What s going on? The Lakers made a decision on Hachimura, which means his departure is a foregone conclusion?

From the 24-25 season, Hachimura made a total of 576 shots with a shooting rate of 50.9% and a true shooting rate of 61.9%. The latter is only ranked 30th in the league, second only to Aaron Gordon, Durant, Evan Mobley, Cameron Johnson and Antetokounmpo in the same position.

In fact, Hachimura's real shooting rate in 160 games so far has been 61.2%. As a role player, it's enough to have a top finishing level offensive end.

Compared with the offensive end, the defensive end is Hachimura's biggest deficit. To be precise, slow horizontal movement cannot prevent speed guards, and height is only 203 upward defense, whether tall centers such as Jokic have advantages. Therefore, the defensive end can only be limited to defending a power-type front line with poor mobility like Leonard.

As time goes by, Hachimura and the Lakers have only one year and 18 million contracts left. In other words, the new season will usher in a contract year.

However, NBA China official website reported: It is expected that the Lakers will not complete a contract renewal with Hachimura before the season. The decision to renew the contract in the short term basically means that Hachimura's departure is a foregone conclusion.

Reason 1: Reeves.

Perlinka provided Xiaoli with nearly 90 million early contract renewal for four years before the NBA free agent market opened. Being rejected to put aside first, at least it means that there is no intention of letting go in the team plan.

Compared with Reeves, it at least shows that Hachimura must not be let go in the eyes of the Lakers management, otherwise it would also provide early contract renewal.

Reason 2: Cost-effectiveness.

If Vanderbilt has one year contract, although there are hidden dangers of injury, I believe there are still teams who are willing to take over, but there are only three years of contracts that have made almost all teams dissuaded.

Correspondingly, Reeves, in the eyes of most fans, the annual salary of 15 million is very cost-effective, but the annual salary of 30 million or even 40 million will drop sharply.

is reflected in Hachimura. The top-level termination efficiency and expiration contracts are quite cost-effective. If you carry a contract for many years, it will inevitably lead to a decrease in cost performance.

Reason 3: Strengthen the demand.

Ayton's game attitude, Hayes' defense, and the potential for injury to Smart and Vanderbilt have caused the Lakers to have shortcomings in the thickness of the inside, the defense of the wings and the ball holder in the backcourt. If the goal of the new season is only to make the playoffs, it would be fine, but with Doncic, the Lakers' goal is not to make the championship? I don't believe it.

Since the goal is to win the championship, there is a need for reinforcement. If you want to achieve "quality" improvement, you can only take out high-quality chips. As I said just now, Hachimura is just that with a certain cost-effectiveness. If you take a step back, if Pelinka doesn't give it, your opponent will ask for it.

Reason 4: Potential reinforcement candidates.

For Wiggins, whom the Lakers have long been interested in, the Heat are willing to listen to the quotation, which shows that the former is tradable, and it is nothing more than a bargaining problem caused by negotiation skills and abilities between management.

In addition, as time goes by, there will definitely be players similar to "Wigkins-style".

In summary, the first thing to say that Hachimura's departure is that it is not necessary to let go if the contract renewal is not allowed in the short term. To take a step back, completing the contract renewal will also lead to a lower cost-effectiveness.

Secondly, the Lakers' lineup is not without shortcomings, but potential players who strengthen the team appear in the trading market. As a result, the Lakers may actively trade Hachimura Shizuo for reinforcement, or they may passively that the opponent mainly asks for reinforcement.

Finally, renewal of the dating will reduce the cost-effectiveness. From this perspective, the Lakers are still open to letting go of Hachimura, and Wiggins, whom they like, is in the trading market. Therefore, Hachimura Shiraki's departure may have entered the countdown.