This season back to his hometown team to play Wei Shao has attracted much attention, the Lakers are veteran giants, Wei Shao is the NBA historical triple-double king, the two sides are combined together, I thought there would be a good chemical reaction, but unfortunately backfired, Wei Shao's performance in the Lakers this season is not good, by fans, the media, and even the risk of being traded and bought out. This is in stark contrast to the rhetoric before the start of the season and the high expectations of the outside world, is it really correct for the Lakers to gamble less?
You know, before the start of this season, many people questioned the Lakers' veterans, and Wei Shao said many times: "We are a very good team, we have many experienced veterans, they have the strength to play the ass of those young people." But it is clear that this season, facing the impactful Kings, Thunder and other teams, the Lakers have not taken too much advantage, but are often defeated by opponents, and their rhetoric has been punched in the face.
There is news that the only person in the league who is willing to take over Westbrook is the Rockets, and the Rockets still have Wall, who does not play, who has an annual salary of more than 40 million. Westbrook has 2 years left on his contract and is paid $44.21 million this season, and next season is a player option with a salary of up to $47.06 million. It is reported that if the Rockets want to exchange Wall and Wei Shao, they also need to let the Lakers partner in the first round of 2027, and Wei Shao will also be bought out.
From last season's crowning of the NBA's historical triple-double king, leading the Wizards all the way to the playoffs, and breaking into the playoffs, Wei Shao, who originally thought that leaving the Rockets, ushered in the second spring of his career, but what he did not expect was that Wei Shao, who came to the Lakers, performed badly and unstable.
Looking at the data of Wei Shao, there are many data that are new lows, including:
Averaging 18.6 points per game, a new low in the last 12 seasons, except for rookie and second-year students, Wei Shao has never averaged more than 20 points per game;
Averaged 7.8 assists per game, the second-lowest in the last eight seasons, after the Rockets' average of 7 assists per game;
Averaged 1.1 steals per game, the lowest in his career;
There is also a three-point shooting rate of 29.6%, compared to the previous sharp decline and other data, it is enough to see that Westbrook's performance in the Lakers is very struggling.
In addition to the data level, there is also the performance on the court, this season's Wei Shao has missed the key layup many times, there are many jump shots to hit the upper edge of the rebound, to know that at present, Wei Shao has only played 47 games for the Lakers, and there have been many times the performance is depressed, not interviewed after the game, dissatisfied with Vogel's tactics and decisions, and so on.
This series of factors combined, making Wei Shao currently very embarrassed in the Lakers, the only thing to save him is to wait for the comeback of the thick eyebrow brother, the performance of the record to improve, personal data also climbed, and strive to sweep away the decline and impact the championship. So the next comeback of the thick eyebrow brother is also very important for Wei Shao, once the run-in between Wei Shao and James and the thick eyebrow brother is still not good, I am afraid that it is really possible to be abandoned by the Lakers.