Lakers offseason situation and center position Jane Wang - redirecting Mamba

The Lakers currently have a formal contract with 12 people next season, with a cumulative salary of US$191.6 million, lower than the first rich line (1.959).

Player options: James, Finney Smith

Team options: Goodwin

Insured contract: Milton

1, James does not get a single point of the Lakers' salary space of about $15.63 million. If Milton and Goodwin are removed, the total salary space of less than $21 million is less than $21 million.

2. If all the above players stay in the team, the Lakers are currently 4.3 million US dollars away from the No. 1 rich line. Cut off Milton and not executing Goodwin, totaling 9.65 million from the first tyrant line.

3, the full middle class is expected to be $14 million in the 2025-26 season, and the mini middle class is expected to be $5.68 million. The Lakers' full middle class still needs to squeeze out $4.35 million, and the mini middle class is enough. Figure 2 Which center mini middle class can be signed directly? If you want a full middle-class person. James gave him a chance to re-sign the contract. But I'm not sure how many years James wants to play, and if he does the last year, he will directly execute the player option and be decent.

4, in this case, the Lakers are likely to still go to the trading market Figure 3 for reference. Vincent, Kleber, Hachimura or Van Debiao have more than 40 million contracts due, which is more than enough to match a center with 20 million or more. If the transaction is successful.

Simply wait and see, and let’s talk about it later.