The Lakers are interested in the 100 million center of the Nets, and the inside line fed by Harden is suitable for James Doncic s style of playing

After being eliminated by the Timberwolves in the first round, the Los Angeles Lakers once again realized the problem of the team's weak inside line. After the Lakers management sent away Davis Davis, the team's inside line was weakened again, so they also wanted to change a center before the trade deadline. Unfortunately, the Hornets center Ma Wei, whom the Lakers like, was returned by the team due to potential injuries. In the playoffs, he could only rely on Hayes, Ryan and other insiders, which obviously could not stop the Timberwolves' Randall, or even Gobert.

After learning from the playoffs, the Lakers plan to restart trade negotiations about Nets center Clarkston this summer. Clarkston, 26, is 2.11 meters tall and has an arm span of 2.20 meters. He is a typical inside center and is most suitable for teams with a ball-holding and a core. Clarkston is a center developed by Harden when he was still at the Nets, and he has strong ability to eat cakes. Clarkston has also proved that he needs a partner who can play the ball and hold the ball to exert his true power.

Since Clarkston can play very well with Harden, the Lakers have excellent ball-holding cores such as James, Doncic, and Reeves, and the effect should be better. What's more, James and Doncic are also excellent cake feeding masters, both able to organize and pass the ball, so Clarkston is also a very suitable candidate for the Lakers. Clarkston signed a four-year, $97 million contract with the Nets last year, and has $25.35 million, $23.15 million and $20.94 million contracts in the next three seasons.

Clarkston's ability to eat cake, defensive ability, and rebounding ability are even better than Lakers' center Hayes. If Clarkston joins the Lakers, then James and Doncic's ability to feed cakes will make Clarkston perform better.