Recently, the Lakers lost to the Spurs in the last home game before staples changed their name, which caused a hot discussion in the media, and the famous NBA commentator Perkins recently talked about the current problems of the Lakers in a show, in his view that the Lakers should break up the big three, and the one who should be sent away is Wei Shao.
Perkins said: "We all know that Anthony Davis will not be traded, and so will James. The star that the Lakers can send away, or should send away, is Westbrook. ”
"I don't know if that's going to really happen because Westbrook's contract isn't small, but it's something the Lakers need to consider." Right? They always have a lot of excuses. But when you're won by the Spurs by 28 points, the problem is already obvious, and it has nothing to do with chemistry. James is my brother, but I still have to articulate this fact. ”
From Perkins's words, it is not difficult to hear that the Lakers are in this situation, and Wei Shao must carry the pot? These data tell you that the Lakers' problem is not with Westbrook alone.
During the four-game losing streak, their offensive efficiency was only 96.2, 16.5 points lost to their opponents in 100 rounds, averaging 100.5 points per game and losing 17.3 points per game, which is the first-to-last data in the same period.
Poor offense, the most important is the three-point shot, the Lakers only shot 9 three-pointers per game, tied with the Wizards for the first to last, the Lakers' three-point shooting rate is only 25.9%, ranking first from the bottom. Secondly, the 63.5% free throw shooting rate is also the first to last, and in the end, they can only use opponents' mistakes to score 7.8 points per game, which is also the first from the bottom in the league in the same period. And these eight pieces of data are the first from the bottom, and it is not something that Wei Shao can do alone.
There is also a statistic that has become the culprit of the Lakers' loss, that is, the lineup is extremely unstable, and in the past 33 games, 18 starting lineups have been used, which is the most in the league. Among them, the two most used sets of starters have only used 4 games, 10 sets of starts have only used 1 game, and even used the elderly Anthony and Ariza to serve as the center of the team in the game many times.
After Wei Shao came to the Lakers, he did sacrifice a lot, averaging the number of shots per game and the number of three-point shots except for the rookie season, and the number of mistakes gradually dropped from 5.2 at the beginning of the season to 4.6.
Now the injury of thick eyebrows, the Lakers want to rely on James to lead a group of old and young sick and disabled to play a good record, almost impossible, if there is no more Wei Shao, as the fans said, the Lakers even have a fig leaf, at least now can let Wei Shao back the pot, if there is no Wei Shao, the Lakers can not even find a person who carries the pot.