The 7th best defensive player! 1st best defensive second team, the Lakers reinforcement is interesting

The Cavaliers have Nance, the Mavericks have Gafford or Lefley, the Nuggets have Valan; the Rockets have Adams or Capela, the Knicks have Miro, etc.

It can be seen that any team that aims to win the championship in the new season has a reliable second center. In contrast, the Lakers, Hayes is the second center candidate.

Speaking of this, let’s look at several sets of data:

scoring efficiency

1, Hayes 0.166 points/round;

2, Kessler 0.175 points/round;

3, Horford 0.159 points/round.

Split data, it is not a big problem for Hayes to be the second center on the offensive end. But it should be noted that Hayes mainly focuses on "eating cakes" and ending inside, and the potential needs to be paired with a player who can "make cakes".

Rebound Efficiency

1, Hayes 0.117/round;

2, Zubac 0.187/round;

3, Thomas Bryant 0.127 rounds.

Split the data, let alone compare to the top level, even sub-top Hayes like Zubac are very different, and they are even better than Tobu, who has chosen to play in Europe.

Cover efficiency

1, Hayes 0.012/round;

2, Wenban Yama 0.055/round;

3, Love 0.015/round.

Split data, just compare with Lao Love, Hayes has a certain gap in blocking. The poor cover is largely due to poor basket protection. In the 24-25 season, under Hayes' defense, the opponent's shooting rate of less than 6 feet increased from 61.2% to 63.2%.

In summary, Hayes is only capable of being the second center, but this has a prerequisite, and there is a player who can "make a cake". So, we generally concluded that Hays is not suitable to be the Lakers' second center.

Hayes is not suitable, so how should the Lakers solve it?

First of all, it is certain that when choosing to join the Lakers, Ayton held his breath and proved himself to the league to be precise, so this new season will definitely be much more playing time than in previous seasons. In other words, the requirements for the second center are not that big.

My understanding:

First, either have a certain shooting and long-range shooting ability to Naz Reed and Wagner;

Second, or have a tonnage advantage to Valan and Vucevic;

Third, or have a mobility advantage to Nance Jr. and Clarkston.

In this way, it will be relatively easy to solve. What I mean:

First of all, the Lakers have expired contracts from Hachimura, Kleber and Vincent. Compared with multi-year contracts, the expiration contract transaction value is greater, especially before the mid-season transaction deadline.

Secondly, as time goes by, some teams such as the Trail Blazers and Wizards that are in rebuilding will also make personnel adjustments. For example, the Trail Blazers showed a certain degree of plasticity in Klingen, and after choosing Yang Hansen, he must make adjustments to the inside, especially the center position.

It is also based on this that the US media "Fadeaway World" recommends that the Lakers and the Trail Blazers make a deal. Specifically, the Lakers sent Kneckett and Klebert to get Robert Williams.

What needs to be explained about Rowe is:

First, Features. In the 235 games so far in NBA career, the real offense plus-minus value is 0.6 and the real defense plus-minus value is 3.1. Obviously, Rowe is characterized by weak offense and strong defense.

Second, honor. When playing for the Celtics in the 21-22 season, based on his outstanding performance on the defensive end, Rowe ranked 7th in the best defensive player after the season, and was finally selected for the second team of defensive team of the year with Adebayo, Holiday, Seble and Zhumeng Green.

To sum up two points, relatively good defensive ability, coupled with 80.9% of the basket and 53.6% of the near-basketball shooting rate in his career, it is theoretically no problem to become the Lakers' second center.

However, looking at this potential deal, I think the Lakers strengthening is very interesting.

First, Kneckett. It is true that the summer league will not have the trading value, but from another perspective, there are still three years of rookie contracts and are not in a hurry to trade. I mean, even if the performance in the new season is still lacking persuasion, it is not too late to give up - like the team option that did not execute the rookie contract in the third year like Ciffino.

Second, injury. In just the last two seasons, Loway has only made 26 appearances in total. What does this mean? "Iron Man" Bridges has higher attendance rates than this in half a quarter. More importantly, because of the impact of injuries, Rowe's combat power has decreased to varying degrees on both ends of the offense and defense. Take the offensive end as an example. The true positive and negative value of the offensive season 24-25 season is -0.1, which is the new low in life and the first time it has a negative value.

Third, contract. In the new season, Rowe will be in a one-year, 13 million contract. The good thing about expiration of the contract is that it will not affect the team's subsequent operations, but the disadvantage is that it is pressure to renew the contract.

If Rowe is healthy, I think Pelinka is likely to be willing to renew her contract. But the problem is that the injury attributes are very large. In this way, it is difficult to control the contract renewal.

To sum up, "interesting" can be understood as the Lakers' exchange for a healthy player for a patient, and they are about to face the premise of renewal. Such a situation is very likely to have a Finney Smith scene - the Lakers paid Russell, three second rounds, and ended up only using it for half a season.

Finally, if it is to replace Rowe, I suggest Kleber. To put it bluntly, both of them have injuries and illness attributes, which are interchangeable.