After the end of last season, many teams carried out personnel reinforcement. Some teams even sent away many of the players with excellent combat ability in the team, and the entire team almost completed a major shuffle, of which the Lakers are such a team.
In the offseason, they sent away Kuzma, Caruso, Pope and other players who were very strong in the immediate game, in exchange for a number of veteran players. The Lakers' lineup change in the offseason is the biggest, they almost changed a big change of blood, and now that the schedule is more than halfway through, have the players who joined the Lakers in the offseason met the expectations of the Lakers management? At present, most of them have not met expectations, and even many players have been abandoned by head coach Vogel.
Let's take a closer look at the players who are now abandoned by Vogel, and the vast majority of them are players who were traded offseason. Players such as Bazemore, Jordan Jr. and Ellington have been completely abandoned by Vogel some time ago, and howard may also be abandoned by Vogel when Davis returns, including Ariza is also the object of deprecation. Many of the players who were abandoned have become a drag on the defensive end, especially Jordan Jr. and Ellington. So now, the Lakers' offseason deal has failed.
The failure of the Lakers' offseason trade directly led to the Lakers' record decline this season. Now they can only rank eighth in the West and may even play the playoffs this year. In the offseason, when the Lakers traded to get Westbrook, many fans were not optimistic, and now it also confirms their thinking at that time, and the reason why the Lakers can still stay on the edge of competing for the playoffs this season. Largely because of James's personal efforts this year. James has averaged 29.1 points per game this season. If it were not for the 37-year-old James still maintaining a very good competitive state, I am afraid that the Lakers would have fallen into the quagmire and could not extricate themselves.
No matter what kind of results the Lakers can achieve this season, we hope that the Lakers management can make better decisions after the end of this year, do not repeat the responsibility of last season, and must carefully select the lineup in the offseason, and do not do some brainless irresponsible transactions. There is not much time left for James to rush to the championship, and the work of management is also very important, and I hope that they will remain cautious in the selection of people.