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USA Today
23-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Lakers 2024-25 season player grades: Shake Milton
Lakers 2024-25 season player grades: Shake Milton In late December, when the Los Angeles Lakers were starting to overcome their first slump of this season, they traded struggling guard D'Angelo Russell, little-used forward Maxwell Lewis and multiple future second-round draft picks to the Brooklyn Nets for forward Dorian Finney-Smith. At the time, the Lakers were a weak defensive team, but Finney-Smith started their transformation into a team that, at times, played outstanding defense for extended stretches. He was the type of 3-and-D wing they had badly needed for a few years. But he wasn't the only player they received in that trade. They also obtained Shake Milton, a 28-year-old guard who was in his seventh season out of Southern Methodist University. Milton was a promising young player with the Philadelphia 76ers a few years ago, and during the 2020-21 season, he averaged 13.0 points in 23.2 minutes a game, which got him some votes for the Sixth Man of the Year award. There was a slight hope that he could contribute for Los Angeles upon his arrival. Shake Milton's season stats In 30 regular-season games with the Lakers, Milton averaged 3.9 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 11.5 minutes a game and shot 43.3% from the field and 29.4% from 3-point range. For the season as a whole, he registered 5.5 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 14.7 minutes a game and shot 45.3% from the field and 35.8% from 3-point range. Overall analysis As time went on, Lakers fans discovered first-hand that Milton could be best described as a tease. Every now and then, he will have a game where he is productive offensively and gives a team a boost off the bench, but all too often, he seems invisible when he's on the court. He's a decent 3-point shooter but nothing special, he can attack off the dribble and score, but he's nothing special in that regard, he can hit the open man on occasion, but he's not a facilitator, and he's anemic on the defensive end. He also isn't the most aggressive player from game to game. On Jan. 30 in a 38-point win over the Washington Wizards, he hit seven of his eight shot attempts and scored 21 points in 28 minutes, and in a March 14 loss at the Denver Nuggets, he went 7-of-11 from the field and had 16 points in 28 minutes. But games like that, or ones where he simply got into double digits in scoring, were very much the exception rather than the rule. Milton never entrenched himself in head coach JJ Redick's rotation. He may be the type of player who needs consistent and significant playing time in order to be productive, but his inconsistent play makes it hard to argue that he should get more than 20 minutes a game. Milton's contract situation Milton is under contract for both of the next two seasons at $3 million and $3.29 million, respectively. If or when the Lakers make a trade to address one of their roster needs, it's easy to imagine Milton going out in such a trade as salary ballast to make sure the numbers work. If he is on the roster next season, it is likely that someone such as Jordan Goodwin, who showed promise during the second half of the season after getting called up from the G League, will continue to rank ahead of him on the depth chart. Overall grade: D-plus/C-minus
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
NBA》大家都看好湖人過關 灰狼Edwards：「我愛這種場面」
洛杉磯湖人隊和明尼蘇達灰狼隊即將在NBA 2025季後賽首輪正面對決，絕大部分外媒專家和網路輿論都看好湖人能過關，對此，灰狼隊球星愛德華茲(Anthony Edwards)似乎一點都不在意。 愛德華茲說道：「我很喜歡，這很屌。我很愛大家都想要湖人獲勝，本該就是如此，他們都不想灰狼贏，我知道了。」 Anthony Edwards on if he likes the national media picking the Lakers to winYea(smiling) I just love it, it's dope. I love the fact that everybody wants the lakers to win. That's how it's supposed to be, they don't want the Timberwolves to win. I get it' — Andrew Dukowitz (@adukeMN) April 16, 2025 灰狼隊去年殺進分區決賽，不過休季期間交易掉核心人物陶恩斯(Karl-Anthony Towns)，讓他們在今年例行賽有點步履蹣跚，最終僅名列第6種子。年僅23歲的愛德華茲，則是在今年賽季迎來外線火力的爆發，例行賽投進聯盟最多的三分球，平均外線命中率也來到個人生涯新高的3成95，他的火力發揮狀況無疑是灰狼季後賽的一大指標。 湖人隊在交易大限前驚喜獲得唐契奇(Luka Doncic)，即便他們還在不斷磨合階段，同時擁有唐契奇和詹姆士(LeBron James)這兩大核心下，讓湖人隊的爭冠呼聲迅速看漲，而灰狼隊去年在分區決賽就是敗給唐契奇領軍的達拉斯獨行俠隊。 這個系列賽剛好也是美國隊去年奧運金牌陣容的老少對決，對於即將和詹姆士同場競技，愛德華茲也表達高度期盼，他說道：「和詹姆士對決充滿很多意義，他很可能是籃球史上最偉大的球員，想要在季後賽淘汰他肯定是非常困難的，但這過程絕對會很有趣。」 根據相關外電消息指出，湖人隊近期在備戰首輪時確實將愛德華茲視為頭號封阻對象，在模擬訓練中，陸續讓體型相近的米爾頓(Shake Milton)和布朗尼(Bronny James)扮演愛德華茲的角色，希望能藉此找到致勝契機。 The Lakers used Bronny James and Shake Milton as Anthony Edwards for their scout team at practice today 👀(via @jovanbuha) — Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) April 16, 2025
