Today the NBA officially released the latest edition of the strength list, the Lakers ranked 18th, it is difficult to believe that this is a championship favorite team. As far as the Lakers are currently showing, let alone competing for the championship, they may not even be able to enter the door of the playoffs.
At present, the Lakers are 23 wins and 24 losses, the winning rate is less than 50%, and the Lakers have lost 5 losses and 2 wins in the last 7 games, and the state fluctuations are very large. Because of its location in Los Angeles, some of the Lakers' problems have been infinitely magnified by the media and face huge public pressure. Coach Vogel bore the brunt of it, after a 37-point defeat to the Nuggets, the Lakers moved to dismiss Vogel's thoughts, but the media unanimously believed that Vogel should not be a scapegoat, he is not the main reason for the Lakers to end up in the current situation!
So the Lakers dismissed the idea of firing Vogel. According to ESPN star Dave McMenamin reported today, Lakers coach Vogel will continue to coach the Lakers this season. Now the problems faced by the Lakers are obviously not solved by a new head coach, and the new coach has to spend time familiar with the team's system and re-run with the players, and the Lakers obviously can't wait that long.
The change of coach can not be done, the Lakers can only seek a trade, they always have to do something, stimulate the catfish effect, so that the team to regain vitality. At present, the Lakers have many people involved in the trade rumors, Westbrook, Tucker, Nunn, Bazemore, Jordan Jr., Howard, the 2027 first round pick, are all chips that can be traded. And the names that have been repeatedly associated with the Lakers are Simmons, Grant, Turner, and Barnes!
According to kevin O'Connor, the Lakers have recently been signing four quotations with Horton Tucker + Nunn + 27 years, but have not received a response.
Westbrook's game limitations, as well as his 2-year, 91 million contract, have deterred many teams; Tucker has failed to play the expected performance this season, and the projection has not improved; Jordan Jr. has proved that he was abandoned by the Nets for a reason; Nunn has not played a game this season; as for Bazemore, it seems that only the Warriors have his manual; Howard may be interested by many teams, but obviously he can't be exchanged for valuable players, and the Lakers always have to keep a big interior line for dirty work.
This is the current situation of the Lakers, Westbrook locked the team's salary space, in the case of unable to trade Westbrook, the Lakers are difficult to have substantial reinforcement. We can only hope that after the comeback of the thick eyebrows, it can be renewed, stimulate the fighting spirit and desire to win the championship season, and help the Lakers improve their attack and defense!
The latest news, thick eyebrows tomorrow against the Nets game status upgrade to a high probability of play (75% of the appearance possibility)! The Lakers are expected to reunite the Big Three tomorrow, and their opponent is Harden's single-core team. If we can beat the Second Place Nets in the East, it will help the Lakers improve their confidence and regain the feeling of the game, we will wait and see!