Then Li Kaier must be stronger, and he will not accept rebuttals.
To start with a crude but practical comparison, what is Reeves' pick in the draft? He didn't get a pick, but an undrafted pick; And what about Lee Kyle? He was drafted by the Spurs in the first round in 2014 with the 30th overall pick. A first-round pick, a draft loss, who do you say is talented? Don't take Ben Wallace as an example, how many undrafted people in the world became Wallace? More undrafted picks can only wander in other countries' leagues, and being able to become Caruso is basically capped.
I've written an article about Austin before. Reaves' article, which wrote that Reaves was decisive in his shooting and positive in defense. But a positive defensive attitude does not mean that you are particularly good defensively, and it does not mean that you are so offensive that you are strong enough to be the team's main scoring point, these are just prerequisites for a large contract with an annual salary of tens of millions of dollars in the NBA as an undrafted pick.
Is Reaves really good at defensive talent? No, we're still going to be honest, if Reaves and Lee Kyle swap teams, the Lakers' record won't change much, but the Timberwolves' record will definitely go down, because the Timberwolves' defensive level will go down because of Reaves. Reaves and Russell are the same in this regard, neither can play high-end games on the defensive end, if the Lakers can really trade for Irving, then the top teams on the defensive end if they don't target Reaves and score I won't watch basketball from now on.
Of course, trading Russell for Irving is not possible unless the Lakers are willing to trade future draft picks. However, it is impossible for the Lakers to win the championship this season without making big moves, even if there are Zhan Mei and Zhan Mei in the team who can infinitely raise the team's ceiling, but they can't stand the gap between the remaining helpers and their level is so big. God, Lao Zhan is 39 years old, do you still want him to reproduce the miracles of 2018?
Obviously, he can't count on it, because at that time, he could do the full game at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, but now he definitely can't, let alone in the fiercely competitive Wild West. Could it be that in the last five minutes of the fourth game of the Western Finals last year, Lao Zhan obviously couldn't play, didn't anyone see it?
And Li Kaier is a very practical 3D player for the team, this player has a high ball quotient, does not grind the ball (after receiving the ball, he can make the right judgment to dispose of the ball is called "not grinding the ball"), and the league's average physical ability is above the NBA to complete individual singles and defend his own position. Don't just look at Gobert, Towns, Edwards and Conley, Lee Kyle's role in the front line is very large, such a starting five Tigers have strong enough defensive strength, and it is no wonder that they have been able to stay first in the West for a long time this season.