American News says Pelinka needs to choose 1 in 3! Lake Media analyzes the transaction is imperative, pointing the finger at Saipur + Rowe

In the early morning of July 21, Shams revealed that the Lakers cut Milton's unsecured contract of 3 million, but it was not enough to sign Marcus Smart. The Lakers need to continue to operate and clear up their cap space before they can use the biennium special case.

"Los Angeles Times" reporter Trevor Lane wrote: The Los Angeles Lakers still have no salary space after cutting Sheck Milton to sign Smart using a biennial special case. Now Pelinka faces three choices:

1. Cut Jordan Goodwin's 2.35 million partial guarantee contract (only 25,000);

2. Give up signing Smart to help competitors;

3. Make a transaction to clear the salary space to sign Smart;

Then Lakers reporter Anthony Laurien revealed that the Lakers are secretly planning a deal, which may involve Kneckett and Kleber. This move is to clear the salary space to sign Smart.

Latest news: When clearing the salary space in the transaction, the Lakers will not use future assets such as the first round of picks in 2031 and the first round of swap rights in 2032. These draft pick assets will only be traded for "absolute decisive factors."

Laker Tom posted a long article to analyze that the Lakers' next operation will be a trade, because Huang Haimei's reinforcement will be completed.

He wrote a long article a few hours ago that the Lakers must trade. In addition to clearing the cap space, we need to sign Smart with a biennial special, we also need to strengthen the defensive starting small forward. Cutting Goodwin at this time is equivalent to further weakening the backcourt defense. We can use integrated trades to clear the space.

The Lakers need to look forward to the two-way outlook of offense and defense. The Trail Blazers' Seble and Rowe will be a good supplement to the team. On the one hand, the team can clear the space, and on the other hand, the Lakers can strengthen their defense.