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Cut out 113 million Lillard, and grab Ayton with another 107 million! The Bucks make their operations, but the Lakers may pay

10:38am, 2 July 2025【Basketball】

On July 2, it was so outrageous. Once the two major operations of the Bucks were released, they directly made the Lakers the biggest loser. They did nothing and were caught in the shoot. Other teams really didn't even want to leave a good helper for LeBron. The two operations of the Bucks shocked the entire league and directly cut off the 71-point superstar Lillard, who had 113 million yuan left in the contract for two years. In the next five years, they will pay the salary to the profit guidance, so that he will occupy a little smaller salary space every year. Not only that, after cutting Lillard for free, the Bucks immediately announced that they had signed the contract with a four-year contract of 107 million. Center Turner, who just led the team to the finals and won the runner-up.

First, Lillard, the 75th master, turned around and poached the core player who had just entered the finals. This series of operations is really fast, accurate and ruthless. But the two operations are related to a total of 220 million yuan. After completing the operations, we will not talk about whether the Bucks make a profit or lose, but for a team, it is definitely a loss, that is, the Los Angeles Lakers who are watching the fun in the distance. The Lakers team was just watching, but they didn't expect that the Bucks would even lay off employees and sign contracts, which made them a hard trick. The Lakers' last life-saving straw was possible, and they would be cut off due to this unexpected movement. Because in fact, if the Bucks didn't come to dig Turner, the 10-year-old minister would not be able to leave his favorite team, the Pacers. If Turner did not leave the Pacers, they would have no demand in the center position, and they would not be able to come and participate in the battle for Ayton.

But now there is one of the most uncomfortable things. An authoritative American journalist Evan-Sidery brought a brand new heavy news. After losing Turner, the Pacers made some room in terms of salary and had a full middle-class special case. They will use this middle-class 14.1 million to chase Ayton.

Thinking this way is very reasonable. The Pacers lost an inside line that averaged 15+7 per game, so they wanted to strengthen a center with a 16+10, and they were also a former superstar player, making a lot of money. When they were in the Suns, the Pacers offered a quote for Ayton, and then the Suns chose to match. Now they are the Pacers again. They are going to chase Ayton with the middle class, and going to the Pacers is much more attractive than going to the Lakers.

Because the Pacers are an Eastern team, the competition is not so fierce, and the whole team is relatively good, which is very suitable for a person like him who has a gentle and idle personality. He has no pursuit, so he has to compete for the championship. If Ayton goes here, first of all, he will make more money than in the Lakers. The Lakers can only give him a contract of 8.7 million. Ayton can get 14 million to the Pacers. Secondly, the starting center will also give him the position of the Pacers. The Pacers can also give him the starting and unlimited fire rights.

The team atmosphere is good in the future, and the competition in the East is not that fierce. Halliburton is reimbursed, so he will definitely not say that he has to give in to the Pacers to compete for the championship this season. So the possibility of him choosing the East is very high, but if he really goes to the Pacers, the Lakers and James will completely collapse and his mentality will explode.

If the Bucks hadn't made trouble here, Lillard and signed Turner, would the Pacers have no center? If the Pacers hadn’t had the center, would they still use this middle-class exception to chase Ayton? If they don't chase Ayton, the Lakers will have no competitors. So, for the Lakers, they are really facing an unrestrained disaster, and they are just waiting to get a bargain for Ayton. Unexpectedly, the Bucks ran out to make trouble, which is to force LeBron into a dead end.