One sign and two slashes, the Lakers upgraded to the 14-man roster! After the two trades failed, they gave up Goodwin for Smart

With one sign and two referees, the Lakers are upgraded to the 14-man roster! After the two tried to clear the space ineffectively, the Purple Gold Legion chose to abandon the surprise soldier Goodwin in order to introduce former DPOY Smart.

Lakers buy at the bottom Smart

According to famous reporter Shams, the Wizards have reached a buyout agreement with Smart, who will join the Lakers after the clarification period.

The two sides signed a two-year contract worth $10.525 million, worth $5.134 million in the first year and $5.391 million in the second year. The Lakers used about $5.1 million in the biennium exception to complete the signing.

As a former DPOY, Smart was traded to the Wizards in 24-25, playing in a total of 15 games, averaging 9.3 points, 2.5 assists and 1.1 steals per game, and shot a career-high 39.2% three-point shooting percentage.

The space was difficult to move

Since the Lakers' 15 formal contracts on the roster were already full, it was revealed that the Lakers would sign Smart, famous reporter Shams also followed up and pointed out that the Lakers will lay off Milton to free up space and space.

As a byproduct of Finney Smith's trade in the 24-25 season, Milton played 30 games for the Lakers last season, but did not play an important role, nor did he perform well.

plus his $3 million contract will be fully guaranteed on Sunday local time, and the Lakers cut him to two birds with one stone.

Therefore, this layoff did not make the outside world wait too long, and the Lakers quickly announced the official layoff of Milton.

However, since the Lakers used the full middle class and biennial special cases, the hard salary cap was triggered, and the overall salary could not be higher than the first-level luxury tax line.

The Lakers' salary before completing all operations was only $909,000 left to the hard hat. After cutting Milton for $3 million, they could not make up $5.1 million in space.

This means that the Lakers must lay off another player whose contract is not guaranteed, or reduce their overall salary through transactions.

Submitting the Illinois

Faced with such a situation, the Lakers' first choice was to make room through trades. ClutchPoints Lakers' record Anthony F. Irwin pointed out that the Lakers were trying to complete the "integrated deal" to make room. The two major targets that will be traded are Kneckett and Kleber. Kneckett was packaged by the Lakers to exchange for Magnificent as early as the mid-term trading deadline of the 24-25 season, and finally returned to the Lakers due to health problems.

Kleber, as a byproduct of the Doncic trade, is completely out of the Lakers' regular rotation, but his contract is as high as $11 million.

The result was that the Lakers were unable to complete the transaction in the end, so they had to bear the pain of giving up the official announcement of the "Shock" Goodwin, because his contract was only $25,000 guaranteed in the 24-25 season.

According to subsequent reports from team reporter Brett Siegel, the Lakers were reluctant to leave Goodwin. In the 24 hours before he was cut, the Lakers tried to negotiate with multiple teams, but failed to reach a suitable deal.

In the end, in order to sign Smart, he had to sack Goodwin. According to league rules, Goodwin, as a player who has played in the league for 4 years, was unable to re-sign the Lakers through a two-way contract (can be within 3 years and less).

Salary expert Bobby Marks also posted pictures in the future to reveal why the Lakers did not make every effort to reach a deal, but chose to give up Goodwin. The core reason is that the Lakers have only two future draft pick chips left to trade, with only one first round (2031 or 2032) and one second round.

This also explains why the Lakers' reinforcements this summer are from the free and buyout market, not the trading market, because they have long been seriously overdrawn in the future.

The new 14-player list is released

With the completion of 1 signing and 2 quotations, the Lakers' new 14-player list is released, and there is no room to sign new players, so they can only adjust through transactions.

point guards: Doncic, Vincent, Smart;

point guards: Reeves, Kneckett, Brownie;

small forwards: Hachimura, Laravia, Adu Tiero;

power forwards: James, Vanderbilt, Cleber;

center: Ayton, Hays.