After the victory over the Knicks, the Lakers finally stopped a period of decline and returned to the track of winning, it is clear that James's timely comeback has made a huge contribution to the team, especially on the offensive end, his and Anthony Davis's blocking combination is still unsolvable, and both of them have shown a strong competitive state after returning from injury. However, behind this narrow victory, the most embarrassing player in the Lakers' entire team is probably Wei Shao, who scored only 5 points in 10 shots, and with the full outbreak of James and AD, Wei Shao's sluggish performance at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends is dwarfed.
Executives talk about Westbrook Trading Insider
At that time, in order to be able to bring in Westbrook from the Wizards, Lakers general manager Pelinka could be described as painstaking, not only sending Kuzma, Pop and Harrell three players with immediate combat strength, but also taking a future draft pick. So far this season, except for the game against the Hornets, Westbrook once again showed no less dominance than that year, and in most of the games, his performance has often been particularly difficult. On February 7, Beijing time, an anonymous NBA executive talked about the Deal with Westbrook in an interview with the media, and bluntly said: "It is obvious that the Lakers now want to get rid of Westbrook, but everyone knows that this is almost impossible." They all know that the current lineup is not working. ”
44.21 million annual salary + sluggish game status has "dissuaded" a lot of players who try to introduce Wei Shao, according to US media reports, the only team willing to trade with the Lakers is probably only the Old Club Houston Rockets, because in their lineup, there is also a "cancer" Wall who is similar to Wei Shao's salary but has not played. The Rockets could help the Lakers eat Westbrook's contract and send John Wall to Los Angeles, but only if they get the Lakers' 2027 first-round pick in the deal.
Vogel talks about the reasons for the lack of snow
In the overtime game against the Knicks, Lakers coach Vogel once again chose DNP Wei Shao, so that Wei Shao did not get even a second to play in overtime, it is clear that Vogel's decision undoubtedly played a miracle effect, and finally the Lakers also won this game. After the game, Lakers head coach Vogel talked about the reason for the lack of Snow, saying: "For any player, if the performance is not good enough, they can't finish the final moments of the game, and there is nothing wrong with that. There's nothing wrong with giving playing time to other players that you think will give your team more chances to win. The feedback we want to get is that the player (Westbrook) can play better in the future, and that's what we expect. ”
From Vogel's words, it is very clear that he is not satisfied with the state of the game, and he does not think that Westbrook can help the team in the decisive moment of the game. It is worth mentioning that this is not the first time that Vogel has hidden less wei in the decisive moment of the game, if in the future period of time, Wei Shao's state still has no improvement, I am afraid that Vogel will continue to uphold the concept of DNP Wei Shao at the last moment.
The general is optimistic about the Lakers' prospects for winning the championship, believing that they already have a "championship puzzle"
So far in the season, the Lakers have only achieved a record of 26 wins and 28 losses, and are currently ranked ninth in the West, according to the current situation, the Lakers will most likely compete for a playoff ticket through the playoffs. However, former NBA star "Big General" Arenas talked about the prospects of the Lakers winning the championship in a recent show, he said: "I don't think trading Westbrook will get what the Lakers want." Actually, the Lakers already have the puzzles to win the championship, but you have to know how to use them. It's like a dish where you have all the ingredients, but you have to be able to do it. ”
Arenas made it clear that the Lakers already have a "championship puzzle", but head coach Vogel does not seem to know how to use these players to allow them to achieve their maximum value on the field. Although Wei Shao and Zhan Mei seem to be a little out of place, but at this time, choosing to trade Wei Shao is probably not a wise choice for the Lakers, in the case of his state of such a downturn, his transaction value is almost on the verge of "freezing point", the Lakers want to send him away, it is bound to pay more chips to let other teams accept Wei Shao.