After making Jake LaRavia their top priority in free agency -- there was actually a small bidding war for the young backup forward among several teams, sources told ESPN -- the Lakers were holding about $8 million with the remains of their midlevel exception and watching center options such as Brook Lopez and Clint Capela come off the board. Teams who had centers available were keeping their price for the Lakers high when they called, sources said, after they had established what they were willing to pay for Mark Williams (in February's rescinded trade). In case you forgot, that price was: a young player (2024 first-rounder Dalton Knecht) L.A.'s unprotected first-round pick in 2031 L.A.'s unprotected pick swap in 2030 That was a sign of the desperation the Lakers felt to get a center to pair with Luka Doncic. And, five months later, the Lakers still found themselves without one. That was the case until the Lakers agreed to sign Deandre Ayton on Wednesday, once he cleared waivers following his mildly surprising buyout from the Portland Trail Blazers. 在自由球員市場上將Jake LaRavia視為頭號目標後，消息人士告訴ESPN，事實上有數支 球隊為這位年輕的替補前鋒展開了一場爭奪戰。湖人隊手中還握有約800萬美元的中產特 例，眼睜睜看著如Brook Lopez和Clint Capela等中鋒陸續被其他隊簽下。 消息人士透露，當湖人打電話詢問擁有中鋒資源的球隊都對他們開出較高的報價，因為 這些球隊知道湖人曾在（今年二月被取消的交易中）願意為Mark Williams付出什麼樣的 籌碼。 若你忘了，那筆報價是： 一名年輕球員（2024首輪新人Dalton Knecht） 湖人2031無保護首輪 湖人2030無保護互換 這充分顯示了湖人隊多麼渴望為Luka Doncic搭配一位中鋒。然後五個月過去，湖人依然未 能補強中鋒。這局面直到週三才被打破，在拓荒者出人意料地買斷Deandre Ayton後，湖人 終於在度過澄清期後與之達成簽約協議。 來源:https://reurl.cc/A31jZE 佩總底牌都被看光了 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 36.231.107.50 (臺灣) ※ 文章網址: https://webptt.cc/bbs/NBA/M.1751647794.A.099.html