Everyone is always very concerned about the current Problems of the Lakers. Why do you have such a high degree of attention, because the Lakers carry the hope of many people. So even if there is news about the deal of Wei Shao, everyone is still looking forward to it, and the Lakers can give a more reasonable way. The Lakers are the home team of many people, so there are also many fans waiting to see the Lakers change. Because everyone knows that in the early stages of this season, everything the Lakers did was rotten to death. To have no record, to have no strength.
Why is it at this point in time that everyone is paying attention to the changes in the Lakers? Could it be that recently the Lakers have spread the news about the deal Wei Shao? In fact, this is just one of the factors, and more importantly, the performance of the Lakers in the game of killing the Lone Ranger has made everyone see a little different. First of all, this change of the Lakers is not necessarily a good thing, and the specific chemical reaction impact depends on the later games.
Let's first talk about the Lakers' game, or the recent changes in these games. First of all, the first point, James changed from the third position to the fifth position. The last time James played center was in the Cavaliers, which is still a bit difficult for a 37-year-old man. James has physical problems, and as he gets older, the confrontation deteriorates. The fifth position is the most confrontational position in general, and the Lakers dare to put James here, but there is still a certain determination.
In fact, it is not that James can't play the inside line, on the contrary, in the small-ball era, James is one of the few all-round players who can adapt to multiple positions. But beware, James playing center means the lineup has to be speed- and rhythm-oriented. The kind of big guy who leans towards the traditional genre can't be used in this lineup. Similarly, small forwards with size advantages are replaced by smaller quarterback players. The biggest advantage of this lineup is that the speed can be faster, and the rhythm can be beaten to the opponent can not keep up. But he also has a big flaw, this lineup does not have a good striker now, which means that their points of attack are limited.
In the small-ball era, the key point of breaking the game must be on the small forwards. Without small forwards, the innings would not have been assembled. So how do the Lakers need to deal with this problem? Let James go to the top! As we just said, James is a very strong all-rounder. So now what the Lakers can do is let James take most of the positions, so that the team can have a chance to breathe. In fact, this arrangement is the easiest way to deal with this lineup, but the team has a chance to breathe, but James has become more tired. He needs to observe more locations and coordinate more resources. Take the simple blocking and demolition, James mentioned the fifth position, who can cooperate with James in the breaking and demolition tactics? None of the players who meet this lineup can be used. Therefore, the Lakers' change in arrangement strategy is a bit confusing.
For this change, the coaching staff has also thought about it. This arrangement is not a long-term solution, so it is a second-class solution, and there is a temporary alternative, so that the thick eyebrows play the number five. That's right, too, because thick eyebrows can indeed play in the fifth position of the small ball era. This confidence comes from the talent and strength of thick eyebrows. Thick eyebrows are now one of the best players in all the interior players to combine footsteps, technique, and no-ball running ability, and he is also the fourth player with the most comprehensive defense and the largest coverage area. Putting this advantage in the fifth position can also work.
It can be more or less seen from recent matches that the overall defensive tactics of thick eyebrows seem to be a bit ineffective. Because thick eyebrows were playing the fourth position before, the defensive pressure was not as great as it is now. You can understand that thick eyebrows appeared before as a pit-filling talent. Where the number five position cannot be filled, the thick eyebrows can be used as an extension. But now, the thick eyebrows need to stretch themselves, and they need to stare at themselves. Maybe at this time someone will say, where did James go? James went to the number three and he needed to break the game.
Isn't that a surprise? The Lakers can't seem to balance the relationship between these two people. In fact, according to the previous strategy, with thick eyebrows to play the number four position, James swung between the 1-3 position, and then there was a good number five position, this lineup can be used. But the Lakers just don't have a good number five position now, which causes many players to waver. In addition, this season James has injuries, and Westbrook's performance in the number one position is not very good. The combination of factors has exacerbated the Lakers' problems this season, and the coaching staff must want to solve this problem, but they have not yet found a specific solution.
Finally, we need to talk about the problem of Wei Shao. After all, the Big Three, there is no reason to just say James and Thick Brow. It can be clearly felt that Wei Shao's voice in the team is relatively low. One of the most intuitive manifestations is that the overall utilization rate of Wei Shao is much lower than before. In the last few games, the use rate of Westbrook has only been 22%, down 4-5 points from before. One reason is that it is repeated with James, since James can be used, the team does not have to use Wei Shao all the time. The impact of this change is that Wei Shao's average data per game is not very good. The average stats for these games are only 15+6+8. One statistic that has not changed much is the number of mistakes by Wei Shao. Now Wei Shao still has a high error rate, from the decline in the use rate is still unable to reduce the number of mistakes, we can roughly know that Wei Shao's mistakes are inevitable. Compared with before, the coaching staff's playing time adjustment did not give Wei Shao a break, nor did it make his playing style efficient. So this shows that this change is not very suitable for Wei Shao.
This is also understandable, what team did Westbrook need in the past to produce results? Everyone has him at their core, including the center, and everyone has to give way. In this case, it takes less to produce results, and now what? Wei Shao's ability to break through has decreased, and the use of the team has also decreased. Wei Shao did not have the refreshing pleasure of holding the ball core before, and naturally could not be at ease. It has been said a long time ago that Wei Shao's style of play cannot last long. From the Rockets, the Wizards, to the Lakers, it was this reaction. The Thunder are the most accommodating team to him, so they have also cultivated this kind of personality of his, which can only be said to be a creation of people. Now the Lakers are still thinking about it, hoping to have the best of both worlds.