HOME > Basketball

Meiji believes White fits perfectly with the Lakers: Lake Media lists 2 and 1 plans to get out of Xiaoli, and another 4 million will be mined by Cornet

1:37pm, 21 May 2025【Basketball】

On May 21, CBS reporter Sam Quinn wrote in a communication with the Lakers blogger: Derek White may be one of the few choices that can improve the defense of the backcourt without weakening the excellent ball-holding ability of James, Reeves and Doncic. White's age has made his immediate combat power stronger.

31-year-old White averaged 37.8 minutes per game in the playoffs this year, scoring 18.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 0.64 steals and 1.09 blocks, shooting percentage 46.3%, three-point shooting percentage 38.5%, and averaging 3.6 three-pointers. With such data and three-point shooting numbers in the playoffs, it is obvious that White is the top 3D player.

Laker Tom wrote: The Lakers lineup can get older, because getting White gets an excellent 3D defender. He is very suitable for Doncic to partner in the backcourt, and he has the same key genes as Reeves, which is a potential win-win deal for Green Kai and the Lakers.

Lakers get: White;

Green Kai gets: Austin Reeves, Max Klebel;

In addition, he released an article about the potential to poach Luke Connett, one of which is the Los Angeles Lakers. The article says that the Lakers are still about 4 million away from the first luxury tax levy. Connett's salary this season is 2.08 million. The Lakers can give Connett a full salary of 4 million to poach him from Green Kai. Cornett scored 4.5 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.18 blocks in 16.5 minutes of the playoffs this year, with a shooting percentage of 72.4%.

In fact, a long time ago, the Lakers media spoke out: If the Lakers' starting center in this playoffs was replaced from Hayes to Connett, we might still be in the playoffs.

If these two operations are achieved, the Lakers will start - Doncic, White, James, Hachimura Less, and Connett. What do you think?

Text/Yan Xiaobai: Lakers Observation