人们一直认为，洛杉矶湖人队增加一个主要贡献者的最佳机会将是通过收购市场。
由于交易资产稀缺，球队在2019-20赛季NBA交易截止日期没有做出任何举动并不令人感到意外，尤其是一些球队的要求。
几乎就在最后期限之后，一些球队立即开始释放球员，导致一些非常有趣的选择可供皮卡。湖人的名字-似乎所有的球迷-有他们的眼睛不是最近发布的，而是一个一直在考虑回到联盟达伦科利森。
科利森在2019年NBA自由球员加盟之前意外退役，但有传闻称他正在考虑回归，与湖人的一场可能的比赛对双方来说都是理想的选择。不过，据《看台报道》的埃里克·平卡斯说，他最近决定不复出，一位NBA总经理认为这对湖人是一个巨大的打击：
“这是个打击，”一位前总经理说。“我不确定湖人能不能找到比科利森更好的人选。”
由于科利森不再是一个选择，剩下的选择也没有那么有吸引力，现在球队的现有选择，也就是拉琼·隆多，承受了很大的压力。他最近在对阵太阳的比赛中表现出色，但一位高管认为湖人还需要增加一名后场球员：
“他透支了，”一位西方会议高管说。“球队需要另一个后卫谁可以处理，但谁也可以发挥勒布朗作为射手。那不是朗多。”
湖人队在所有的可能性上都做了尽职调查。据报道，与J.R.Smith的一项训练正在进行中，同时该团队还将考虑像Dion Waiters和Tyler Johnson这两个最近刚发布的选手。每个玩家都会带来自己的积极和消极因素。
史密斯是一位有着冠军经验的老将，他知道如何和詹姆斯一起踢球，可以在短时间内投篮和防守，但已经有一年多没有上场了。侍者是这群人中最好的创造者，但这个赛季有很多场外问题。约翰逊有可能成为一个可靠的射手和组织核心，但是他的射门在过去的两个赛季已经跌入了悬崖，他可能是最差的防守球员。
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NBA Executive Believes Lakers Must Add Another Point Guard In Buyout Market
原文：
It was always believed the Los Angeles Lakers’ best chance at adding a major contributor would be through the buyout market.
With trade assets scarce, the team not making a move at the 2019-20 NBA trade deadline wasn’t a huge surprise, especially with what some teams were asking for.
Almost immediately following the deadline, some teams immediately began releasing players leading to some very intriguing options available to pickup. The name the Lakers — and seemingly all fans — had their eye on wasn’t a recent release, but rather one that had been considering a return to the league in Darren Collison.
Collison unexpectedly retired prior to 2019 NBA free agency but with rumors that he was considering a return, a potential match with the Lakers seemed ideal for both sides. However, he recently decided against a return and one NBA general manager believes that was a huge blow for the Lakers, according to Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report:
“That’s a blow,” a former general manager said. “I’m not sure the Lakers can find a better fit than Collison.”
With Collison no longer an option and the remaining options not as attractive, a lot of pressure now falls on the team’s current options, namely Rajon Rondo. He recently responded with an excellent outing against the Phoenix Suns, but one executive believes the Lakers still need to add another backcourt player:
“He overdribbles,” said a Western Conference executive. “The team needs another guard who can handle but who can also play off of LeBron as a shooter. That’s not Rondo.”
The Lakers are definitely doing their due diligence on all possibilities. A workout with J.R. Smith is reportedly in the works while the team is also expected to consider the likes of Dion Waiters and Tyler Johnson, who were both recently released. Each player brings their own positives and negatives.
Smith is a veteran with championship experience who knows how to play with James and can shoot and defend in spurts but hasn’t played in over a year. Waiters is the best creator of the bunch, but has had a ton of off-court issues this season. Johnson has the potential makings of a solid scorer and playmaker, but his shooting has fallen off a cliff the last two seasons and he might be the worst defender of the bunch.
