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It is revealed that Rowe is most likely to be traded, and the Lakers have to seize the opportunity to strengthen! Yang Hansen s chance to become famous has arrived

7:57pm, 20 August 2025Basketball

The offseason this summer has been started for a long time, and each team has more or less strengthened it, but the Warriors remained silent and fell into the quagmire of entanglement with Kumingga.

Of course, another traffic team, the Lakers, has won 3D defender Smart and No. 1 center Ayton, and the team's configuration has been greatly improved. But it seems that it is not enough to have Ayton alone in the interior. Kleber is not a defensive player, and his playing style is more on the outside. If the Lakers want to go further, they have to find a reliable substitute for Ayton, just like Howard in the past. In this way, the Lakers' lineup will have greater error tolerance and will have a greater chance of winning the championship in the new season.

According to American journalist Sam Amico, Rowe is the player most likely to trade; because of Holiday's arrival, Henderson should improve and the team may not give up on him.

Lawway played 20 games last season, averaging 5.8 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.7 blocks per game, with a shooting percentage of 33.3%; his contract has $13.3 million left in the 25-26 season, and will become a full free agent next summer. The Trail Blazers want to trade it at this time, but they don’t want to lose him in vain. He has an annual salary of only more than 10 million US dollars, so he doesn't have much pressure on his new owner, but he probably won't get too many chips back. After all, he only has one season's right to use it; but he is a championship puzzle after all, and the inside defense is still needed by the popular team in the championship.

From the author's perspective, Rowe is indeed very suitable for the Lakers. Combined with the playing styles of James and Doncic, the Lakers also need a blue-collar substitute center. Rowe has reached the finals when he was a Celtic. He is indeed very useful in the healthy version and has a great deterrence in the penalty area. Once Ayton is out, Rowe can play the value of his traditional inside line, help the team in protecting rebounds and blocking shots, and also make James or Doncic's passing skills fully utilize, and the Lakers' inside line strength is improved to a higher level.

The Lakers were able to win the championship in 2020, in addition to the unsolvable solution between James and Davis, there were also substitutes like Howard in the interior, which could consume centers of Jokic's level. Once the Lakers' goal in the new season is to win the championship, it is inevitable that they will compete in the Nuggets, Thunder, Clippers, Rockets, etc. in the West. It is still a bit thin to rely on just one Ayton; if Rowe can help, the Lakers' configuration will no longer be weak, and they can consume those big men and further reduce their offensive efficiency. This is the value of Rowe.

From the perspective of salary matching, the Lakers can give out Cleber and draft picks. After all, an annual salary of 11 million can be matched, and the player's contract will expire next year, which will not put pressure on the Trail Blazers' salary.

If Rowe was sent away by the Trail Blazers, it means that Yang Hansen will get more time to play, and his chance to become famous in the NBA will be here.

Trail Blazers' team-mate Casey Holdahl revealed that Yang Hansen should get some playing time next season and have the opportunity to enter the rotation. As the center who was selected by the Trail Blazers with the 16th pick in the first round in the summer of 2025, Yang Hansen is a new era insider and will form the Trail Blazers' insider with Klingen, but may have to start from the substitute. But this has little impact. After all, the league's number one player Jokic also started playing as a substitute, and he is still a second round pick. As long as it is gold, it will shine sooner or later. Yang Hansen should understand this.

Of course, from the previous summer leagues, Yang Hansen also let us see his ability, supporting passes, protecting rebounds, blocking blocks, three-pointers, and making fouls, and deserves the title of "China Jokic". Considering that he and Klingen are different types of inside players and the Blazers lack a playmaker, when Holiday comes off the court, Yang Hansen can play the role of passing, making his teammates play more easily.

There are already templates in the NBA. All Yang Hansen needs to do is pixel-level learning. After the technology is completed, he will have a chance to achieve great basketball achievements.

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