In about half a month, the door to the trading market will be closed; with the Hawks and Knicks dominating Reddish, the Nuggets Spurs Celtics three-way deal is reached, more and more teams are starting to move.
The Kings, who haven't made the playoffs in more than a dozen seasons, are likely to make major adjustments in order to impact the playoffs; in order to get Simmons or Sabonis Jr., Hield, Barnes, Bagley, Fox and others have been involved in trade rumors. And the Walkers' Sabonis, Turner, Le Vere trade rumors, have been circulating for a long time...
And CBS Sports reporter Sam Quinn wrote that the Bulls, Pacers, Trailblazers, Thunder, became the most vocal team in the trading market; among them, the Bulls, Pacers, and Trailblazers are all holding good trading chips; and the Thunder are because there is still a lot of distance from the poor ghost line, in order to avoid paying the "luxury tax" (not to the poor ghost line also have to pay taxes), they may charge some garbage contracts; Sam Quinn even joked, if they want, The Thunder are the only team in the league that will take a contract with Westbrook.
If there is really a team willing to pick up Wei Shao, maybe the Lakers will immediately make a deal. Recently, the US media has continuously exposed that the Lakers have discussed the possibility of sending Wei Shao away. But the discussion came and went, and the result of the discussion was that he could not send Wei Shao away at all, after all, he did lose his value in the Lakers. However, why is the Lakers player who has lost his value more than Just Wei Shao? Horton. Tucker also lost his value; and Nunn's delay in returning naturally has no market now. The lakers' really attractive chip at the moment is actually the base-paid Munch! As for Bazemore and Jordan Jr., both have been kicked out of the rotation by Vogel, you don't need players, which idiot is willing to take over?
So even if it is reported at this stage, the Lakers are exploring the possibility of getting Simmons, Grant, Turner, Barnes, Smart, White, Bogdan, T. Rose, Round Face And others; due to the lack of chips, the next first-round pick that can be traded has reached 2027; in fact, the possibility of the Lakers wanting to get substantial reinforcement through trading is almost negligible, and their only chance is to wait for the opening of the buyout market.
It is precisely because the Lakers are intentional but have no chips, and have a certain relationship with Wei Shao's big contract, and the performance of Wei Shao in the recent period has been too difficult, so his transaction can basically be characterized as a failure, and now it has begun to divide the pot.
Dudley, who has previously switched to the Lone Ranger to assist Kidd, has made it clear that Wei Shao was recruited by him and Old Zhan and Thick Brow together in old Zhan's home; and now the open-air stand reporter Eric PINCUS has written that James is an important supporter of the Lakers' trade with Westbrook, in order to get Westbrook, old Zhan and Thick Brow's agent Fu Paul put huge pressure on the Lakers in the offseason, and finally made a decision by Pelinka. Eric Pincu even questioned whether Old Zhan and Rich Paul should bear the corresponding responsibility?
However, old Zhan and thick eyebrows are the lakers' current two faces, and it is very unrealistic to point to the black cauldron of his two backsweet transactions. And Pelinka had killed the Lakers' flagship magician in the infighting, and he obviously would not carry the black cauldron, which seemed to be carried only by Vogel. Two days ago, many American media have exposed that Vogel was almost fired, and the team is evaluating him game by field! But some opposition soon arose, with Van Gundy saying that the firing of Vogel was just an attempt to make him take on the mistakes of others. Perkins said: "It's ridiculous that Frank Vogel is the scapegoat for the team, and I want to see LeBron James and Anthony Davis come forward to support him because it's not Vogel's fault that the Lakers are in this position right now." ”
So then again, the Lakers hit this point, is Vogel responsible? Of course! This season Vogel has repeatedly exposed the weakness of the lack of on-the-spot command, often discharging a suicidal small lineup; especially considering that all the highlights of Westbrook's career are inseparable from the cooperation of the center, he and Adams were once on a par with Harden + Capela, so the so-called use of small lineups to accommodate Westbrook itself is a fallacy.
However, the fundamental reason why Vogel has continued to make trouble this season is that he has gradually lost control of this team. Vogel's past coaching history proves that he's a good defensive coach; as for offense, he simply won't. But now this Lakers have been changed to an offensive team after sending away defensive players such as Tielin, Pope, and Caruso in a row, so he doesn't know how to take this team.
In the 19-20 season, the Lakers' offense is Zhan Mei's strong attack at the bottom, placing two 3Ds on the outside, and then putting Howard or McGee on the inside to be responsible for meat shield + offense in the low position. So although the registration position is the No. 3 position, in fact, the old Zhan played the No. 1 position that season, and he also became the assist king. And all of Vogel's arrangements on the offensive end that year can be simply referred to as giving the ball to James, giving the ball to the thick eyebrows, and others pulling away. It is precisely because of that season that James's usage rate was a little too scary; in fact, before the 19-20 season was suspended, the old Zhan had shown fatigue in some games. Therefore, we can fully say that if it were not for the suspension for several months and let Old Zhan completely ease up, it would be difficult for the Lakers to come to the end.
It is precisely because of seeing the high use rate of old Zhan and the high consumption caused to him; and then look at his age after all, it is there, so after winning the championship, Pelinka is determined to find a No. 1 position for the Lakers, which is called old Zhan to reduce pressure. In order to get Schroeder, the Lakers not only sent Tielin; and did not renew McGee and Howard, but signed Harrell, an interior line that can only attack and cannot defend, and after gasol Jr., a top player, in fact, the Lakers wanted to change to an offensive team last season.
However, the first round out, as well as Schroeder and Harrell, two high-hope reinforcements, were frequently targeted on the court, in fact, it had already announced the failure of the Lakers' transformation, and Pelinka simply went black. If it was not his decision to get Wei Shao, then he hoarded a bunch of defenders without filling the gap in the outside defensive resources after Pope and Caruso left, which is Pelinka's problem.
When the Lakers completely lose defensive resources, Pelinka will not; he takes it for granted that Westbrook has no basket, Howard, and Jordan Jr. have no basket; so howard cannot use Howard with Westbrook, but ignores Adams, how Gafford's basketless interior line is paired with Westbrook. Without a center, it can only be Old Zhan, with thick eyebrows to the No. 5 position; it is obvious that the body of the thick eyebrows is not suitable for playing the No. 5 position for a long time. As for old Zhan playing the No. 5 position, the offense is no problem, and the defense is completely impossible to see.
However, Pelinka may not be the only "bane" in recent times, and in recent times, the Lakers have been famous for Kurt. Rambis was also topped with a lever. The American media has broken out that Rambis and his wife are the boss Jenny. Bass's shadow, Lambis had previously warned of the possibility of a replacement in the coaching staff and attended a pre-game coaching meeting before playing jazz, and proposed to use Howard or Jordan Jr. more...
A defensive coach watching the team's defensive resources continue to be dismantled and changed to an offensive team, Vogel is undoubtedly weaker in the Lakers; but when "Laker Central" broke, the Rambis coaching team told the media, and mentioned that "Vogel told the world that if he is fired, it will expose the incompetence of the Lakers boss and management." This shows that Vogel is not going to sit still.
Give a defensive coach, with a group of old men, and have to speed up the attack, the Lakers' rapid fall began with a palace fight!