Lakers target Porzingis! ESPN predicts that the Lakers will select a rookie center, who is 2.16 meters tall

Yesterday, the authoritative sports media ESPN published an article predicting that the Lakers will use the 55th pick to select center Vladislav Goldin from the University of Michigan in this year's draft. The guy is 2.16 meters tall and weighs 113 kilograms, and this season he is averaging 16.6 points, 7 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game, shooting 60.7% from the field and 68% from the restricted area.

In the last year, Goldin has developed outside projection, and the 2024-25 season has shown significant improvements.

Of course, the Lakers chose the rookie center to develop, and he is not a plug-and-play type. We all know that the Lakers lack a center, and the center who can match the starting ability can only be found in the trade market this offseason. Even if Goldin comes to the Lakers, he can only take one step at a time to see if he can grow up quickly and enter the rotation.

Some rookies grow fast and stay in the league, while others gradually fall into no ball to play. NBA legend Bernard King talked about Bronny on the show. "If I could give my kids a career in the NBA, I'd do the same," he said. Giannis averaged 6 points per game in his rookie season (actually 6.8 points) and Pippen averaged 5 points per game in his rookie season (actually 7.9 points), and you never know what will happen after that. ”

Bronny averaged 2.3 points, 0.7 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game in his rookie season, and he could only play in garbage time. If you increase his possession, give him more time, and let him enter the rotation, he can also play a brilliant statistic.

Tomorrow, the NBA's East-West Finals will begin, and with the Nuggets eliminated yesterday, the NBA will have seven different championship teams for the seventh year in a row.

There will also be a new king, and I can't help but sigh, is the NBA really going to start a generational change?

Currently, there is a former Lakers player in the top 4 teams:
Nix: Josh Hart
Walker: Thomas Bryant
Thunder: Alex Caruso
Timberwolves: Julius Randle

Randle is really strong in this year's playoffs, playing efficiently in two consecutive rounds and eliminating his opponent with a big score of 4-1 in two consecutive rounds. Former Lakers player, Lonzo Ball, said on the show that the Lakers didn't respect Randle in the first place.

"At the beginning of the season, the team called everybody in the locker room and assigned roles to each player, and when we got to Randle, the team said, 'You grab rebounds, you do pick-and-roll, you don't do anything else.'" I was confused and thought what the hell is going on? ”

"Then I just stood up and said, 'No, he's one of our best players, he can do everything!' What are you doing here? We've gotten better since then, but the Lakers were really disrespectful to him at the time. Look at how well he's playing now, I'm really happy for him. ”

Finally, pay attention to a trade rumor, the prediction of Andy Bailey, sports reporter for The Bleachers: The Lakers sent Hachimura, Kleber, and a 2030 and 2032 first-round swap to get Celtics center Porzingis.

Porzingis only played in 42 regular season games this season due to various injuries, averaging 19.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.5 blocks per game, shooting 48.3%, 41.2% and 80.9% from three.

In the playoffs, all the statistics shrank across the board, averaging 7.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 0.8 blocks per game, and the three-point shooting rates were 31.6%, 15.4%, and 68.9% respectively.

The regular season is not a bull, the playoffs are the real stage. The Lakers want a center, but remember, don't rush to the doctor, otherwise you will have to take regret medicine again.