The Clippers are going to compete for the championship! The Lakers are still waiting for 27 years Doncic joins Jokic?

The Clippers are really going to take off this time!

32-year-old former All-Star defender Bradley Bill joins the Clippers! The contract issued by the Clippers to Bill is only 11 million US dollars for two years, from 50 million annual salary to 5 million annual salary, which is really a big gap.

But it doesn't matter!

Bill and Suns reached a buyout agreement and gave up about $13.8 million. The Suns also had to pay Bill's remaining $97 million in two years, but the money would be paid in five years.

In other words, after Bill was bought out by the Sun, he would still be able to receive $19.4 million in salary from the Sun every year in the next five years.

Bill: I can get nearly 20 million US dollars every year without playing basketball. Do you think I am awesome?

Bill is likely to serve as the starting shooting guard for the Clippers in the new season, which is also the reason why Bill chose the Clippers.

The $50 million Bill may be stinky, but the $5 million Bill is so delicious!

Starting: Harden, Bill, Leonard, Collins, Zubac

Substitutes: Dunn, Bogdan, Batum, Derek Jones, Lopez

The Clippers' lineup in the new season is really going to compete for the championship!

In contrast, the Lakers next door...

The Lakers management not only did not renew James' contract, but even had strategic differences between the two sides.

James knew that his career was about to end, and he wanted to win the championship. Due to Doncic's existence, James believed that this was operational.

But that's not what the Lakers management thinks.

They need James' retirement tour to make money, but they also want to enter the post-James era right away.

is building a team around Doncic, but Doncic, currently 26 years old, also urgently needs a championship to break the doubts, and he can't wait.

Moreover, Doncic is eligible to complete an early contract renewal with the Lakers this summer, but judging from the current situation, it is still a question whether Doncic will renew the contract with the Lakers in advance, and it is even possible to jump out of the contract next summer and become a free agent.

However, according to ClutchPoints Lakers' team reporter Anthony Irwin, people familiar with the matter revealed that the Lakers are confident that they can stay Doncic through a contract renewal and then convince another star to force their franchise in Los Angeles through a trade. In relevant negotiations, the Lakers will put pressure on the potential to directly sign the star naked in the summer of 2027. Therefore, league sources say that unless the players traded can make the Lakers a strong contender for the championship, they will not come up with a first-round pick in 2031 or 2032.

And in the summer of 2027, Jokic and Antetokounmpo's contract expires and will become a big fish in the free market.

The Lakers management is waiting for the summer of 2027, trying to get Doncic and Jokic to join forces with the Lakers!

But!

An anonymous executive from the West said: The Nuggets hope Antetokounmpo or Doncic (especially Doncic) can join forces with Jokic in Denver, and they will also have the conditions to get Doncic at that time. ”

The current situation is that James' time with the Lakers has entered the countdown, and whether Doncic will renew his contract with the Lakers in advance is still a question, and whether he will even stay with the Lakers is also a question.

From the current perspective, the Lakers do not intend to use the first round pick to trade easily, nor do they plan to make big deals again. It seems that they are indeed waiting for the summer of 2027.