30 Days 30 Team Lakers: Luca and LeBron s Future

In the summer of 2025, the Lakers have completed the most important thing in the next three years: Luka Doncic renewed the Lakers contract for 165 million yuan in three years.

Continue the present, by the way, the future.

Three years 165 million is the beginning, and it is more like Luca responding to the Lakers' promise: If he were still in Dallas, Luca would have had 315 million in five years. The plot of the following will basically be:

Luca's two-year contract was executed, and a five-year super contract of 417 million was continued in 2028: then the Lakers will unfold. At the end of August 2025, Jenny Bass said that he had never seen any player like Luca, who was so sad when he came to a legendary giant like the Lakers.

"No one expected this deal to happen, I know, but Luca himself didn't know... Because this deal was so shocking, he had to face it."

Imagine: You are Luca Doncic, a Slovenian boy who came to Dallas, played for six years, and got fat happily (off topic, when you arrived in Dallas, you also got fat this summer).

The team trusts you and builds a team around you. You enjoy unlimited ball rights and reward the team's trust. Since the second grade, he averaged 28+8+9 data per game every year. He led the team to the Western Conference Finals in the fourth grade and the sixth grade to the finals.

The team matches you with an aerial pickup (Levry and Gafford), deputy attacker (Irving) and forward group, so you can play comfortably.

At the end of 2024, before you get injured, the team will still have 19 wins and 10 losses. At that time, the Thunder were the number one in the West, but in 2024, you led the team to defeat them. In 2025, you may still lead the team to rush: After all, in 2022, you led the Mavericks to 52 wins and the Mavericks to pass the Suns with 64 wins; in 2024, you led the Mavericks to 50 wins and the Thunder with 57 wins and the Timberwolves to 56 wins. Why can't you do it in 2025?

Even if you don’t win the championship in 2025, you may get a five-year, 350 million contract.

Then one day, the team told you: You have been traded to Los Angeles.

You arrive in Los Angeles and find the twin towers of Gafford and Levry, and become Hayes. Irving became LeBron and Reeves. The only old acquaintance is the electric fan. You have to re-adapt to the team, to the coach, to the teammates, to the city, to the climate and diet. The contract signed in the summer has changed from a possible five-year, 350 million yuan to a three-year, 165 million yuan - if you want to sign a big contract of 300 million or 400 million yuan, you have to wait for three years.

Of course, Los Angeles is a big city and the Lakers are a wealthy family. In the long run, the business value is higher and the global reputation is stronger, and everyone is flocking to it. You have the potential to be the new banner of this team.

-But you are already the second player in the history of the Dallas Mavericks, and a champion can become the god of this city. Now we are going to start over.

So in April 2025, Luca was already in the Lakers, looking up at her old shadow in the Mavericks, and she was crying.

Of course, it's still back to the end of August. Jenny's original words: she believes that Luca has completely opened her arms to embrace the Lakers. His attention is now only related to the Lakers.

This means that Luca will be better than last season?

2028 is the future, and I will only talk about next season.

On March 6, 2025, one month after Luca arrived at the Lakers, the Los Angeles Lakers lost 40 and 21, second in the West.

The whole of February, LeBron averaged 29+11+7, and another month's best after five years.

Then LeBron was injured, and the Lakers lost four consecutive losses: those four consecutive losses, the Lakers' starting lineups: Ryan, Electric Fan, Van derbiao, Kneckett... were considered to have exposed the flaws in advance.

is followed by the playoffs, with the Lakers 1-4 being beaten by the Timberwolves: Edwards averaged 27+8+6 per game, and Luca returned to 30+7+6.

Luca did not lose, but the Timberwolves had 24 rebounds, 15 steals and 16 free throws.

The Lakers also understand what they lack: forward line, toughness.

Think about the benefits: After getting Luca last season, even though LeBron suffered a groin injury and Luca was sad while running in, the Lakers still ended the third in the regular season. Summer: Hayes is upgraded to Ayton, Smart + Laravia replaces the electric fan. Complete lineup.

The newly signed Ayton and Smart are both two-year contracts. They try to fight until the summer of 2027. After that, they have huge space to sign anyone.

Next season lineup:

defenders: Luca, Reeves, Smart, Vincent, Kneckett, Brownie

Forwards: LeBron, Hachimura, Laravia, Van derbiao.

Center: Ayton, Hayes.

Ayton's advantages and disadvantages are very clear.

The No. 1 pick in 2018. Really seven feet tall. Can shoot mid-range shots, end (if he wants), offensive rebounds, defensive rebounds, protect the basket, assist in defense, and occasionally switch defense.

Mobile's double-double, 55% shooting percentage per game in no season in his career.

It depends on emotions very much: when you are not in a high mood, you will retreat and not carry the basket, and when you pick-and-roll, you can cut inside and get an empty call, but when you see the inside crowded, you choose to jump shots. One of the players in the NBA who doesn't like to make free throws the most? If you can't integrate into offense and defense, you will leave the game.

With Paul and Booker, he was on the road to winning. Even facing Davis, Jokic, Zubac and Giannis, he could be so energetic: he was led by Paul in the third grade to pass the Lakers in the first round, with 65 points and 37 rebounds in the first three games. Jokic swept the MVP season 4-0. The Clippers played the best series of their careers against Zubac, and they also had 22 points and 19 rebounds in the first game of the 2021 Finals. The next year will be the third leader of the team who won 64 in the regular season. Ayton will be bored if he falls into a boring environment.

2021 His first playoff in his career, passing LeBron. Ayton's most brilliant year in his regular season career was defeated by Luca.

Now he is going to partner with these two people.

Luca would like the pick-and-roll guys: Levry and Gafford, both of whom had a trick. Ayton's pick-and-roll choices are more than those two: Besides, Ayton is still the No. 1 pick in the same class,

Speaking of No. 1 pick... Ayton should be the ninth No. 1 pick in cooperation with LeBron?

Smart is no longer the defender of the year + finals guard three years ago. I have played 54 games in the past two years. The injury is consumed and the age is not young. But if he can recover from his health, he can still fight.

lead the defense, he has passed his peak, and in the last two years of the Celtics, the team has relied more on White and the defenders.

But the lean camel is bigger than the horse: lead the defense in the short term, for example, Murray/Edwards/Jerwits, Smart can do it.

The defense change is his magic weapon, the dream of chasing among the defenders.

can hit more than one position, as long as it doesn't take long to strain his muscles. If Van Debiao stays in the team, he and Van Debiao can be a pair of mastiffs.

Ideal situation: The Lakers are playing in the trial rotation first, and Luca will play the main role in the regular season.

If Ayton and Luca have a chemical reaction and Smart can maintain healthy and provide defense, then play smoothly: after all, it is the third-best modified version of the West, and LeBron is healthy and waits until the playoffs, and everything is possible.

If you really feel that you are one step away from the championship, the Lakers still have expired contracts to exchange before the deadline.

From the end of next season, the Lakers can decide how to treat the future based on the results.

No need to worry about the offense: as long as you are healthy, Luca + LeBron can make a 50 win.

But defensive rotation and front line, the old problem is: those who can attack are not very good at defending; those who can defend are not very good at attacking.

Suitable leader defensemen: Smart, Vincent and Van derbiao - Redick also mentioned that Smart and Van derbiao will be used more to put pressure on the ball.

Suitable for chasing the ball: Reeves - He doesn't have top talent, but he can make up for it by hard work.

Suitable for forwards: LeBron, Luca, Laravia and Hachimura.

Suitable for insiders: Ayton and Hayes (but he is difficult to stand the starting senior).

The Lakers' relatively balanced lineup, I think: Smart + Luca + Laravia + LeBron + Ayton, but this lineup is quite difficult to achieve:

Hachimura is a little difficult to play in the starting lineup, but the salary is not low, and it is the only person who has both size + three-point + weak side attacks in the team, so it is time to start.

Van Debiao is difficult to open in the starting space, but his defense is so excellent that it can allow the Lakers to replace the defense without playing unlimitedly, let Luca and LeBron rest the legs, and let Ayton feel at ease in the penalty area.

LeBron is about to be 41 years old at the end of the year, and his playing time must be controlled.

The most interesting thing is Reeves' situation:

After Russell left last season, Reeves proved that he could take the ball and had good chemistry with LeBron and Luca; he could shoot and hold the ball to instigate the ball, and he was cunningly attacking the basket and free throws as a weak side attacker, and he could play the opponent in a casual manner in the second team. Next season? Probably, Reeves worked hard to do dirty work when he was partnering with Luca, and played a duo when he was partnering with LeBron and took over the ball handed over by LeBron. He is now in a personal perfect situation: the team's No. 3 ball holder has a certain ball right within 48 minutes without having to bear pressure; he can complete many assassins by relying on alertness and cleverness, and then get a favorite contract in the year of the contract.

So in the end, it should be Luca + LeBron + Reeves + Ayton, and the last starter was between Eight Village (attack + size but lack of defense)/Smart (can defend and get the ball when healthy but not very healthy)/Van Debiao (defense)/Laravia (Redick is said to want him to be substitute).

A set of rotations I can imagine:

Smart

Reeves

Luca  

LeBron

Ayton

- Hachimura (and Laravia) takes over the forward time of LeBron and LeBron's absence: fixed-point three-pointers and weak side attacks.

- Reeves and Smart are responsible for all possible deputy ball-holding time.

- Kneckett eats all the 2nd position time and needs to defend specialization when he is on Van der Biao.

- Hayes is responsible for all the substitute center time.

Second matrix:

Reeves  

Van Debiao  

Eight Village  

LeBron  

A certain space point.

LeBron and Reeves are synchronized to attack the opponent's second team, and Luca + Smart + Ayton has another lineup.

In this way, the Lakers can maintain reliable offensive instigation for 48 minutes, so the regular season shouldn’t be a problem?

Of course, this is just a thought. Coach Redick is gentle but has his own ideas and persistence. He is not Lou or Kidd, so this team will still build it according to his voice.

Finally, LeBron and Luca.

Luca averaged 8.3 minutes of ball per game in his last full season in the Mavericks.

Last season, he averaged 5.6 minutes per game with the Lakers; LeBron scored his first month in 5.6 minutes, winning the first month in five years.

After the All-Star, Luca averaged 7 minutes per game.

Reeves 5.4 minutes during the same period.

LeBron 4.8 minutes.

You can clearly feel the trajectory of their fusion: Luca's holding the ball, LeBron's off the ball.

When Russell was still there last season, LeBron asked Russell and Reeves to handle the ball.

After Russell left, LeBron took over the organizer's task and averaged 23 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists per game in November 2024.

In the first month of Luca's arrival, LeBron averaged 29 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists per game: in the second half of the season, he was behind his back, cover, and without the ball.

When Luca and LeBron were on the court at the same time, the Lakers' regular season record was 15 wins and 8 losses.

Tactics say they are gorgeous and gorgeous: both of them can take the ball and start long passes, especially LeBron. In 2020, he often crossed the backcourt rebound and found a follower. However, when Luca arrived last season, he played the routine of "Luca long throw → LeBron passed the ball while receiving the ball and marching". The two of them have more routines in the positional battle, and they are straightforward: the most common ones are Luca's horn-catching, and LeBron and Reeves cross-covered; Reeves cut in or cut out, while LeBron cut in and ended in or passed the ball through the move. When they were alone, they still had to fight as much as they were there.

Both of them are too smart, so they know how to switch modes very well. By default, Luca is the team's first ball holder and LeBron is the second. When LeBron left the court, Luca had 60 pick-and-rolls/hands every 100 rounds; when LeBron was there, Luca dropped to 40: this is a bit like Miami Gerjanway's "Everyone gets the ball when you are there, and I get the ball when you are not there."

The next season?

LeBron has proved that he is willing to do anything. In the summer, he is said to have practiced more catch and shoot. Probably, next season will be the season with the most off-ball missions in LeBron's career.

Luka, lost weight. In the European Championships, Luca averaged 34.7 points per game and lost to defending world champion Germany, which is really a crime of war.

Losing to Germany: Luca scored 39 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists; Schroeder + Wagner scored 43 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.

Luka is almost against the German double star alone, but Slovenia still has not surpassed the world champion Germany.

Luca started the game and had a one-on-one fight; Germany could not defend himself when he saw that the wheel battle could not defend him, so he got on the attack. In the second half, Luka was even more attacked by Germany on the tilted side, so: the diagonal passes the vacant position on the base angle, and he takes a long shot from the ball.

——Luca: It’s me who starts a long pass on the weak side, and it’s me who ends a long shot at the top of the arc? ! It was self-produced and sold to my own home!

The most typical game, with 42 points against Italy, half of the team scored, Slovenia accused Italy. The game lasted 9 minutes that day, Slovenia led 25 points to 9, Italy's team was 9, and Luca's 20 points.

Swing left and right, closing the ball, closing the ball, closing the ball, closing the left, and taking three points in a row.

Low center of gravity, strong spike, strong spike, one-handed long throw.

Breakthrough and stop the ball and hit the ball.

Before, Luca had a continuous mid-distance strong draw against Belgium: "After the mid-distance strong draw", he made a series of consecutive hits, and then turned around and got up.

In the current basketball world, on the offensive end, Luka (and Jokic) is the most offensive creative player. The top rhythm changes in basketball history. As long as there is a broad space, he can calmly get rid of it with fast and slow brakes and rhythm angles; his control can drag his passes and shots to the last moment; he doesn't have to be too fast, he can grab the position by starting and pushing the ball and changing direction, and he can stop and shake out the shooting space. Alexander's angle and rhythm may change more smoothly and quickly, but his movements are still more front and back - what the opponent needs to deal with is his breakthrough and step-retreat mid-range shot; Luca can move forward, back and left and right, and one step-retreat can lead the opponent forward by pulling out of the three-point line.

He can use his body to block the defender and resolve the threat of blocking. He especially likes to use change direction ending and slow steps - you are either stuck in his position or shaken away by his rhythm.

He can explode in any standing position and can brake in any posture to complete the next step. He can repeatedly accelerate and decelerate, changing the center of gravity. He likes to slow down while holding his shoulders, then turn around and flip the jump shot—the footsteps and balance are smooth and perfect.

Due to his size, strength, height, speed, balance and feel, he became a personal misalignment machine: he misaligns attacking anyone is misaligned.

Luca, Brunson and Leonard are all weird guys who "play the basket with their backs". They have too many pauses, shoulders, non-dribble tricks to keep fighting with you. So sometimes they just throw a three-pointer, which will make their opponents feel relieved, "Okay, I won't come to the penalty area to toss us..."

The best thrower besides Jokic.

The best low-handed layup besides Irving.

Excellent long-range shooter with the ball. Among the players above 2 meters, only Jokic and LeBron have comparable passing vision.

When he was still fat before, he had to do more front shaking to get rid of the space; front shaking can't be too complicated - otherwise he would be breathing.

Now, it’s much more straightforward: you can get up without shaking the front, and you won’t be anxious if you shaking the front too much.

In the past, there was always such a story:

Baylor was the king of the Lakers, and then West arrived, Baylor injured his knee and West became the scoring pillar of the Lakers; after Chamberlain and Goodridge arrived, West changed from scoring king to assist king.

Once Tian Gou was the king of the Lakers, and then the Magician arrived. The two circled between the "show moment" and the double ace of "passing the ball to that big guy". After 1987, the Lakers completely changed from Tian Gou to Magicians.

Then there are Sharks and Kobe.

is now LeBron and Luca.

As mentioned above, with their intelligence, it is no problem to play together. However, the Lakers' performance next season will probably determine how LeBron's career ends: compared to Luca's future with the Lakers, LeBron's contract will arrive after next season.

Will he renew his contract and retire with the Lakers - like Tian Gou?

Or go back to the east like a shark?

or even, follow Chamberlain? ——In 1973, Chamberlain left the NBA just to go to the ABA San Diego team as a player and coach: And there is more than one rumor at present, LeBron wants to become the boss, small boss of a team, and even form his own small league.

Who knows?

After all, LeBron has been more than just a player since he was a very early start.