Annual salary of 6 million! The highest 8 three-pointers in a single game, he is Lakers New Finney Smith

In the middle of the 24-25 season, since being traded by the Nets to the Lakers, Finney Smith made a total of 276 shots, of which 206 were from outside the three-point line.

vs. 61.8% of his career, it is obvious that after coming to the Lakers, Finney almost regarded three-pointers as the main ending method - the shooting accounted for as high as 74.6%.

1. Hit 6 three-pointers against the Rockets, with a shooting rate of 75%;

2. Hit 8 three-pointers against the Thunder, with a shooting rate of 61.5%;

3. Hit 6 three-pointers against the Magic, with a shooting rate of 54.5%;

4. Hit 3 three-pointers against the Nuggets, with a shooting rate of 75%.

Judging from the split data, Finny will not be able to maintain a good outside finishing efficiency when a strong team or a strong team defends. Therefore, although joining in the middle of the season, it is still an indispensable part of the team on the offensive end - when the Lakers scored 120.2 points in 100 rounds in the 1239 minutes on the court, the team ranked first in the team; in 1214 minutes on the court, the team scored 110.3 points in 100 rounds, second only to Doncic's 109 points.

The difference between -9.9 points per 100 rounds shows that Finney's importance to the team's offense has reached the core level. On the defensive end, Finney's role is mainly to check for omissions and fill in the gaps. Or to be more precise, it is more about assisting defense, rather than single defense or leadership defense. If you don't play against the Knicks, James and Hachimura will defend against Finney. In terms of efficiency, he faced Towns at 11 minutes and 09 seconds, and the latter was limited to 4 of 9 shots and a shooting rate of 44.4%.

For example, when playing against the Suns, Finney became Durant, the main defense. In terms of efficiency, the latter is limited to 3 of 10 shots and a shooting rate of 30%.

To sum up, for Finney Smith, I think at least he showed good "3D" characteristics when playing for the Lakers, and his efficiency was relatively good. Unfortunately, after jumping out of the contract this summer, Finney did not renew the contract with the Lakers but chose to join the Rockets.

However, what we all know is that Pelinka signed Jack Laravia for 12 million in two years and an annual salary of 6 million.

For Laravia, I think it is Lakers New Finney Smith.

First, data. So far in his NBA career, Finney averaged 8.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game, and Laravia averaged 6.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. There is a gap, but it should be noted that the former averages 28 minutes per game and the latter is 18.9 minutes - the gap close to the average 10 minutes per game can make up for the data gap.

Second, Features. Laravia has made a total of 735 attempts so far in his career, of which 369 are from outside the three-point line. The 50.2% shooting percentage shows that three-pointers are also the main ending method for Laravia, and the 37.1% shooting percentage can reach the elite level in terms of efficiency. To put it more, when I was in the second grade, I had a feat of 8 three-pointers in a single game against Cavaliers Laravia - 8 of 11 shots. On the defensive end, Laravia accounts for 43% of the third position and 47% plays the fourth position. Combined with the real positive and negative value data of career 0.3 defense, Laravia can also defend multiple positions and has relatively good efficiency.

In summary, we can understand New Finney Smith as:

First of all, the two are very similar in terms of characteristics when the data is not much different. To be precise, the offensive end is mainly done by three-pointers, and the defensive end can defend multiple positions and is very efficient. Based on this, the effects brought about are not much different.

Finally, considering that it is only an annual salary of 6 million and a 2-year contract, it is obvious that the Lakers are not losing money when signing Lalavia.