The same No. 1 pick, why should the Lakers chase Simmons rather than Ayton? It doesn t hurt at all

Considering the Los Angeles Lakers lack centers, coupled with Klingen's rapid growth. "Open-Air Stand" reporter Andy Bailey suggested that Pelinka trade DeAndre Aiton.

Is Ayton suitable for the Lakers?

For this, let’s look at two sets of data:

Aiton’s opponent’s shooting rate dropped from 64.9% to 64.1%, a decrease of 0.8;

For comparison:

1, Evan Mobley’s opponent’s shooting rate dropped from 63.0% to 54.4%, a decrease of 8.6;

2, Lopez’s opponent’s shooting rate dropped from 64.0% to 58.6%, a decrease of 5.4;

3, Vucevic’s opponent’s shooting rate dropped from 64.9% to 64.0%, a decrease of 0.9. According to the comparison data, Ayton protects the basket at a small number of times, and the efficiency is basically at the same level close to the bottom.

Based on this, in my opinion, Ayton is not suitable for the Lakers.

On the one hand, due to the ability to protect the basket, the Lakers' defensive problem cannot be fundamentally solved; more importantly, the Lakers need to pay at least 2 players with an annual salary of 30 million, which brings very low cost performance.

At the same time, according to the NBA China official website, unless Simmons renews his contract with a very low salary, he will not return to the Clippers.

Putting aside the ability, the poor playing attitude alone made many NBA teams say to Bency: No. It can be predicted that the former will probably find it difficult to find the next home this summer. As the former top scorer, it is still very sad to have fallen to this point.

Of course, for the Lakers, I don’t think they will lose money if they give Simmons a basic salary.

Reason: Defense. With 415 interference shots, Bensi can limit his opponent's shooting rate from 47.4% to 41.5%.

Famous defensive scenes:

1, against Antetokounmpo, limiting his shooting rate by 33.3% in 9 minutes and 26 seconds;

2, against Anonobi, limiting his shooting rate by 42.9% in 7 minutes and 13 seconds;

3, against Siakam, limiting his shooting rate by 40.0% in 6 minutes and 32 seconds.

In addition to this, we cannot ignore: everyone who pays the basic salary. For example, Pelinka gives Ryan and Reddish both of them have basic salary, but the two of them are completely unable to play. It is true that Benxi cannot play most games. But the problem is that once you play, you can play a good defense.

Overall, it can be understood that no loss is possible: the basic salary is a person who can be used as a person, and if you make a profit, you won’t lose money.

Is Simmons willing to join the Lakers?

I think the possibility is still very high.

First of all, if you still want to get along in the league, you have to prove it again. And the Lakers can provide such opportunities.

Secondly, the Lakers are not short of offense and relatively lack of defense while sitting with Doncic and James. This is what Simmons is good at.

The combination of two points and one point can bring relatively stable opportunities. As long as Simmons is well grasped, he can prove himself again to the league. There is no need to worry about the subsequent contracts brought by you.

You should know that Monk achieved a counterattack from a base salary of tens of millions of yuan through his outstanding performance during the Lakers.