The Lakers did more than once work on the possibility of staffing after a thick eyebrow injury. The optimal solution seen so far is to let James take on some of the role. That is, James needs to stand in the fifth position for part of the time. Isn't it a bit unrealistic to sound, but doing so is the best solution the Lakers can find. Because of the particularity of thick eyebrows, this tactical system has strong personal characteristics. This also leads to the Lakers can only find as many as possible with the same attribute characteristics as the thick eyebrows to replace, as long as they survive this time, the Lakers have new hope.
But everyone knows that James is 36 years old this year and is about to turn 37. In the traditional sense, this is already a veteran. A veteran who was supposed to be in the third position, was placed in the fifth position by the team, how much efficiency and energy can you expect him to have? Vogel still wants to stay with the Lakers, so he can only arrange a certain amount of playing time, not all of it. If James played the fifth position full-time, James was not abolished, and Vogel rolled up the covers and left. This is not alarmist, the Lakers are still pointing to James selling tickets?
James can't stay on the inside, so the Lakers also need to match a blue collar - this time the role of Jordan Jr. is reflected. But the problem is that if Jordan Jr. starts, the Lakers' opening style of play becomes very out of tune with this era. From the outside to the inside, the team is all players with no range and no stable projection ability. When Westbrook and Jordan Jr. appear on the court at the same time, will the rest of the team have room to take advantage of? Definitely not.
Modern teams have no room and have to be laughed at. We've always said that James has his own system and needs to have good shooters to cooperate. At the end of his career, we can see that James has successfully dispelled people's perceptions, because he became the shooter he needed to do it, and he changed his career to 3D. This is also a point where many people now complain about the Lakers, obviously they can't do these things, they have to make blind arrangements.
There is also a more obvious loophole in this lineup, when it comes to teams where small defenders are the main scorers, they are very passive. Like warriors, like the sun. Small players like to play a change of defense, that is, the number one and five positions of the change of defense problem, with the exquisite pass cutting system, generally can have a good effect. And Jordan Jr. is on the field, whether to defend out after changing defenses, this is also a problem.
If there is no change of defense, the outside players can directly pull away a large space to score. When you meet Booker, Curry's level scorer, it's basically a hit-by-a-hit. If the defense is changed, the inside line becomes a relatively large vacancy, as long as the conduction is no problem, the opponent can score. There is no need to wait for actual combat, and it is already known theoretically that this method is not feasible. So why is it said that this solution is the best solution for the Lakers at present? The main reason is that there are not many teams in the league that can perform this strategy.
The Lakers still have the opportunity to gamble, bet that they will not lose, and bet that the opponent's hit rate is not fatal. In some games, the Lakers still won the bet. Because the thick eyebrows are only absent for a month, the Lakers still have a chance. They prefer to use the current gamble to maintain the current record, and then when the thick eyebrows return, they can continue to play back to the previous tactical system.
From these games, we can see that the Lakers do not have thick eyebrows and do not know how to play. The specific performance is that compared with before, the Lakers' offensive efficiency has dropped by 5 points, and the defensive efficiency is also a new low this season. You could argue that they're just adapting to a new system, which is just a slightly possible destabilizing factor, but there's no denying that the Lakers are still pulling their crotches like this, and they don't know how to play anymore.
To use an inappropriate description, the Lakers can only rely on James now. They can only rely on James to repair in various places, James is an all-round warrior, so every place can be replenished. But this can't be a long-term solution, James can't use it as a bottom, he's the secret weapon of the playoffs. If the Lakers choose to overdraft James' physical strength in advance for the sake of their current record, it will be a very fatal loss for the entire team. The Lakers do not need to make these unnecessary sacrifices, if they can plan their own teams in the offseason, at least in the introduction of players to be prepared, rather than thinking about the introduction of Wei Shao, resulting in the team depth is not enough, not enough replacement, space is still locked, then the Lakers now do not have so many problems to consider.
Speaking of the most fundamental problem, the Lakers have no way to solve the problem that thick eyebrows are easily injured. Thick eyebrow injuries have been a congenital problem since entering the league. In order to ensure space, the Lakers arranged the thick eyebrows in the fifth position. Under the premise of ensuring space and speed, this can maximize the efficiency of thick eyebrows, after all, this season thick eyebrows are also evolving, and his stability is stronger than before.
But the problem of confrontation remains unresolved. The Lakers' hanging meat did not meet the standard, which is the key to the problem. Thick eyebrows have always given people the feeling that they are only one circle larger, but they do not actually increase their confrontation ability. He is not the same as the alphabet brother, the alphabet brother is all-round stronger, so everyone has seen the letter brother's confrontation ability to change to a degree visible to the naked eye. To put it mildly, this direction of body evolution of Brother Alphabet is the path of thick eyebrows!
Some people may say that the type of player of the alphabet brother will reduce the shooting percentage after hanging meat. Thick eyebrows are originally good at projection, if there is no such advantage, how can he compete with other opponents? This statement is not false, but this situation also varies from person to person. If you want to gain weight directly in one step, and reach a qualified confrontation standard in a short period of time, then projection must be a problem. But if the cycle is longer, and the team replaces the position of the thick eyebrow with other players, so that he has an adaptation period, this hidden danger will disappear.
The Lakers feel like they are in a hurry, and they desperately need results, so they often make a mistake. This is inevitable, and it can be seen from the two previous personnel transactions of change exchange that the team is still more anxious. However, thick eyebrows can be cultivated as the future leader of the Lakers, so the management should take a longer view, there is no need to keep these two seasons, don't pick up sesame seeds and lose watermelons.