This season's Los Angeles Lakers are certainly difficult to call success, their record has not been up and down, falling out of the playoffs in the Western Division, but it is also difficult to become the top four. The main problem with the Lakers is actually obvious, that is, they are too old and the lineup is not compatible enough.
The core problem is the pairing of Westbrook and James. When Westbrook first joined the Lakers, it was positioned as "another ball-holding point besides James." Westbrook has been doing this job all along this season, but it's clearly not done well enough, and he'll be at a loss when he plays with James.
Even in James' absence due to injury, Westbrook's performance is difficult to call efficient, and the three-double data exposes the problem of low offensive efficiency and too many mistakes. In any case, the Lakers are obviously not a good match with Wei Shao, and it should be a matter of time before the two sides break up.
It is understood that the Lakers privately set a time point for Wei Shao at the beginning, if the integration cannot be completed before the time point comes, then the Lakers will consider sending Wei Shao away. Last night, the US media released the news that the Lakers finally made up their minds and held a meeting at the management level, mainly discussing the issue of Wei Shao's retention.
However, Westbrook's current deal value is very low, his contract is too large, and after the big injury and age increase, it seems that the explosive decline, shooting target is not very good, so the strong team will certainly not want such a ball holder, the weak team is difficult to come up with the right trade chips, and it is even impossible to expect Westbrook to take the youngsters.
Nowadays, Wei Shao's going to stay has become a very embarrassing thing, but it is also a problem that the Lakers have to solve quickly.