The reason why the Los Angeles Lakers this season played so badly, many fans will blame all the responsibility on Wei Shao, indeed from the performance of Wei Shao joining the Lakers, he did not play a matching performance, more than 40 million annual salary but played quite a struggle, Wei Shao's overall play is far from meeting the Expectations of the Lakers, where in the case of Wei Shao's delay in playing to make the team, and the performance of the fans satisfactory, many fans began to feel that the Lakers is time to trade Wei Shao out. But will the Lakers really do that? Will they really trade Westbrook? After the analysis of the three major reasons, the truth is clear at a glance!
The Lakers weighed the pros and cons and found that the team really needed Westbrook!
In the various deals about Westbrook, exchanging Simmons with the Philadelphia 76ers is estimated to be the most gratifying plan for fans, but from the current situation, not to mention whether the 76ers are willing to let Simmons go, just take the Lakers themselves, they are not willing to exchange Westbrook and Simmons, why do you say so? Although Westbrook is not very good in terms of projection, but his scoring ability, as well as projection ability is still reasonable, and there is a good assist ability, but for Simmons, from the performance of last season, Simmons really only has the defensive ability to see, the projection ability is really not like an NBA player, the basket is big empty position does not dare to attack, such a player Lakers can do what to do? So whether Westbrook is fully adapted to the team's lineup system or not, the Lakers will not put him on the shelf at present!
James really needs impact players like Westbrook!
From the game with the Blazers, it can be seen that the relationship between Westbrook and James is not incompatible, but if one of them is present at the same time, one person must make a sacrifice, and in this game, Westbrook has played the role he should play very well, he no longer pursues the glory of the data, but uses assists to connect the team, the whole game Westbrook got 12 assists, how can such an excellent performance not be loved. And there is a saying, although today's James can still play efficient and gorgeous data every game, but he is 37 years old after all, how long his state can remain is really unknown, so in the case of how long the old Zhan can still peak is uncertain, the Lakers must have an impact player like Wei Shao around, otherwise when the team falls into passivity, they can only be helpless, so as far as the Lakers' dependence on Wei Shao is concerned, they are unlikely to trade him out!
The external market situation determines that the Lakers cannot trade Wei Shao for the time being!
In addition to the reason why the Lakers themselves need Wei Shao at present, even if the team really does not intend to want Wei Shao now, they may not be able to trade him out, why do you say so? Wei Shao's annual salary is as high as more than 40 million, and there is a contract for next season, in the face of such a high contract, the championship team does not need such a player as Wei Shao to join, the midstream team honestly can not eat Wei Shao's contract, and those downstream teams may be even more unbearable, so in the current market situation, Wei Shao before the complete recovery, there should be no team willing to negotiate with the Lakers to trade Wei Shao, and there is a saying, even if there is a team willing to accept Wei Shao, The Lakers may have to come back to the price of the draft pick, with the future to gamble on the present, the Lakers may not be able to afford to gamble at present, so whether it is their own reasons, or the external environment, about the transaction of Wei Shao, the Lakers really do not have much choice now.
Fans and friends, do you think the Lakers will really trade Wei Shao? Is Westbrook really incompatible with James? If the Lakers don't trade Westbrook, what sacrifices and adjustments will Westbrook have to make to fully adapt to the Lakers' tactical system? Everyone is welcome to express their views in the comments section and participate in the discussion!