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James still does nothing when pressured by Pelinka! The Lakers "in-fight" Doncic may become a victim

3:00am, 2 July 2025【Basketball】

The highly anticipated free agent market has finally opened. Although it is not as quickly as the news in previous years, within the first 6 hours, most of the expected transactions or signings were basically finalized: the Rockets won Finney Smith and Capela; the Mavericks accepted Russell; the Nuggets won Cameron Johnson with a great deal, and at the same time got rid of Porter Jr.'s big contract left a full middle class to absorb more aspiring people; the Spurs won Connet, and the Clippers took away Lopez with one wave of their hand, etc.

Whether in the East or the West, the playoff teams are seeking to upgrade their lineups, and the entire league has started an arms race on a large scale. Only the Lakers and Warriors, the two traffic teams, seemed to remember the time wrongly, had no splash. The signing of Larawia was as casual as the Lakers' departure for Finney Smith, which was really incomprehensible to see the positive attitude of the two teams towards the two old stars James and Curry.

Pelinka's unpredictable magic is incomprehensible. Perhaps it was Doncic's deal that rekindled everyone's confidence in him, but in fact, Pelinka himself is still not such a qualified manager: simple means, inactive thinking, and poor relationships with many team managers and player managers. These are all problems with Pelinka. The signings in the past few years basically depended on James' performance and were also influenced by him. However, it has to be said that James has indeed relied on his own attractiveness to attract a group of players who are at least acceptable to fans, but there is no news this year.

Now that Doncic has been introduced, he has not come forward to recruit. The poor communication between the team's management and the two superstars is directly reflected in the signing of the player market. Pelinka chose to target for 27 years, but can't anyone sign the contract in the past two years? In fact, that year was Antetokounmpo and Jokic, but Antetokounmpo was 32 years old by then. After the Nuggets made a deal, they obviously didn't want Jokic to leave. Could it be that Doncic wasting the opportunity to wait for a superstar who was unsure of the past two years to cooperate? Don't forget that he will renew his contract in August. Before he signs, the Lakers are not the ones that take the initiative.

In Pelinka's 27-year plan, no one knew how he planned James, and he spent 26 years to complete the tour or sent him away directly. However, the vague plan has led to James no longer cater to the team and began to make plans for his future. Is Pelinka holding her ultimate move? Judging from Doncic's deal, no one can predict this. Ayton did not officially win, Kessler's asking price was unknown, Turner did not quickly renew his contract with the Pacers, and the Lakers did not officially declare James' execution options. The management's cold handling has shown that he is angry with James. There is no news about Doncic recently, but in fact, the most important thing to pay attention to in this battle is him. The relationship between Pelinka and James will affect Doncic's career before the age of 30 and will also affect the contract renewal in August. The Lakers can't afford to spend money, and Doncic can't afford it. It seems too unreasonable to have two superstars who don't choose to compete for the championship. Doncic is already in the game. If he chooses to wait and see, he will have to spend two years. But if he leaves, his experience in Los Angeles will also bring his business value and business layout to an abrupt end. All three parties are all involved, but the management led by Pelinka must think clearly that Doncic's contract renewal should not be affected by James's problem, otherwise the team will be short of the ending of a waste of money.

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