Who is the substitute for Reeves or Smart? More than 40,000 fans voted to the point!

Today, three best defense team + one DOPY winner, Wizards defender Smart reached a buyout agreement with the Washington Wizards. According to famous speaker Shams, Smart will join the Los Angeles Lakers after the clarification period. The two sides negotiated a two-year contract of $1,100,000. Smart has the last year left in the original contract, and his salary is $2,134,000. After the buyout, the Wizards will pay Smart about $680,000 less. Overall, Smart lost more than one million US dollars!

In order to use the biennial special case to sign Smart, the Lakers must cut Milton and Goodwin. So far, there are 14 formal contract players on the 14-man roster, which is only 105,000 US dollars away from the first hard hat. According to the labor-management agreement, the team's minimum contract player is 127,000 US dollars. From this perspective, the Lakers no longer have the conditions to sign players again! At this point, the Lakers' lineup has basically been finalized in the new season: guards (No. 1-2): Doncic, Reeves, Smart, Vincent, Brownie; forwards (No. 3-4): James, Hachimura, Vanderbilt, Cleber, Laravia, Kneckett, Adu Tiero; Center (No. 5): Ayton, Hays. What performance can the Lakers lineup perform in the West? All readers are welcome to leave messages in the comment area to discuss!

This offseason, the Lakers first got the 3D forward Laravia, but since James and Hachimura will inevitably occupy the starting line combination, Laravia will be placed on the bench; then Ayton bought out and joined the Lakers, and will serve as the team's starting center without any suspense, and Hays will be squeezed into the bench position; now Smart joins, there is a problem that has to be faced in front of the Lakers. Who will be the starting center of Smart or Rivers? Regarding this issue, the NBA community launched a vote. As of press time, more than 40,000 fans have voted, of which 25,059 believe Rivers will serve as a substitute, 15,957 people chose Smart's substitute, and more than 60% of fans believe Rivers should play as a substitute!

After Doncic came to the Lakers' trading deadline last season, the team changed from the original double-held point to the three-held point. Fans who are following the Lakers' game are very clear that Rivers has become the third choice in the Lakers. Doncic plays the main role in the first half of the first quarter, James plays the main role in the second half, and Rivers plays the main role in the second quarter. This distribution of ball rights makes Rivers' weak defensive ability unlimitedly amplified when playing as the starting point. This can be seen from the playoffs against the Timberwolves. The Lakers can rely on Doncic to bite the offensive end and even take the initiative. However, Rivers was named by the Timberwolves on the defensive end and his mentality was broken. This led to the rotation stage that even if he was given the ball rights, he was not in good shape. Rivers averaged 16.2 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists in 5 games in the playoffs, with a shooting percentage of 41%, and 31% of three-point shooting percentage. Compared with the regular season averaged 20.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 45% of the shooting percentage and 37% of the three-point shooting percentage, a significant decline!

Opening this Lakers lineup, Ayton, Hachimura Shigeru, James and Doncic have already taken the starting position. These four players are players with insufficient defensive ability. According to rationality, there is no doubt that Smart's partner with Doncic is the best starting position. Even if Smart's offensive threat declines after being injured (performing 15 games per game last season, averaging 9.3 points, 2.5 assists and 1.1 steals per game), he made three-pointers. The rate of 39.2% reached a career high. The most important thing is that the defensive end is much better than Rivers. Smart is not only tough, but Smart's physique can also switch to the defensive front line. It is enough to start scoring Doncic, James, Ayton, and Hachimura. Rivers is a substitute and Laravia form a combination of one offense and one defense. Leading the second team to maintain the continuity of the offensive end is the best tactic of this Lakers. This is also the fundamental reason why more than 60% of fans voted and chose to let Rivers play as a substitute! There are many problems facing the Lakers now. How to adjust the lineup depends on Redick's courage.