his performance and efficiency on the court would decline significantly, and he would face the issue of contract renewal soon; Hachimura's performance in the playoffs was pretty good, but his position was not irreplaceable, and the defensive end was easily a loophole; as for Dalton Kneckett, the Lakers don't seem to trust him very much, not to mention that if it weren't for Mark Williams being returned in the mid-term, he would have been a member of the Hornets. Even if he returned to the Lakers, he would have been on the bench on the playoffs, and it seemed that he would have lost the trust of the coaching staff.

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