On December 12, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and some media listed the Lakers lineup: Jordan Jr., and the impact on the efficiency value of the team after being moved out of the start in the past 5 games, it turns out that Vogel made a key decision, and the Lakers fans really thank him for not being stubborn.
The data shows that when Jordan Jr. started, the team's offensive efficiency was 24th in the league and 19th in the league in the same period of defensive efficiency, ranking 24th in the league with a net win score per 100 rounds; and after taking out the start, the Lakers' offensive efficiency was 9th in the league, and its defensive efficiency ranked 5th in the league at the same time, and the net win score per 100 rounds was also ranked 5th in the league. In addition, when Jordan Jr. was on the floor, the Lakers lost to their opponents by 5.9 points per hundred rounds, while when he was off the court, the Lakers won 0.1 points per hundred rounds. (To be honest, this difference is still quite obvious)
The Lakers have completely reorganized the lineup in the offseason, and the players recruited are basically older or single-function players, which also leads to the Lakers' team defense in the new season. On the other hand, considering the injury, the Lakers' lineup has not been completed, so the starting lineup has not been fixed except for the combination of James + Davis + the Big Three, including Bazemore, Bradley, Tucker Jr., Howard, Anthony, Munch, Jordan Jr. have played the starting, especially for the interior arrangement, head coach Vogel is also erratic.
But judging by the team's recent performances, at least putting Jordan Jr. off the starting line is the right choice. This season, Jordan Jr. has played in 21 games for the Lakers, 16 of which are starting, averaging 4.7 points, 5.9 rebounds and 0.8 blocks per game, shooting 68.7% from the field, basically eating cake, and his net efficiency when Jordan Jr. is on the floor is -7, that is, the team will lose 7 points.
In the previous Lakers reversal victory over the Kings, Jordan Jr. had a fierce quarrel with head coach Vogel on the sidelines, and then was taken off the starting line, and even in the recent game, howard got more performance opportunities and returned to the starting position in the last 2 games.
If you have watched the game, you will find that Howard's movement speed is better than Jordan Jr., the defensive experience is richer than Jordan Jr., the big defense ability is better than little Jordan, the rebounding ability, the finishing ability are also stronger than little Jordan, but in this case, Vogel first began to hide Howard, if it is not Jordan Jr. forced Vogel to do it, maybe he is still stubbornly obstinate, so there are many netizens in social media to taunt and thank Vogel, in fact, I think we should thank Little Jordan!