No contract renewal in the short term! Hachimura Shizuo encountered the embarrassment of James, but why do you say that the Lakers did it without problems?

This summer, James unexpectedly implemented the player option, and what was even more unexpected was that Pelinka has not provided the former with a contract renewal so far.

Description point: Contract. It was revealed that the Lakers will no longer provide James with a contract after changing their boss. In other words, it doesn’t matter whether the latter will retire next summer, but what’s important is not the Lakers.

Losing James has a great impact on the Lakers?

Explanation point: Influence. In the regular season, James was on the court with a net loss of 1.3 points in 100 rounds in 2444 minutes, and in the 1502 minutes when he was not on the court, the team won 4.9 points in 100 rounds in 1502 minutes.

From an in-court perspective, the Lakers who do not have James are more efficient in winning.

Let me say something more here. If James is not in the Lakers next season, it will be difficult for Brownie to stay. After all, the latter is far from the NBA level.

is still related to the Lakers' strengthening.

According to the NBA China official website, the Lakers revealed that the team will not renew their contract with Hachimura in advance in the short term.

Explanation point: Contract. In 23, Hachimura and the Lakers reached a three-year, 51 million contract renewal contract. As time goes by, the new season will usher in an expiration contract worth 18 million in one year.

The contract expires and the contract is not renewed. It is obvious that Hachimura Shizuo has encountered "treatment" from James. However, in my opinion, the Lakers did it well.

Reason 1: Irreversible. In the 24-25 season, 24 players in the Lakers have played, among which Hachimura Shizuki's irreplaceable value is 0.2, ranking 9 in the team.

How should we understand this?

The 10th place in the team is Russell (0.1). We later know that Pelinka exchanged him for players like Finney Smith. From the side, Russell's departure had little impact on the Lakers, or even said it had no effect.

Reason 2: Transaction. Relatively speaking, an expiration contract is definitely worth more than a transaction that is carried out for many years. Based on this, Pelinka is unwilling to maintain transaction flexibility for contract renewal.

What I mean:

If you completely renew your contract with Hachimura, the value of the transaction will drop sharply under the contract for many years. On the other hand, it is now attractive to some teams with clearing their salary space.

Reason 3: Reinforce the wish. In addition to insufficient thickness of the inside line, the Lakers also lack a defender who can lead the opponent's ball holder. From this perspective, the Lakers also need to have chips to meet flexible trading. Hachimura, which belongs to the expiration contract, is very suitable for trading.

Finally, I expect that Pelinka and Hachimura Shizuo will not be likely to renew their contracts, and it is more important to use him to make a deal at the right time.