Last offseason, the Lakers management once again showed the outside world a wave of their ability to reorganize the lineup, in addition to James, thick eyebrows, Tucker Jr., the core members of the Lakers left the team last season, replaced by Wei Shao and a group of veterans who entered the end of their careers. It is understood that the reason why the Lakers did this at that time was not only because they believed that Westbrook could help the team, protecting James was another important factor, and the Lakers management hoped that Westbrook could alleviate the pressure of the team's possession on the offensive end, thereby reducing the risk of James' injury. Judging from the actual situation this season, Wei Shao did use his own characteristics to help James reduce a lot of organizational pressure, but due to the large number of veterans in the Lakers, the scoring continuity in the game can often not be guaranteed, resulting in James's current responsibility on the offensive end has become greater.
The data shows that in the past 10 games, James can average 32.7 points per game, which even surpassed Jordan, becoming the first player in NBA history whose actual age is more than 35 years old and can still score more than 32 points on average in 10 games, and all this is not related to James's super personal ability, but also inseparable from the "targeted" change of Lakers coach Vogel, whose five small lineups, although they did not bring the team an improvement in the rankings, but it was equivalent to forcing the full force in disguise. It should be noted that today's NBA league has begun to have teams begun to emulate Vogel's alternative tactics, and another forward in his early 2 meters has changed to play center, and the mainstream playing style of the NBA will be deviated by Vogel.
In a regular season game that ended earlier today, the Jazz won 115-109 against the Nuggets. During the game, Jazz coach Snyder boldly changed the lineup, allowing Gay, who was only 2.03 meters tall, to make a cameo appearance in the center, and achieved good results, the latter in less than 30 minutes of playing time, 9 shots, 6 of 9, cut 18 points + 7 rebounds + 2 blocks. Although he has a disadvantage in height, Guy has made up for the lack of mobility with his own mobility, facing the MVP-level interior Line Jokic, Gay is not at all behind, and it can be clearly seen in the game that Nuggets head coach Malone took contingency measures on the defensive end after discovering that Guy changed to a center, avoiding the use of Jokic, who is relatively slow to move laterally, to target Guy.
But unfortunately, Guy also has a hand of arc top strategizing ability, and his teammates punish the Nuggets by constantly running in the air. According to NBA reporter Andy Larsen, the Jazz had the idea of trying a five-small lineup as early as last year's playoff loss to the Clippers, and Snyder was reluctant to see Gobert once again become a breakthrough on the defensive end of the team. Over time, the Jazz found inspiration in James, and Guy, who had a certain commonality in body shape + technical characteristics, became a new candidate for the Jazz center position. It is worth mentioning that Andy Larsen was told that if Gay can continue to be efficient in the center position, then the Jazz will consider bringing in another forward of about 2 meters, Covington and Grant are both potential targets, and the trading chips in the Hands of the Jazz have Ingles + a future first-round pick, and it stands to reason that the two forward Jazz have a chance to get one.
Finally, a few more words, in fact, Vogel originally just wanted James to make a temporary cameo in the center, and the five-small lineup is not a conventional weapon of the Lakers. After discovering that Westbrook's performance was often struggling, coupled with the unexpected injury of thick eyebrows, Vogel had to make Howard and Jordan Jr., two traditional tall interior DNP (deprecated), in order to make Westbrook more comfortable in order to make more offensive space, and the ultimate goal was definitely to make Westbrook play more comfortably. And it is this helpless move, actually affected the NBA to a certain extent, the mainstream play of today's league has begun to deviate, more and more short forwards began to pour into the basket three-second zone, feeling that unless it is the letter brother, Embiid, the dominant inner line, the future can still occupy a place in the NBA, those blue-collar interior lines are likely to be eliminated by the mainstream play. Thank you for reading and paying attention, welcome to leave a message to discuss.