43 million in 4 years! Average 2 three-pointers! What are the Lakers chasing him? Isn t this a replica of Kneckett

Recently, the Los Angeles Lakers recorded Buha predicted the rotation of the team's 10 players in the new season.

Compared to Smart's replacement for Hachimura's starting lineup, what I was even more surprised was that Kneckett fell out of the rotation lineup. To put it more, Knector played 1,494 minutes in the 24-25 season, ranking fifth in the team.

What is the reason for Kneckett's fall from favor?

I think there are two points:

First place, rookie Chickneckett shot 557 times in total, of which 61% of them were 340 times from outside the three-point line. It shows that three points are the main ending method. On the good side, the 37.6% 3-pointers in the season showed good plasticity and ceiling. The bad aspect is lacking stability. Take the Summer League as an example. After playing for a year, the three-point rate is less than 30%.

Second, Pelinka signed Jack Laravia with 12 million in two years.

In 136 games so far in his career, the No. 19 pick in 22 years averaged 1.0 three-pointers with a 37.1% three-pointer rate - the efficiency is not much different from that of Kneckett, and the output is as low as the latter averages 1.6 games, but not much.

In summary, Kneckett's fall from favor comes from his lack of stability, while on the other hand, there are alternatives. Apart from this, we cannot ignore one thing, Kneckett is unwilling to be a role player. To put it bluntly, I prefer to hold the ball instead of not the ball in the game. Especially the 24-25 season is particularly obvious, which is also one of the main reasons for being Redick DNP.

is still related to projection.

According to the NBA China official website, if the Celtics are willing to trade Hauser, the Lakers are potential suitors.

How should we define Hauser?

My understanding is a single-character sharpshooter.

First place, he averaged 2.0 three-pointers with a 42% three-pointer in 256 games so far in his career. Although the output is nothing short of Curry and Peak Klay, the quality is not inferior to any top scorer.

Second, 3-point shootings account for 84.1% and 96.7% of the assisted power. In other words, three-pointers are the main way to finish but mainly takeovers. From the side, it lacks the ability to hold three-pointers. Due to the passing of teammates, it is highly likely that they can only add icing on the cake" to the three-pointers, and they cannot do "timely help".

Third, the real positive and negative value of defense in his career has been -0.4, and no season of value has been positive since entering the league in the 20th season. In fact, except for a few such as Peak Klay, most top shooters are the "cash machines" of their opponents on the defensive end.

What is the significance of the Lakers chasing Hawker?

To be honest, I didn't understand.

First, from the perspective of the contract, Hauser still has 4 years and 43 million contracts, and this contract does not have any player or team options.

Just look at the contract with an average salary of 11 million yuan is not big, but the problem is that he accounts for the salary space. To be precise, it affects the so-called 27-year recruitment of Jokic and Antetokounmpo.

Second, from the perspective of characteristics, Hauser is a completely replica of Kneckett. I mean, both of them are three-point shooting, the difference is that Hauser has at least proved himself in the league, while Knector has not yet proved it.

Relatively speaking, I think the Lakers do not need to chase Hauser in the case of Kneckett. After all, the functions and characteristics of the two are very similar.

In the end, I was afraid that Pelinka would use his trick to trade. Hopefully the Celtics don't consider trading Hauser.