$102 million in 3 years! Large version of Bridges? The Lakers escaped, otherwise Jokic would have gone

24-25 regular season, Mikal Bridges made 82 appearances, scoring 17.6 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.5 blocks per game. What are the characteristics of

Bridges?

Description point 1: offensive end. A total of 1,183 shots, of which 463 were from outside the three-point line and had a shooting rate of 35.4%.

Explanation point 2: Defensive end. A total of 1,040 shots interfered with opponents, including 374 shots interfered with three-point shots and 488 shots interfered with opponents' shots less than 10 feet. Overall efficiency limits the opponent's shooting rate from 46.4% to 42.9%.

The defensive scenes, against Tatum for 18 minutes and 38 seconds, limiting his shooting rate by 30%, against Halliburton for 18 minutes and 16 seconds, limiting his shooting rate by 28%.

To sum up two points, Bridges during the Knicks era assumed more of the "3D" responsibilities, and he is not unfamiliar with this - the Suns era was achieved step by step through three-pointers and defense.

In addition, "Da Qiao" also has a hand-held investment. Take the Brooklyn Nets as an offensive arrow in the 23-24 season.

This season, with a total of 870 breakthroughs, a shooting rate of 416 shots and a 51.9% shooting rate. In terms of shooting rate alone, DeRozan's value was 55.4% and Durant's value was 53.8%.

Obviously, Bridges is a "3D" player with a shooting attribute.

For Bridges, Lakers fans once imagined using Reeves as the main body to trade. However, as the former and the Knicks completed their contract renewal, the imagination was completely over.

is still related to Bridges.

According to the NBA China official website, Grant's trade has made no progress and is expected to play as a substitute in the new season.

For this news, we can draw two points:

No team is interested in Grant;

The Blazers themselves are also desperate, otherwise they would not have a player with an annual salary of more than $30 million to play as a substitute.

What is Grant at the peak?

Here we take seasons 22-23 as an example.

Explanation point 1: three points. A total of 913 shots were made, with three-point shots accounting for 39.3%, a three-point rate of 40.1%, and averaging 2.3 goals per game.

Explanation point 2: Contain the stars. He faced James for 10 minutes and 28 seconds, limiting his shooting rate by 26%, facing Harden for 9 minutes and 43 seconds, limiting his shooting rate by 33%, facing Mitchell for 8 minutes and 00 seconds, limiting his shooting rate by 33%.

Explanation point three: Hold on to invest. A total of 547 breakthroughs have a shooting rate of 48.7% - it is not as top-notch as the same position, but there are still elite levels.

To sum up three points, Grant at his peak was also a 3D with his ability to hold the investment. I even want to call him the "large version" Bridges.

First, the two have similar characteristics;

Second, Grant is better than Bridges in terms of body shape and annual salary.

Therefore, the large version can be understood as Grant has a better body shape and annual salary than Bridges under similar characteristics.

In fact, the Lakers were very eager to get Grant, but now they have no deal to escape. This body shape is in two aspects.

First, contract. As shown in the figure below, even this summer, Grant still has three years and $102 million in contract. The key is that this performance does not match the big contract, otherwise the Trail Blazers would not trade.

Second, Jokic. It is reported that the Lakers are preparing to recruit Jokic for 27 years, but now they dare not say that there is no chance. But if the deal comes to Grant, which takes up 36 million in salary space, there is no hope at all.

Relatively speaking, I think the second point is the main reason. However, the Lakers have space and may not have space. If they don’t have space, there may be no space at all.