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Potential reinforcement! Lakers, Grizzlies and Mavericks involve three-party transactions, and are expected to achieve mutual wins

4:48am, 16 May 2025【Basketball】

Although the second round of the NBA playoffs is in full swing, for some teams that have been eliminated, they have begun to make plans to strengthen the off-season, including the Lakers, Grizzlies and other teams that were favored before the playoffs. Al Han Raj, the author of the US media Sportskeeda, even proposed that the Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies and Dallas Mavericks make a three-team mutually beneficial deal. Let's take a look at the specific situation:

Dallas Mavericks won: Jamoran Special, 2026 first-round draft pick swap rights (Lakes), 2028 first-round draft pick swap rights (Lakes)

For the Mavericks, sending Doncic before the season trading day is definitely the biggest failure, which has caused the team's record to decline and ultimately failed to enter the playoffs. Considering the strength of the lineup, the team needs to strengthen in the offseason, so how about the chips this deal get? First of all, Jamorant's scoring methods are very diverse, and he can not only score through breakthroughs and throwing, but also help his teammates score through passes. His extraordinary skills are excellent, and at the same time, he is also a An excellent passer, dribbling with speed to open up space for teammates, averaging 30.3 minutes per game, scoring 23.2 points, 4.1 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 1.2 steals, with a three-in-one shooting percentage of 45.4/30.9/82.4%. If you can focus more energy on the court, the data will definitely be improved again. In addition, you will also get 2 draft picks, which is also conducive to the team's strengthening. If the team achieves this transaction, it can form a Big Three lineup led by Irving, Davis and Morant, which will surely bring the team back to the playoffs.

Memphis Grizzlies won: Reeves, Klay Thompson, Najib Marshall, 2029 first-round draft pick (Mavericks)

This season, the Grizzlies opened high and closed low, ranking in the top three in the West at the beginning of the season, but the team collapsed quickly at the end of the season. Although they entered the playoffs, the team lost 0:4 to their opponents. Such performance management will definitely make changes in the offseason, so they will get the ball. What happened to the player? First of all, Reeves can bring strength improvements to the team on both offense and defense, averaging 20.2 points, 5.8 assists and 4.5 rebounds per game. Thompson, as a veteran, can still contribute his strength. His experience is what this team needs most at present. As for Najib Marshall's outstanding performance in mid-range and scoring at the basket, shooting has always been his magic weapon to win, averaging 12.8 points and 4.7 rebounds per game, and also obtained 1 first round pick, overall, this transaction pair is not at a loss.

Los Angeles Lakers won: Daniel Gafford, 2031 second round draft pick (Grizzlies)

Although the Lakers performed well in the regular season this season, they were very bad in the playoffs. The team's problems were completely amplified in the playoffs. If you want to go further, you can only trade reinforcements. So what about the players? Daniel Gafford has excellent physical fitness and is a mobile inside line, good at all-in-one finishing and assisting defense in the penalty area, outstanding blocking ability, strong ability to interfere with shooting around the basket, and also has good shooting finishing ability and impact ability to the basket. He averaged 12.3 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.1 blocks per game in the season, which can effectively make up for the problem of the Lakers' lack of inside line. In addition, he also received a second round pick as compensation.

What do you think of this transaction? I think it can be finalized. Welcome to discuss it in the comment section!