One cut and one sign! The Lakers operate perfectly, and if they win Kamala, the lineup will have no shortcomings

According to the NBA China official website, the Lakers have cut Milton.

Cut off Milton will have a great impact on the Lakers?

The team lost 7.5 points in 100 rounds in 345 minutes on the court, and 5.0 points in 100 rounds in 2108 minutes on the court. The difference of 12.5 shows that Milton is not very important to the Lakers - in short, the team on the field loses the game, and the team on the field wins the game.

A little regrettable is that in the past Russell trade, all three second rounds sent by the Lakers were wasted - Finney Smith joined the Rockets and Milton was cut by the Lakers.

Break Milton and release a player quota, so the Lakers can sign Marcus Smart, who had previously reached a buyout with the Wizards.

What is the strategic significance of Smart to the Lakers?

Explanation point: defense. In the 635 games so far in his NBA career, Smart's real plus-minus defense value is 1.1.

Overall, Smart's arrival injects new vitality into the Lakers' weak defensive end. The split is:

First, the defender's height and forward figure can lead the heavy front lines such as Randle and Leonard - the 24-25 season's defense line has a total of 117 minutes, with a limit of 40% shooting rate - better than 82% of players in the same position.

Second, he was selected as the first defense of the year three times and won the best defensive player. Especially for rookie Thiero, it is an excellent nutrient attraction.

Of course, due to the injuries in the past two seasons, Smart's lateral movement speed has dropped significantly, which has made it difficult for the leading and defensive speed players, especially the speed defenders like Fox and Morant.

However, overall, Smart is obviously more helpful to the Lakers than Milton. Potentially, the Lakers did a perfect job of this slash and signing.

After taking Smart, will the Lakers lineup still have shortcomings?

Considering Vanderbilt's injury, Vincent has the possibility of being traded, and the Lakers still lack a defender who can lead the defense of No. 1 and No. 2.

For this, Kamara is a good choice.

Description point: data. 60% of the total defender is defensive in 594 minutes, with a limited shooting rate of 41.2%. In terms of efficiency, the same position is better than 65% of the players.

In other words, Kamala has relatively good defensive ability. Apart from that, what we cannot ignore is that the Trail Blazers are rebuilding the team. Based on this, it is still attractive for the Lakers to provide expired contracts such as Vincent, Hachimura Shiraki.

In fact, considering Kamala's 25-year-old age and just selected as the best second defense of the year, I think it's not impossible to get a protected first round even if it is unprotected.

If the Lakers can get Kamara, in my opinion, there will be no shortcomings in the lineup. To be precise, Kamala leads the defense, Smart and Vanderbilt in the front line, and Ayton in the inside line.

Finally, Pelinka will act quickly. Kamara's improvement to the Lakers will definitely be greater than Smart or even no less than Ayton's role.