On January 13, Beijing time, the Lakers challenged the Kings away, and finally the Lakers lost the game 116-125.
Wei Shao in this game, played 37 minutes, 14 shots 2, three-pointers 5 of 0, and finally only scored 8 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists of the performance, plus the past two games, Wei Shao 40 out of 8, the shooting rate was as low as 20%, Wei Shao's performance was so poor, and even scolded by American fans on the hot search, this year's trade deadline is February 11, less than a month from the trade deadline, will the Lakers choose to trade Wei Shao? Let's analyze these points.
1. Wei Shao's contract transactions do not go out
Westbrook signed a five-year, $206 million top salary contract in the summer of 2017, which expires in 2023, and has player options next season, while This season Westbrook's contract salary is as high as $44 million, second only to Curry and Harden, and the next season's contract is as high as $47 million.
This contract completely restricts Wei Shao, now the salary space of the major championship teams in the league is very limited, even if you want to get Wei Shao, you can't find the right chips, if it is a young team, you will not want to get Wei Shao, after all, Wei Shao is 32 years old, and it is no longer young, looking at the league teams, there will not be much interest in the trade of Wei Shao, even after the transaction gets Wei Shao, for the use of Wei Shao, there is only half a season time, the Lakers want to trade Wei Shao, There are indeed very big difficulties.
2. The Lakers have not found a suitable substitute for Wei Shao for the time being
Recently, Wei Shao has indeed had serious problems in the state, but for the current situation of the Lakers, the role of Wei Shao in the Lakers is also huge, in the absence of thick eyebrows, James became the center of the team, Wei Shao still played a lot of wonderful games, and these are the embodiment of Wei Shao's organizational ability.
Nowadays, the Lakers traded away Rondo, the Lakers are still very dependent on Wei Shao in the organization, after all, in the team except for James, no player has the ability to promote and organize Wei Shao, once Wei Shao leaves, James will become more tired, not only need to attack, but also need to take into account the organizational task, then James will be more tired, all short-term Lakers will not trade Wei Shao, unless you can find a player with Westbrook's organizational ability.
3. The Lakers' long-term plans
When the Lakers traded Wei Shao this year, there should be a long-term plan, before coming to the Lakers, the Lakers management also knew the bottom of Wei Shao's projection ability, and must have made sufficient preparations in this regard, otherwise it would not be Song Song Kuzma and others to trade.
From the current situation, the problem of incompatibility between Wei Shao and James is basically solved, due to the absence of thick eyebrows, Wei Shao and James also played a lot of wonderful games, unlike the offseason fans predicted, these two people have no chemical reaction at all, maybe next season Wei Shao will not jump out of the contract, will stay in the Lakers to make a final attempt.
Overall, it is very difficult for the Lakers to send away Wei Shao before the trade deadline, the team is organizationally dependent on Wei Shao, and the huge contract also restricts Wei Shao's trade, and Lakers fans can only wait for the return of Wei Shao's state, or the return of the thick eyebrow injury.