James, who is nearly 37 years old, is still the most reliable player in the Lakers, and in the game that Davis missed due to injury, the Lakers ushered in the most difficult moment, and James also took on the things that a leader should do. According to statistics, LeBron James has 209 points, 63 rebounds and 39 assists in the last six games, but the Lakers have won 1 and lost 5. The last player to have accumulated at least 200 points, 60 rebounds and 30 assists in 6 consecutive games but only won 1 or 0 wins was Michael Jordan, which happened in 1989, when Michael Jordan was only 25 years old, a full 12 years away from today's James, 25-year-old Jordan is at his peak regardless of physical fitness and technical characteristics, and James has begun to decline now, and it is indeed worthy of respect to be able to do so.
In addition, according to statistics, in the last 6 games, James personally got an average of 35 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists per game, shooting 57% from the field, shooting 40% from three-point range, shooting 82% from the free throw, and scoring at least 30 points in 6 consecutive games, James has also become the oldest player in history to achieve this achievement, it can be said that James has completely opened the "full strength" mode, even in the peak of James's performance and scoring is just like this, right? Even if James played such a gorgeous data, it is difficult to lead this Lakers to victory, the opponents encountered in these six games are at least 4 games that should be able to be taken down, the Timberwolves, Grizzlies, Rockets, Spurs these four teams are basically the weak team of the league now, but the Lakers only won the Rockets, and the Face of the Rockets Lakers are also difficult to understand, and even once surpassed by the Rockets, the last moment is also relying on James to score 10 points to win, and in the face of the Suns, Bulls, Not to mention the three strong teams of the Nets, the Lakers hardly have the strength to break the wrist with such a strong team.
NBA show commentator Brandon Heywood said of LeBron James' recent performances: "LeBron is currently playing at a very high level, but he needs some teammates to keep up with him, and the Lakers still can't stop the loss, 'Help me!'" That's what James wanted to say. Although he needs help, LeBron is definitely out of the woods right now. "It's hard to imagine how bad the Lakers really are this season, the Lakers are too dependent on the big three, Westbrook, James and Davis trio directly locked up the salary space, the remaining players are basically basically basically basic salary players, and the function of these players is too single, they are not high-quality role players, Anthony's strength is good, but the 38-year-old has the same physical problems as James, anthony is in good physical condition at the beginning of the season can play efficient games, but with the deepening of the season, Anthony's physical condition was getting more and more exhausted, and his three-point shooting percentage dropped quickly.
It can be said that the Lakers offseason to form the big three cost is too much, the Lakers are hoping to seize the last period of James's career to impact the championship again, but such a practice is too quick to make a quick profit, got Westbrook can be 44 million high salary also completely let the team have no room for operation, in the offseason Lakers want to sign one or two high-quality role players but the space is not allowed, even Caruso only wants a salary of 9 million Lakers can not open, It seems that the team signed a lot of well-known players in the offseason, but considering their age, such an operation has not brought much substantial help to the Lakers. In addition, many players signed by the Lakers are fringe players that other teams do not want, and many players such as Jordan Jr., Bradley, and Ellington are the 13th and 14th people of the team, and these players who come to the Lakers are important rotations for the Lakers, or even the starters.
The low profile of role players has led to James having to increase his playing time this season, invisibly increasing the burden on the Big Three, James's season average of 27.6 points per game, which is his season average since the 2009-10 season (29.7 points) is a new high, in addition to the average of points per game reached a new high, James averaged 37.2 minutes per game this season, which is also his new high in the past four seasons. Especially the weak problem of the inner line this season, so that the Lakers are now very headache, before the Lakers inside line and McGee, Harrell, Gasol Jr., Howard and other pure centers can be used, and the enthusiasm and attitude of these players are absolutely no problem, even if Harrell has been abandoned many times, but as long as he needs to play Harrell will maintain a fierce fighting spirit at any time, and this year's original inside personnel is tight, Jordan Jr.'s negative attitude makes the Lakers have to give up on him.
In addition, Westbrook's state decline is serious, which many people did not expect, last season can also play an average of three-doubles Westbrook, this season has a big problem, in regular time Westbrook is still good, but Westbrook this year's key ball processing ability is too poor, Many of Westbrook's mistakes are in the team to chase points or the key moments of the fourth quarter game, in addition, Westbrook's jump shot and basket finishing ability this season will be so poor is what many people did not expect, it is difficult to believe that this is a player with 44 million players on the field to play a role. Now the decline in Westbrook's shooting directly makes it difficult for the Lakers' offensive system to open, and It is difficult for Westbrook to score now, originally Westbrook can help James share the pressure during The absence of Davis, but now The role of Westbrook is not even as good as a 15 million 3D player, Westbrook's slow heat does not know when it will be good, the Lakers need his stable basket finishing ability, need him to use the breakthrough to create more shooting opportunities, and need Westbrook to play more reasonable and resolute.
James has done everything he can, and if no one else can step up to help James, then as Fitzdale put it, "I hate that James's efforts are wasted in the loss", blindly losing will only make the Lakers more turbulent.