On January 15, Beijing time, Wei Shao's performance this season was a big surprise, so far, he has averaged only 18.7 points, 8.2 rebounds and 8.1 assists per game, shooting 43.7% from the field, shooting only 28.8% from three points, and the five statistics have declined compared with last season, but the average number of turnovers per game is as high as the second in the league. Some people believe that as he gets older, Westbrook's speed is slowing down, his explosiveness is also weakening, his peak has passed, and with James's style of play, it is difficult for him to help the Lakers win the championship.
In the past three games, Wei Shao's scores are all in single digits, the highest score is only 9 points, and the shooting rate is 4 of 14, 2 of 12 and 2 of 14, respectively, such a performance is already a disastrous performance for ordinary players, due to the 40 million contract in hand, coupled with the efficiency of the Lakers, Wei Shao faces criticism is endless. However, after each defeat, Wei Shao's attitude in the post-match interview was even more desperate, and he either looked down at his mobile phone or confronted the reporter.
Recently, a Lakers' self-media account launched a voting campaign, this account issued a post, the post said that the hope that the Lakers trade Wei Shao please forward the post, at present, the number of forwards of the post has been more than 8,000 times, and before, Wei Shao has blocked a similar account, even so, many fans still have a glimmer of hope for him, fans can be said to hate Wei Shao is not steel, hope to see him recover from the downturn, but he has been disappointed again and again.
Perhaps feeling pressure from the outside world, Wei Shao made some controversial remarks in an interview with reporter Sam Amick at 12:41 p.m. Beijing time today, in which he said: "We all want to figure out how we can get better as a team, as a whole. I know I'm the one among us who has had to make the biggest sacrifice, and I understand that. So I had to find a way to do my best for this team, and that was it. I mean, we still don't have the answer, but we did change the way we played together (laughs). ”
This remark also attracted the criticism of fans, some fans said: "I have never seen such a brazen person", "Give you the ball, you either make mistakes or hit iron!" The center withdrew to let you break through, and the empty basket could not be scored what you sacrificed? And "I see you're not far from trading" and so on. Westbrook can be said to be completely lost this season, playing around James, he is facing unprecedented pressure, on the one hand, he has to consider James's feelings, on the other hand, his own state is really not good, which is the reason why he can not play a high level of competitive status.
This passage also shows that Westbrook has begun to notice the outside world's doubts about him, which may also imply that the Lakers are already exploring the possibility of trades between Westbrook and other teams, otherwise he would not easily say such a thing. In fact, if You let Westbrook lead the team in an ordinary team with a single core, I believe he can still play explosive data, and even lead the team into the playoffs. It can only be said that Wei Shao and Vogel's tactics do not match, he and James's playing style is in conflict, for Wei Shao, adjust the mentality, throw away the curse in the heart, accelerate the breakthrough, hit back their own characteristics, the Lakers can go further.