7.5 million in a year! Lakers poach the Bulls, Pelinka s operation is right, and she is no longer afraid of Irving and others

Season 24-25, Irving averaged 35 points against the Lakers, Alexander 34.7 points, and Trae Young 32.0 points. Just for the three of them, the common point is: Xiao Kuai Ling.

Speaking of this, we have to mention Vanderbilt. The disadvantage is that it lacks confrontation ability and has strong sensitivity and can catch up and defend small backcourt players. In the famous defensive scene, Morant and Curry's shooting rates were suppressed below 40% in the 22-23 playoffs.

However, after signing a four-year, 48 million contract in the summer of 2024, Vanderbilt's game state became injured every time - a total of 65 appearances were made in just two seasons. The Lakers lost their natural choice to defend the small guard in 10 games.

Like Vanderbilt, Vincent, who has a spare tire, has been injured since joining the Lakers. Due to injury impression, the efficiency of defenders has also increased significantly from 39% of the opponent's shooting rate when the Heat suppressed his opponents during the shooting period to 46%.

"Fantasy" two people, and with almost all skill points such as Reeves on the offensive end, it is not difficult to understand that the Lakers have the league's final defense efficiency in the 24-25 season. Take three-pointers as a defensive three-pointer, limiting the opponent's shooting rate by 37%, only because of the Suns, Hawks, 76ers and the Kings.

At the same time, according to NBA reporter Jack Weinbach, the Lakers are interested in getting Dosem of the Bulls. Who is

Dosem?

There are two impressive points:

The first, one of the super adaptability rare among the second round picks. In the 23-24 season, when Ball was injured and White was not yet on the way, Dosem averaged 15.4 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists, and a shooting rate of 51% after becoming the starter - all four data were career highs. In the 24-25 season, Giddy was coming and White was increasingly "Bryant". Dosem, who returned to the bench, averaged 13.2 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and a shooting rate of 49%. You will find that Dosem's data is not much different when playing in two different game styles: starting and substituting.

Second, the outside leader who strives more than talented. To be honest, as a second round No. 38 pick, Dosem's basketball talent is average, but he can't stand it. It's very illustrative: interfering with shooting.

24-25 season, Dosem per game interfered with his opponent's 6.7 shots every 36 minutes. For comparison, Caruso 7.1 times.

Active and hard-working defense brings Dosem to suppress the shooting rate of the same position (back) at 42%. For example, he faced Trae Young for 10 minutes and 46 seconds, with a limit of 33% shooting rate.

Based on this, in my opinion, Dosem, who poached the Bulls, seems to me that Pelinka's operation is correct.

Reason 1: Contract. Dosem has a one-year contract of 7.5 million this summer, and the potential follow-up operations are very flexible - the contract will not be renewed after the poor performance is not good.

Reason 2: Achieving possibility. In fact, looking at the appearance order of Gidey and White, Dossom is not in the Bulls' future plans, which is one of them. Second, after successively trading core transactions such as DeRozan, Raven, and Ball, it is obvious that the Bulls are going to start reconstruction.

For rebuilding teams, expiring contracts and draft picks are essential. The Lakers can provide ClayBell/Vincent's expiration contract and 32-year second round. In other words, if you have a certain attraction, you are very likely to reach a deal.

Reason 3: Defense. As I said just now, compared to the Lakers themselves, Dosem has excellent external defense capabilities, which has improved the team's external defense.

To sum up three points, if Claybel/Vincent and Dosem get the second round, it will improve significantly against the Lakers' defensive end, so there is no need to be afraid of Irving and other small fast spirit defenders.