Today in the home game against the defending champion Bucks, although the Lakers put the poorly played Wei Shao on the bench in the fourth quarter, but due to the previous backward points are too many, coupled with the inability to limit the offensive strength of the alphabet brother, the Lakers finally lost to the Bucks with a 15-point disadvantage. In the face of reporters after the game, James, who has always been known for his self-confidence, was unusual, admitting that the Lakers are not a level team with the Bucks now, and they are still a long way from returning to the first group of the championship. Exposed that the Lakers are still seeking the opportunity to turn over, Wei Shao took the initiative to enlighten his teammates, and the two major internal lines may join hands.
As the spiritual leader of the Lakers locker room, James needs to let his teammates recognize the reality as soon as possible, especially in the absence of many regular season games, the Lakers must do their best to fight for every next game, so as to ensure that they can successfully stand out in the Western Conference playoffs. The source comes from reporter Dave McMenamin, the Lakers did not follow the Trail Blazers to strategically abandon this season, for this summer's window in advance, all indications show that the Lakers are actively seeking a way out of the predicament, not only James and thick eyebrows, the two "old faces" in the team, Wei Shao is also dedicating his strength.
It is understood that in the past 2 games, Wei Shao has been booed by home fans in Los Angeles, which has led to great concern within the Lakers about whether Wei Shao's mentality will be affected by this. It turns out that the Lakers' worries are completely overconsidered, and in Wei Shao's eyes, basketball is just a fragment of his life, and he enjoys the journey, whether it is boos or praises, both of which he can embrace. It is worth mentioning that Westbrook not only has a good mentality at present, he also knows how to take into account the feelings of those around him, Dave McMenamin was told that many Lakers role players, including Munch, Reeves, Stanley, have recently been affected by Westbrook's downturn and have become more and more hesitant on the offensive end.
They didn't even dare to share the ball with Westbrook easily, resulting in the Game often seeing the Lakers stagnating players in the offensive round. In this regard, Wei Shao privately took the initiative to find the above several teammates, and enlightened them, do not think so much on the court, if you see the right time to score, then boldly grab it, Wei Shao stressed, the Lakers' other two giants James and thick eyebrows will also think so, everyone's ultimate goal is to win. According to reporter Brad Turner, in addition to improving the team's locker room cohesion, the Lakers management is also trying to inject vitality into the team lineup by introducing new signings.
At present, there are multiple sources that show that the Lakers do not plan to use a large number of team future resources, because they want to leave a backhand for themselves, once they find that Wei Shao's competitive status has not improved for a long time, then the Lakers can also take the corresponding draft picks before the trade deadline next year to complete the player trade related to Wei Shao. Most critically, compared to how to send Tucker and Nunn in the free market, Lakers executive Pelinka has recently gradually shifted her focus to the buyout market, and there are already two major interior players willing to join the Lakers after the restoration of free agent status, they are Cody Zeller and Tristan Thompson.
It is reported that Zeller is about to be bought out by the Blazers, Tristan is not in the Pacers' future plans, if the Lakers can smoothly free up 2 player places, do not rule out the possibility of the two major interiors joining hand in hand. According to the data, the 29-year-old Zeller is 2.11 meters tall and can average 5.2 points + 4.6 rebounds per game for 13 minutes this season; Tristan, 30, who is 2.06 meters tall, can average 15 minutes per game this season and can get 6.2 points + 5.4 rebounds. Do you think the Lakers can complete a headwind turnaround this season? Welcome to leave a comment below to discuss, thank you for reading and following.