Vincent exchanges for the best sixth man? The Lakers have a good deal and can share Doncic s pressure

Joined the Lakers with Smart. There is now an argument: Smart and Doncic play in the starting backcourt, while Reeves starts from behind and brings a substitute.

For this, I think there are two explanations:

First, defensive efficiency. 23-24, Smart interfered with his shots, limiting his opponent's shooting rate from 48.1% to 41.1%, bringing a real defensive plus-minus value of 0.9. Such defensive performance is something Reeves cannot do throughout his career.

In other words, Smart doesn't have to return to his peak season of winning the best defensive player. Back before the big injury, this defense will greatly strengthen the Lakers' weak backcourt.

Second, complementary. In terms of offense alone, it can be said that Jokic and Alexander have no absolute advantage against Doncic several times in the league. But on the defensive end, Doncic is very ordinary - if the offense is super giant, then the defense is the level of the role player.

Therefore, Smart can complement Doncic in his better defense.

Of course, it is still unknown whether Smart can return to the time of his major injury. But what is certain is that Vincent's irreplaceability in the Lakers has dropped sharply - Vincent's irreplaceable value in season 24-25 - Vincent's irreplaceable value is -0.8, and Vincent was basically not important when Smart did not come.

The advantage is that Vincent still has a one-year, 11 million contract expires - the contract amount is not large, and the expiration contract is relatively easy to trade. More importantly, the Wizards and Hornets are still in a bad position in the new season, and this is the goal of the Lakers' trade.

At the same time, according to the NBA China official website, many teams such as the Lakers and Warriors are interested in Brogdon.

For Brogdon, in honor, it is the NBA's sixth best man of the year. In terms of data, he averaged 12.7 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game in less than 24 minutes per game. In summary, a lean camel is bigger than a horse - even if it has injury attributes, it is no problem to be able to be a substitute per game for 20 minutes.

If the Lakers can trade Vincent for Brogdon, it would be excellent in my opinion.

First, importance. As I said just now, it will be helpful to the Lakers regardless of whether Smart's form can return to before the serious injury. Either Smart leads the second team or Reeves leads the second team, so the Lakers have no need for Vincent.

Reason 2: That is, combat power. In the 24-25 season, Brogdon had 0.251 points per round, and the difference was not big compared to Halliburton's 0.263 points; the assist and turnover ratio was 2.4, and the difference was not big compared to the 2.5 and 2.4 double-season defenders such as Irving and Mitchell. In other words, Brogdon has an all-star personal attack and connection in about 20 minutes.

Relatively speaking, I think the second point is the main reason.

First, even Reeves is more of a personal offensive, and Smart's advantage is on the defensive end. Then Brogden can share the organizational burden of Doncic well.

Secondly, as the sixth best man in the past, Brogdon has experience in bringing substitutes - in fact, the Lakers' substitutes in the past two seasons ranked fourth and second in the league in terms of 0.191 points/round and 0.182 points/round. When the substitute firepower comes up, the pressure on main players such as Doncic will also be reduced a lot.

Furthermore, as I said just now, Vincent is optional to the Lakers, but Brogdon's ability to fight against the Lakers will improve.

In summary, "good trading" is more reflected in the Lakers' use of players they don't need for players who need the team.

Finally, considering that the Wizards are rebuilding the team and Vincent is expiring the contract, the Lakers are still very likely to trade to Brogdon.