Lakers news: Three signings officially announced, young players continue to perform in disasters, Bills are expected to join

Three signings officially announced

Today is the start of the free market signing day, and the Lakers officially announced three signings. First, the center DeAndre Aiton, who had previously reached a buyout agreement with the Trail Blazers for 16600 yuan in two years. It is understood that Ayton's contract starts at $810w, and the second year is $850w with player options. Since Ayton wore the No. 2 jersey worn by Lakers Vanderbilt by Lakers, he will change to the No. 5 jersey in the new season.

Ayton is a player with obvious advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that it has historically-level physical talent and athletic ability, can complete various pick-and-roll high-altitude homework with Doncic and James, and has comprehensive scoring methods; the disadvantage is that it is not positive enough, its focus on the field is not concentrated enough, and sometimes it makes low-level mistakes on both offense and defense. Overall, it is worthy of affirmation to be able to sign former No. 1 pick Ayton as the starting center with an average annual salary of US$800,000.

The second signing is 2 years and 1,200,000 US dollars to sign the wing Laravia, who will wear the No. 12 jersey. Last season, Laravia played 66 regular season games for the Grizzlies and the Kings, averaging 20.4 minutes per game to score 6.9 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists, with three shooting percentages of 47.5%, 42.3% and 67.8%. For Laravia, old Lakers fans are definitely familiar with him. He is a very high-quality shooter. He played in two matches last season, and he averaged 26.5 points per game and scored 10 three-pointers in total. Laravia's arrival has improved the Lakers' forward depth and given the Lakers' second team a reliable outside scoring point.

The third signing was a one-year renewal of the team's center Hayes. Hayes played 56 games in the regular season last season, averaging 6.8 points and 4.8 rebounds per game, with a shooting percentage of up to 72.2%, and his performance was remarkable. However, in the playoffs, facing the Timberwolves' luxurious inside group, Hayes' weaknesses in poor competition and single scoring methods were undoubtedly revealed, and his performance declined across the board, and even was abandoned in the last game. Overall, it is good to sign Hayes to play as a substitute center with a basic salary contract. After all, there is no more suitable replacement in the market at this price than him.

Young players continued to perform in disasters

Today, the California Classic of the Summer League continued, with the Lakers facing the Miami Heat back-to-back. Finally, after four quarters of battle, the Lakers defeated their opponents 103:83 without any bloodshed. Although he won the ball, the Lakers' sharp shots and sophomore Knector's performance was extremely disappointing. He played for 21 minutes, scored 2 of 7 shots, scored only 4 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, and made 4 mistakes. Judging from the game process, Knector couldn't attack, could not defend, and made many low-level mistakes. He was rough like a new recruit, and he didn't look like he had been practicing for a season in the NBA season.

In fact, today's game is just a microcosm of the poor state of Kneckett's entire summer league system. According to statistics, Kneckett played in two games, making 5 of 20 shots, averaging only 7 points per game, and his main score was 0 of 9 three-pointers, which has not yet opened. So why did Kneckett perform so poorly? The author believes that there are two reasons: 1. In an interview before, Kneckett said that he started training at 6 o'clock every day during the offseason, and three consecutive days. It may be that the continuous high-intensity training has left Kneckett's physical and mental state in a period of fatigue, and there is no adjustment to the game mode for a while; 2. Kneckett has been in trading rumors recently, and it is not ruled out that he deliberately played a bad game, thereby reducing his trading value and changing direction to stay in the team.

Bill is expected to join

Today, according to multiple media reports, the Suns are actively discussing a buyout with team defender Bradley Bill. Subsequently, according to reporter Evan Sidery, if Bill officially enters the free market this week, at least five championship teams are expected to start chasing, namely the Nuggets, Heat, Warriors, Clippers and Lakers. Bill, who has an annual salary of 5,000, is undoubtedly a super junk contract that everyone dislikes, but it will be too good to buy it out. After all, Bill has comprehensive scoring methods and a reliable single defense ability in the same position. Those teams that need to upgrade the second position are eagerly waiting for Bill's arrival.

Later, sharp-eyed netizens discovered that the names of James and Doncic appeared on Bill's latest followers on social media. Combining Ayton's previous move wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers hat (the same boss as the Lakers) after buying out, it is not difficult to infer that Bill is likely to become another player to buy out and join the Lakers after Ayton. Although the Lakers can only provide Bills with a mini middle-class contract at most, which is not as good as the Heat, Nuggets, Bucks and other teams, the Lakers have the big ball market in Los Angeles, which can increase Bills' exposure, broaden their business territory and off-court economic benefits. Most importantly, Doncic and James are both very willing to pass the ball and hold the ball. They can make Bill play more easily and efficiently, thus contributing to the next contract.