The contract has 2 years and 42 million! After Lillard, the next person to give up is this Lakers former player?

This summer, the Bucks unexpectedly bought out Lillard. Of course, they also have their own little ones: after releasing their salary space, they reached a four-year, $107 million contract with Miles Turner.

1. Turner's three-point shooting accounted for 31.2% of his NBA career, with a three-point shooting rate of 36.2%, and averaging 1.2 goals per game;

2 and Lopez's three-day numbers are 22.7%, 35.2%, and 1.0 goals respectively.

Not the defensive end yet, the offensive special features are similar to those of Turner, which can even be used to replace Lopez with plug and play.

If the Bucks have personnel adjustments after Lillard is bought out, or if the performance of the new season is poor and there is a need for trading, I think the next person to be abandoned is Kuzma, the old Lakers player.

status declined

24-25 season, including 15.2 points during the Wizards and 14.5 points during the Bucks.

If the Bucks period was due to lack of running-in, then the Wizards period did not exist - the three seasons of 21-22, 22-23, and 23-24 have made a total of 200 appearances on behalf of the team.

Secondly, regardless of the average 27.7 minutes or 14.2 shots, they are the top three in the team. However, the shooting rate of 42% is the lowest in his career, and even the free throw rate of 60.2% is the lowest in his career. Of course, the decline in form is also the main reason why the Wizards trade him. The status is down, this is one of them.

The irreplaceable

The first thing to note is that Kuzma's 541 games in his career has averaged a real plus-minus value of -1.1, and no season of the Lakers, Wizards or the Bucks has been positive. In other words, defense has never been something Kuzma is good at.

Kuzma's career share in offensive end is 40.1% from outside the three-point line and his shooting rate is 33.4%. It means this is the main ending method but the efficiency is average.

Not to mention that the newly joined Turner is a space-type insider that the league has become famous. His three-point rate is not less than 40%+ when playing for the Bucks alone. In other words, the two can share the burden of Kuzma's long-range throwing move.

Since being traded by the Lakers to the Wizards, Kuzma has gradually shown certain investment ability. Taking the best-efficient season 23-24 as an example, averaging 9.7 breakthroughs and a shooting rate of 48.7%.

24-25 mid-season Clippers trade Kevin Porter Jr. to the Bucks.

Since its appearance on behalf of the team, Porter Jr. has averaged 7.9 breakthroughs per game and shot a 47.6% shooting rate. To a certain extent, this can replace Kuzma's ball-holding breakthrough. The Bucks can find a replacement for Kuzma in both three-pointers and holding shots. Low irreplaceability, this is the second.

Contract

As time goes by, Kuzma has 2 years and 42 million contracts as shown in the figure below. Although the contract is not long, the amount is large - the average salary of 21 million yuan can rank 83rd in the league in the 25th to 26th quarters. The contracts have large salary, which is the third one.

In summary, the reason why the Bucks will give up next after Lillard is Kuzma is mainly reflected in three points:

1, the status is declining;

2, the irreplaceableness is low;

3, the average contract salary is large.

Relatively speaking, I think the first point is the main reason.

First, the Bucks traded All-Star Middleton for Kuzma, how high can they expect from him. But now, the performance is far inferior to "Midou", even if the latter suffered a serious injury, it is no longer the same as before.

Secondly, if the state has not decreased, it cannot be said that it is low irreplaceable and has a large contract. To put it bluntly, Kuzma still maintains an average of 22+ per game, which is the second in charge of the Bucks outside. How could the team be willing to give up in this situation?

Finally, I expect Kuzma will be traded by the Bucks in the new season.