This season's Lakers are definitely the most disappointing team, the most sprayed on the Internet is Wei Shao, are saying that Wei Shao shot iron, many mistakes, serious decline in efficiency, this time the real brother to rationally analyze Wei Shao.
As of January 18, Beijing time, Westbrook played in 43 games, averaging 35.3 minutes per game, 18.7 points (the third lowest in his career, only in the two seasons just entered the NBA), 8.1 rebounds, 8 assists, 1.1 steals (career lowest), and 4.3 turnovers is the second most in the NBA this season, second only to James Harden, the two brothers, rushing to be the king of errors. Shooting 43.8%, three-point shooting rate of 29.1%, free throw shooting rate of 66.2%, all shooting rates are lower than the league average, from the data and performance point of view, Westbrook is sorry for the Lakers. At present, the Lakers are 21 wins and 22 losses, located in the ninth place in the West, and even the tickets for the playoffs need to be fought for, and the recent wave of three consecutive losses has made the Lakers fall to the freezing point.
But from another point of view, is Wei Shao really suitable for the Lakers? First of all, Westbrook is a player who is more threatening to hold the ball, and will not play without the ball in his hand, while James is a super giant with his own system, and LeBron also needs to hold the ball, not to mention that the inside line has a thick eyebrow that can single. James conceded the ball after making a sacrifice and let Westbrook hold the ball. Westbrook needs to pull out more space when he hits the basket, and the Lakers' Jordan Jr. and Howard are obviously not space-type interiors, they will only make the Lakers' interior line more crowded, Davis will be more confrontational when he is on top of the fifth position, the intensity of the confrontation of the center will be higher, and the characteristics of Davis's "glass man" will be reflected to the fullest, not to mention that Davis's mid-range shooting is stable but he has never been an excellent three-pointer, Davis' three-point shooting rate this season is 17.7%, and last season's only 26%.
Anthony and James are all players in their late forties, and even if they can maintain an efficient offense, they can't complete an active defense, in fact, James's good way of scoring is never to catch the ball and shoot. The Lakers' three-shot outside line in the 2020 championship season can defend the "gun" Caruso, Pope, and Green are already gone, the first two were sent to the Wizards in the Westbrook trade, the latter joined the 76ers, the remaining Bradley is 32 years old, Ariza is 37 years old, these two former defensive top soldiers are also tormented by the years, and the defense has long been out of shape. This is also one of the reasons why the Lakers rank 25th in the league in defensive efficiency.
Westbrook is also 34 years old this year, 5 years ago was still flying in Okrakhma, the MVP who averaged three-doubles per game "The Turtles are gone" Westbrook has always relied on physical talent and passion for the game to play, his scoring method is generally to grab a dragon after grabbing a defensive rebound, or with the advantage of speed and explosiveness to quickly pass the opponent directly under the basket, his high assists are to maintain the type of attack basket to crush the opponent's formation, looking for empty teammates, Westbrook's passing was never as delicate as Rondo's, Paul's. His mid-range shooting and three-point shooting have always been below the league average, with the Thunder shooting the highest three-point shooting percentage in a season of 34 percent in 2017. As he grew older, his ability to stay in the air was not as good as ever, and sometimes his shooting posture after the jump shot was seriously deformed, and there were many ball breakthroughs that deviated to the Pacific Ocean and could not pass the opponent many times.
Wei Shao itself is not suitable for the Lakers, james and Wei Shao are actively changing the way of playing for the sake of victory, but this is the truth. I respect Wei Shao, but he is already 34, when a player reaches the age of 32, the competitive state will decline, not to mention that Wei Shao is a player who plays by the outbreak, we can't expect a veteran who is almost 34 years old to fight the team (except for James, Durant's few stars), maybe the fans began to expect too much from Wei Shao, the memory is stuck in the Thunder when Wei Shao, no matter what, the author hopes that the Lakers can be better, come on Lakers!