Just when the first preseason game of the Lakers officially started, people thought that everything was settled, there was a new trend in the weishao trade. According to Shams, the Lakers began to seriously consider packaging Wei Shao and two unprotected first-round signatures to exchange Hill and Miles Turner with walkers. However, Wei Shao almost cleared the social media at the same time, I also added a seasoning to the doubts of the outside world. At the same time, the deep problems inside the Lakers are once again exposed to the public.
Without the new trends before today’s game, people would think that the new season of the Lakers would be like this if they saw Wei Shao wearing a purple gold shirt and appearing on the first release list of the first preseason of the Lakers, the trading turmoil of weishao can finally come to an end. Even if the waves rise again, I am afraid that I will get the deadline of next year’s trading as early as possible. However, at such a seemingly inappropriate node, weishao trade suddenly broke into people’s eyes again. While the Lakers considered sending out two first rounds, and Wei Shao cleared the media content at the same time and was exposed, which was beyond doubt.
However, if you analyze these two things carefully, I’m afraid there are not many things that can be explained. First, let’s look at weishao to clear the media content. In fact, this is the usual behavior of NBA players when the new season comes. They took this opportunity to show that they had no distractions and devoted themselves to the game. They did not always hook up with the transfer, especially when the first game of the preseason began. It is said that the preseason is no different from the regular season outpost, which is a symbol of the opening of the new season. Wei Shao chose to clear the content of social media at this time, but it just met the report of Shams.
What is worth noting in Shams’s report is that he set a deadline to reveal that the possibility of the weishao deal reaching “within the next few weeks or months” still exists. This is an illustration. After all, the industry had generally believed that the Lakers might restart weishao trading before the trading deadline. From today, it is also within the scope of “months. In other words, adding this time limit to weishao’s transaction is not much different from previous reports, but it is just a matter of mentioning the old things again.
Of course, Shams said that the senior management of the Lakers “seriously considered” to satisfy the Walkers’s asking price, but it would not be groundless. Some fans were puzzled: throughout the summer, the Lakers refused to let go of the two first rounds of trading. However, when the new season came and needed stability, they still had to toss about it?
According to this, some people speculate that the problem may be in the training camp, which will be related to the poor state of Wei Shao and the re-injury of Anthony Davis. However, after watching today’s game, this guess is also somewhat untenable. At least Davis won two pairs in 4 of the 9th, which does not mean letting the Lakers move the idea of introducing Turner and adding insurance to the inside line.
Of course, even if the first round of signing is “figured out”, it does not mean that weishao’s transaction can be reached in minutes. First of all, the Lakers decided to meet the Pacers’ offer for two first-round signatures, but did not say that the team signed the first-round signatures in the ND and 2029th. It is said that they are seeking a third party to join and share a first round for them. And when it was found that the team that the Lakers found included the grizzly bear, I’m afraid the walkers would be dumbfounded. After all, the rising momentum of grizzly bears cannot be stopped. It is self-evident how valuable their first round of signing is. At this time, everyone realized that the Lakers would never do business at a loss.
Secondly, the Lakers also need to examine the trading objects. Previously, the Lakers had made it clear that the two first round signatures could not be sent, but good steel should be used on the blade. Unless the new aid can make the Lakers join the Championship, there is no need to talk. Owen is a good example. Therefore, when Hild and Turner are in front of us, the Lakers will inevitably hesitate. Moreover, the contract status of these two people also violates the original intention of the Lakers to “not take over long-term contracts. Among them, Turner is facing a renewal in the summer and the annual salary of the new contract is 25 million, which makes the senior staff of the Lakers feel piercing on their backs.
In addition, in order to reach the weishao deal, in addition to the compatibility of the first round of signing and new aid, the Lakers have more difficult problems to be solved, and it is this problem that will kill the last possibility of weishao’s deal.
During the 2021-22 season, the issue concerning Jenny Buss’s cronyism and the Lambis couple’s involvement in the senior affairs of the Lakers was pointed out by the media, let people have a preliminary understanding of the Lakers’ chaotic high-level structure. However, some recent signs show that this kind of situation has not been stopped due to exposure, but has intensified.
First, according to the Lakers Nation report, the general manager of the Lakers, Pelinka, said that the task of the senior leaders of the Lakers was to build a team where the players could show their hearts and express their needs. Therefore, he would continue to cooperate with his senior colleagues, in addition to the new coach Ham, the colleagues he mentioned also included Kurt Rambis and Jenny Buss’s two half brothers, joy and Jessie.
Today, Shams also revealed that Pelinka does have the final right to make a final decision, but the Lakers still want to reach an agreement, while Joy, Jessie and Ham have a growing voice, reaching a point worthy of consideration, previously, the Lakers stepped back from the press conference, even related to this.
All of these clearly and unambiguously revealed that while Lambis still had a strong right to speak on the Laker’s affairs, the two “little princes” of the Bass family also began to participate more in Laker’s affairs. Old bass once had six children with two women. Jenny and Jim, who once seized power with her, as well as his eldest brother Johnny and little sister Jenny, were brothers and sisters, joy and Jessie were born to another woman, aged 37 and 34 respectively. Pelinka is nominally holding the decision-making power, but it is still constrained and is not the only decision-maker.
The senior officials of the Lakers did not follow the principle of “The minority obeys the majority”, but emphasized that everyone had veto power. It was this kind of “politics and politics” that slowed down the decision-making process, it has become another big obstacle that affects the Lakers to reach a deal with Wei Shao. Seeing that the preseason had started, the Lakers were still hesitating again and again in the weishao trade. Even basketable nets reporters couldn’t help complaining that the senior Lakers “were still considering it in 2087”.
In addition, it also reflects from the side that for the Lakers today, the weishao trade is indeed a one-off and a whole body. It is a big deal, and even Pelinka cannot be arbitrary. If the deal fails, the Lakers will lose both the present and the future. No one can afford this pot. This is also the fundamental reason why the Lakers have to reach an agreement in the team and ask everyone to vote for it: since it is a pot, they should recite it together. And once you have such an idea, you can imagine how slow it will be.
It is impossible to confirm that the transaction is about to happen, but it makes people understand the deeper reasons behind the failure of the transaction. This may be the significance of these new trends in weishao exchange today.
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