The first two days of 2K22 updated the player's ability value, Kuzma rose to 82, And wester dropped 81, which is undoubtedly the biggest irony of the lakers' deal with the Wizards. Before the Lakers left for Denver, TA reporter Sam Amick released an interview with Wei Shao, and one of the passages also brought the young master to the forefront: "I know that I am the one among us who has to make the greatest sacrifice, and I understand this." So I have to find a way to play my best role for this team, and that's it."
Recently, when Wei Shao sent himself to the hot search with a series of bad performances; he also felt that he had sacrificed the most, which was obviously difficult to get the recognition of all parties. But Wei Shao may not be wrong to say so!
The abandonment of the center forward is not to accommodate Westbrook, but Vogel will not play this card
Since Wei Shao came to the Lakers, Old Zhan has indeed made great sacrifices, significantly increasing his three-point shooting this season, and now playing center again. And thick eyebrows have basically fixed the center this season, and traditional centers such as Howard and Jordan Jr. have naturally been abandoned. Many people now count old Zhan as a center, thick eyebrows against center, Howard and Jordan Jr. abandoned, and may have been sent away on Wei Shao's head; but is this really the case? The answer, of course, is no!
Looking at Westbrook's past resume, that Thunder has used Jeff since then. Green swapped Perkins and fixed Ibaka in the No. 4 position until Adams left the team, and their lineup always had a big center with no range. And from durant's late thunder, there was also a Robertson on the court who had no projection attributes at all. But even so, no one said that Westbrook could not play with the center, and the blocking effect of Westbrook and Adams was not less compared with Harden Capela by the outside world.
In the year of the Rockets, it was because D'Antoni needed the ultimate offensive space to replace Capela; with a coach who was not so paranoid about offensive space, would Capela still go? Will there be a so-called Westbrook Capela that cannot coexist?
In the year of the Wizards, Wei Shao did have great problems at the beginning of the state, but the more he went on, the better he was, and the season ended with three consecutive doubles carrying the Wizards into the playoffs to convince many people. And the Wizards on the court last season, there will always be a center like Garford, Lopez Jr. who can't pull out, but what impact does this have on Westbrook? Didn't he feed the data of Garford and Hachimura?
Since Wei Shao's career has been calling with a center who has no projection ability, and then seeing that he is now going down to rest, Howard can't get on, this shows that the so-called old Zhan played center, and the abandonment of Howard was to make room for him! The real reason for abandoning Howard is still In Vogel.
Vogel is a defensive coach who has the ability to build a great defensive system, but from the Pacers to the previous Lakers, all the offensive tactics are to give the ball to George, to Old Zhan, to thick eyebrows, and he will not bring offense at all. And the Lakers now this card is old and weak, sick and disabled, they can't run each other on the field, they can't jump each other, they are shorter than the other side, and there are several bad defensive habits, the Lakers can't defend at all, forced to fight with the other side to attack, Vogel will not be at all. Therefore, he will take it for granted that without the center, Wei Shao has space, but he ignores that in the team without defense, Wei Shao will not be able to play the specialty of pushing and counterattacking!
The most afraid of Pelinka continues to fool around, if you change Howard Little Jordan at the same time, you will deliberately let Wei Shao carry the pot
The team without defense itself is difficult to push back; and the Lakers' old, weak, sick and disabled lineup, the athletic ability is not outstanding, this team does not have a fast foundation at all, but Vogel still wants to use a small lineup, and the results can be good.
Of course, Vogel also has an unspeakable secret, after all, he is a defensive coach who does not bring offense, and he will not face the card in front of him at all; and the real person who should be responsible for all this should be the Lakers' general manager Pelinka!
Last season, Pelinka's removal of the championship-winning squad puzzled many, but the introduction of Schroeder and Harrell had already signaled a small shot. And this year, although wei shao was personally recruited by old Zhan, but then hoarded a bunch of defenders below 6 feet 4 who did not have the ability to swing, and did not renew the defensive tough guy like Caruso, which was Pelinka's decision alone.
When the Lakers all the guarantee contracts, the only players who are more than two meters tall, the only one under 34 years old is the more brittle thick eyebrows, and their only three standing fronts are old Zhan, Ariza, and Guago (Stanley. Johnson is not a guarantee contract) combined to more than 110 years old; when the Nets, a team with a serious lack of insiders, refuses to use Jordan Jr., but is treated as a treasure by Pelinka, with the Lakers' interior and forward configuration, even if Westbrook is replaced by Paul, replaced by Lowry, will the results be significantly improved?
When the trade was first made to Wei Shao, the outside world originally expected that when Lao Zhan rested, Wei Shao could carry the team. However, at the beginning of the season, when it was time for the rotation, Vogel let Rondo Wei Shao go together, Rondo held the ball, and Wei Shao squatted in the bottom corner. After the blocking of Westbrook and Thick Brow found the feeling, Horton. Tucker is back, and at one point signed Thomas Jr., Collison, to re-enable Rondo to try his hand... When it should be the time when Westbrook leads the team, he often has a thick eyebrow and Horton who shoots worse than him on three-point shots. Tucker, Stanley. Johnson, and Rondo, Thomas Jr., who has left the team, is not allowed by DNP's Bazemore, Bradley's three-point shot is also convulsive, and no one will cut empty, is this the whole team to make sacrifices for Westbrook, or let Westbrook make sacrifices?
Now Young Master Wei no longer has the explosive power of a dragon in his youth, starting from the late thunder, what he is accustomed to is to collect rebounds and push counterattacks, attracting defenses to buckle up by the fast-moving Grant, George, Yamura, and Covington. In positional attacks, his habitual style of play is that after the center breaks with him, his next three options are to attack the basket, attract the defense to feed the downside center, and divide the ball into the bottom corner. However, the current Lakers do not have good legs and feet, and can play a fast attack with him; he obviously likes to fight with the center, and all parties still say that the Lakers are for him to remove the center, resulting in all his strengths can not be played, he said that he sacrificed the greatest logic can also make sense!
Now that Young Master Wei has played like this, it is certainly impossible to change it; with the Current Card of the Lakers, if you want to activate Young Master Wei, you should use Howard. As long as Howard can get a good position under the basket and protect the frame, Wei Shao will have the opportunity to push back; and whether it is Howard or Jordan Jr., their height is there, and they also have the ability to give Wei Shao the ability to break down and eat cake! If you want to completely activate Westbrook, you should put Nunn, Horton. Tucker sent away a more athletic, air-cut front.
But now that Howard has been heard, Jordan Jr. may be sent away; if Pelinka really makes a fool of himself and decides to play the small lineup to the end, then he just wants to deliberately let Westbrook carry the pot!