The Lakers traded interior champion Nurkic, who averaged 14.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game in the playoffs, to the Wizards for blue-collar center Steven Adams.

Many people said that the deal was incomprehensible and that the Lakers had lost a lot. WITH A HEIGHT OF 213CM AND A WEIGHT OF 116 KILOGRAMS, ADAMS IS FAR INFERIOR TO NURKIC AND IS A DEFENSIVE BLUE-COLLAR WORKER.

Adams entered the league in 2013 and played three seasons with the Wizards. Last season, he played 25.2 minutes, scored 8 points, 6.7 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.5 steals and 1.1 blocks, shooting 61.3% from the field, and has been without possession of the ball in the team.

Love's main task is to pull out the cover and catch the ball, Adams still rarely attacks the low post, and the Wizards want to trade players who can attack better to give Wall and Beal firepower.

After renewing Beal's contract for 128 million in 5 years, the Wizards don't want to renew Adams next year, and he has one year left on his contract, so it's better to send him away early.

Love also made a trade to Wizards management, and the team he most wanted to go to was the Lakers, but the Lakers had no interest in him. Love's tactical role is similar to Horford's, his shooting percentage is not as high as Horford's, and his defense is worse than Horford's.

After discussing with the managers of the two sides, Kupchak asked Guo Xu for his opinion.

The Lakers poached Adams at the suggestion of Guo Xu, who believes that the team needs a big man who can resist people and grab boards to protect the frame. Adams is not only good at defending the restricted area, but he can also go out to defend the pick-and-roll, and he can't do that with the Wizards, and Love is not faster than him.

In the parallel world, Adams is the NBA's most capable center, the Thunder's interior defense, once he is plagued by fouls, the team's interior will have a big flaw, and no one can make up for it. He can limit many of the league's top centers, and he has a lot of rebounds from his position, and he has more rebounds in the front court than in the back court in 2017-18.

And Adams' coverage is of high quality, making it difficult for opponents to block when he rushes after cutting into the air, and he is not useless on the offensive end.

Trading to Adams will improve the Lakers' defense in the restricted area, and his teammates may also grab rebounds in the front court if they can't shoot.

After the deal is completed, Guo Xu feels that the Lakers will be invincible next season, and he wants to brush up on rebounds, and his interior teammates may be able to help him average double-doubles per game.

With Mo Williams, Bonner, and Bosh retiring, Boozer and Thackeray not getting contract extensions, the Lakers have vacated a lot of spots.

Seth Curry was poached by the Mavericks for 2 years and 8 million. Curry has a championship ring and proved his shooting prowess last season, and he doesn't want to stay with the Lakers anymore because his playing time is too short.

With Wade joining, Curry will have a hard time playing next season.

The Lakers' fourth signing is a great value, and it will take 40 million to get PJ Tucker in 4 years. Tucker is an important rotation of the team, often playing starters, three-pointers in the bottom corner, and he only takes a 10 million salary cut when he has a championship.

He likes Los Angeles and the Lakers, and being willing to be Guo Xu's younger brother is the key, even if Guo Xu retires in the future, the Lakers are definitely not weak, and there is Durant as the leader.

Because of Tucker's height, even if other teams poach people, the contract will not be much higher than this, and the Lakers are very sincere.

The Lakers' fifth signing was the signing of two-way guard Jason Terry with a veteran base salary.

This is an opponent who was beaten and cried by Guo Xu, who is 39 years old this year and wants to get a championship ring before retiring. He's not bad athletic, he's still good at shooting three-pointers, and he's fine to play off the bench for a while.

There is still a spot in the No. 4 spot, and the Lakers signed European player Davis Belstein for a super low price of 1.45 million for 2 years.

Bertans is 24 years old, 208CM tall and weighs 95kg. Last season, he played in the Euroleague and averaged 8.5 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1 assist in 24.2 minutes per game.

In the 2011 NBA Draft, Bertans was selected by the Pacers with the 43rd overall pick in the second round, and was subsequently traded to the Spurs along with Leonard. He had previously played in Europe and Spurs had the right to sign him.

Because he didn't join the NBA for several years in a row, the Spurs had long run out of patience, and the Lakers traded his signing rights with a 33-place second-round pick, 10 places higher than Baerstein's overall pick that year.

This trade is also Guo Xu's proposal, he said that he hopes to have a big forward who can shoot three-point as a teammate, and the defense is stronger than Bonner and Novak. Baelstein fits the bill perfectly, just playing a few minutes off the bench and not having to do much.

The Lakers' sixth pick was a point guard and a base salary to sign libero Raymond Felton.

The 32-year-old Felton was unable to get a high-salary long-term contract after being cut by the Mavericks because of his overweight, and he was willing to sign a veteran base salary to the Lakers to hug his thighs. He is younger than Guo Xu, but his form has declined at an astonishing rate.

He also played star stats at his peak, has played in the league for 11 seasons, and has a lot of experience, and it is more than enough to play a few minutes as a substitute after Guo Xu is off the court.

The Lakers signed Felton and rejected Brandon Jennings, who was willing to take a pay cut. Kupchak feels like Jennings is a cancer and his shooting is too iron.

The quota is full, and no more players want to join. The Lakers are tough in all positions, two point guards are enough, Guo Xu has no pressure to play for 35 minutes, and Wade can also play a cameo point guard.

The competition for the swingman position is the fiercest, and with this depth of the roster, Booker can't play an average of 20 minutes per game, and Richardson can only be a fringe man. The worst is Roberson, who has a hard time playing statistics in a contract year and a big contract next year.

The Lakers also don't plan to renew Robertson's contract next summer, as he's a blue-collar defensive layman with terrible shooting.

Can the Lakers still need to defend this lineup? If it weren't for the veteran Carter who could act as the Lakers' mascot, Carter wouldn't have had much of an opportunity to play. It doesn't look as good as cultivating newcomers to let him play more, but newcomers are not as stable as him.

At the small forward position, Carter definitely can't compete with Durant and Tucker. But Carter also saw that he had a championship, and there was no need to prove himself by playing for as long as he did in parallel worlds.

His goal is to build a dynasty with the Lakers, and if the team doesn't need him, he'll retire in 2018. As long as he lasts for another two years, he is willing to accept any task assigned by the coaching staff.

Seeing that he had no place left, Josh Richardson offered a trade, and it would be a dead end for him to remain on the team. He's a second-round rookie, he doesn't have a chance to perform, and if he doesn't have the data, his next contract won't go through.

Knowing that there were too many swingmen and that the rookies were not being developed, Lakers management simply traded Josh and sent him to the Heat for a lotto-protected first-round pick.

Once the Heat make the playoffs and get out of the lottery zone within five years, the draft pick belongs to the Lakers, and the Heat can be drafted if they don't make the playoffs, and if they don't make the playoffs after five years, the pick will become an unprotected draft pick.

Regardless of the outcome, as long as it's a first-round pick, the Lakers won't lose, having signed Josh with a second-round pick last year. The Heat will need to use this to strengthen the No. 2 spot. Josh will definitely be reused in the team, and he can play as a starter, and everyone is happy.

After vacating the spot, the Lakers signed libero center Andrew Bogut with a 1.3 million veteran base salary a year.

He was the No. 1 pick by the Lakers and played for the Lakers for many years, and now he wants to come back and fight for the championship, and Kupchak welcomed it, which is a gimmick.

Bogut doesn't care about the money, he just wants the championship, and after seeing Durant join, he believes that the Lakers will definitely defend the title easily next season, and as soon as the free market opens, he will recommend himself to join.

Kupchak made him wait a few days, sent Josh away, and then signed him. Veterans who have strength and don't want money take a salary cut to join, and the Lakers have no reason to push people out.