Pre-season has been going on for almost a week, teams are trying their hand at pre-season, and the record is not the primary goal of pre-season, the main purpose of pre-season is to train and help players find their sense of play. As one of the most high-profile teams in the new season, the Lakers have been exposed to the spotlight in three games, some people are looking forward to their performance, and some people want to see this Lakers joke.
It's no surprise that the Lakers lost all three battles. In the first two games, the Lakers Big Three only played Davis, and in the third game, James and Westbrook ushered in the first game. These days have been mixed for the Lakers, and it is gratifying that James still maintains a high level of competitive status, and the role players have also performed well. In the editor's view, the Lakers have exposed many problems, wei shao and thick eyebrows of the competitive state are worrying, wei shao's problem has been a cliché, since he came to the Lakers, we should be so psychologically prepared. The Bigger Problem with the Lakers is Davis.
Last season, Davis stopped and stopped, and at the beginning of the season, when he played in a healthy game, the competitive state was sparse, the shooting rate was unbearable, and then the state after the return from injury was also ups and downs, and his injury also directly led to the Lakers out of the playoffs. Fans are more convinced that Davis' form slipped due to the tight schedule for 2020, and he was able to return to his peak as long as there was enough rest time. However, after a two-month offseason, Davis' preseason performance was one of no return.
In two games, 7-of-20 shooting, the shooting rate was only 35%, which is really unbearable for an inside player. In the two games, he shot a total of 8 times outside the paint, only hit two goals, including a three-pointer, and the free throw was also of a loss of standard, compared with the 50+ consecutive record at the beginning of the 2018 season, and now Davis has been seriously weakened. It is reasonable to say that the preseason performance is to let the stars find the feeling of the game, and the poor performance is acceptable, but combined with Davis's increasingly blessed body, the Concern of Lakers fans is not unreasonable.
During an offseason, thick eyebrows have obviously become fat, and the figure is seriously out of shape. Davis is one of the famous glass men in the league, no major injuries, small injuries continuously, his slender lower limbs and his playing style determine that he can not blindly gain weight, but should maintain his figure. Vogel mentioned in an interview earlier that the new season will make thick eyebrows appear more in the fifth position, as long as the thick eyebrows maintain their original size, there is no problem in playing the fifth position. Perhaps the deformation of the figure is the reason for the poor state of the thick eyebrows.
In 2019, the Lakers overdrawn the young assets accumulated by the Lakers in those years for Davis, and even the future draft picks. With the Lakers winning the championship, the deal has reached the lakers' purpose, but the Lakers want not only a championship, but also to remain competitive in the future. James is close to the end of the peak, it is impossible to carry the Lakers forward all the time, the Lakers should also take Davis as the core of the future to cultivate, but Davis does not seem to have this will.
After winning the long-coveted championship, Davis seems to have no desire or desire, and does not seem to have the idea of continuing to improve and be alone. In the past two years, Davis's desire for victory and performance in the game, compared to the Pelicans, has regressed too much, his personal offensive ability has seriously deteriorated, and now he relies more on James's passing to eat cake, and his personal singles ability has become better than nothing. Obviously, in the Lakers' plan, Davis should be the team's first star in recent years, and in the 2020 playoffs, James has gradually given up his core position, but Davis seems to be not ready. If Davis can come up with pelican-era game status, the Lakers' road this year will be flat.
In the performance of the two preseason games, Davis is still far from the core of the team envisioned by the Lakers. The Lakers have given enough tactical status, and James is willing to play as an auxiliary for Davis, but Davis seems to just want to hold James's thigh.