42 million in 2 years! The Lakers welcome back the 20th season champion? This is a good thing, you can form double insurance with Smart

We all know that after the NBA free agent market opened, Marcus Smart joined the Los Angeles Lakers for 11 million in two years. What can

Smart bring to the Lakers?

Smart, who is still with the Celtics in the 22-23 season, played a total of 1,957 minutes, and the defensive defense is 1.7. Regarding the defensive values, look at the comparison of the group data:

1, Butler's value 2.0;

2, Dark eyebrows value 1.7;

3, Alexander's value 1.6.

In other words, you don’t need to return to the 21-22 season to win the best defensive player season. Even if you recover to the major injury, this defensive performance will be of great help to the Lakers. Regarding this point, let’s look at the group data:

1, Vanderbilt’s real plus-minus value of 1.3;

2, Goodwin’s value is 0.8;

3, Finney Smith’s value is 0.1.

Vanderbilt has hidden dangers of injury, while Goodell and Finney Smith have both left the team.

But the problem is, it is not easy to overcome injuries. You should know that Smart has only made 54 appearances in the Grizzlies and Wizards in the past two seasons. This is even worse than Bridges and Jaart Allen for more than half a season - the top two All-Stars in the 24-25 season have averaged 56 appearances.

In summary, Smart is a big addition to the Lakers' defensive end, but the premise is to effectively overcome injuries.

is still related to the Lakers' strengthening.

NBA reporter Brett Segal reported: The Lakers have made Pope and Divincenzo potential trading targets. After winning the championship with the Lakers in the 20th season, Pope moved to the Nuggets, Magic and Grizzlies.

Season 24-25, Pope made 77 appearances for the Magic, with a total of 664 interference shots that can limit the opponent's shooting rate from 45.3% to 42.6%. Famous defensive scenes:

1, against Booker for 12 minutes and 44 seconds, limiting his shooting rate by 33.3%;

2, against Alexander for 12 minutes and 39 seconds, limiting his shooting rate by 37.9%;

3, against Curry for 10 minutes and 42 seconds, limiting his shooting rate by 40.1%.

Comparative data, although the combat power has declined, the defense defender Pop Hayes has a good effect.

If the Lakers successfully cater to Pope, this seems good in my opinion.

First, contract. This summer, Pope still has two years and 42 million contracts. From the perspective of the contract alone, this will not affect the Lakers' so-called "fishing big fish such as Jokic and Antetokounmpo" in 27 years. In fact, Pope is the 21 million player option in season 26-27. From another perspective, it can also be understood as an expiration contract.

Second, double insurance. As I said just now, Smart is a great reinforcement for the Lakers on the defensive end, but the premise is to overcome injuries. In contrast, Pope's attendance rate was as high as 93% in just three seasons. For attendance rate, look at the group comparison data:

1. Bridges attendance rate is 100% in the past three quarters;

2. Hart attendance rate is 95% in the past three quarters.

Comparison, to a large extent, Pope can also be defined as the "Iron Man" on the court.

Therefore, we can understand double insurance as:

First, if Smart is effectively healthy, the Lakers will have two relatively good defensive resources, Smart and Pope, which can invisibly greatly enrich the defense and combat power.

Second, if Smart is still troubled by injuries, then the Lakers still have Pope's point to output on the defensive end.

Finally, considering the two-year contract and very high attendance rate, the Lakers' attempt to trade Pope is definitely the correct way to strengthen the idea.