Change, change, change!
The Lakers seem to be changing all the time this season, so let's take a look at the Lakers' mental journey so far. The team was injured before the start of the season, Nunn was unable to play for a long time, and Tucker and Ariza were in a state of recuperation.
James has since missed the game injured, just returned and was suspended for hitting Stewart in the face, and he came back again and was quarantined for triggering a health and safety agreement. While Old Jan had just stabilized and the big three were finding some chemistry with each other, multiple players throughout the team triggered a health and safety agreement to be quarantined, and even head coach Vogel did not escape.
The Lakers brought in a number of players in this offseason, and all the other players except James, Thick Brow and Tucker have changed. Although they have signed a lot of players who have played for the Lakers before, this is a brand new team after all, they lack running-in, lack of good chemistry.
After the Lakers lost to the Spurs yesterday, old Zhan helplessly said: "There is no chemistry in each of our lineups" From here, his helplessness can be heard.
In the past 13 games, 9 games of the old Zhan have cut 30+ points, sometimes I really don't know what happened to some fans, the old Zhan scored high points and said that he brushed the data, and when the offensive end was in a downturn, it was a voice that questioned him.
18 starting lineups for 33 matches
So far this season, the Lakers have achieved a record of 16 wins and 17 losses, in this short 33 games, the Lakers have lined up 18 starting lineups, and vogel has not yet found a relatively stable starting lineup. Of those 18 lineups, the Lakers haven't used a lineup for more than 4 games in a row...
With such a big change and adjustment, it is difficult for the Lakers to find a chemical reaction. In fact, Vogel is also very helpless, no matter how to adjust it has not worked well. The state of the Lakers is difficult to continue, on the depth of the lineup, on the player talent Lakers are not bad, but why can't the record be improved?
In fact, yesterday Carol's tweet said very reasonable, the Lakers' efforts are not enough, in the game with the Spurs, there is James holding the ball after halfway, facing the Spurs 5 defenders, and the entire Lakers did not have a half-time, forced under the old Zhan to choose a three-point shot.
Now the Lakers look like a mess, outside shooting has become a big shortcoming of theirs, after Munch was injured, the Lakers' outside line did not have a little threat, the opponent can arbitrarily shrink the basket, and Wei Shao and Old Zhan need to have offensive space, this lineup wants to play a performance is really difficult.
At the beginning of the season, we can still understand, after all, the Lakers need to run in, but now that the season has played more than one-third, the Lakers are still changing, so when is it a head?
In fact, everyone knows that this season's Lakers are desperate, and Pelinka's operation has improved the lakers' fame, but there has not been much progress in terms of strength. Now the Lakers are sixth in the West, and they are tied to the Nuggets, who are eighth in the West, and will fall out of the playoffs if they are not careful.
In the first 33 games, the Lakers' schedule is relatively easy, and in the second half of the season, the Lakers will face more difficult challenges. If their losing momentum can not be stopped, this season's Lakers are afraid that this season, it is even more unrealistic to want to win the championship, I don't know what everyone thinks about the current situation of the Lakers?