Last summer, the Lakers and Warriors both faced the same problem, how can they return to the championship race? In the end, the two teams chose different team building strategies. Recently, "NBC Bay Area" wrote in a comparison of the direction of the two teams to build the team that the Warriors won the moment, they still have a bright future, and the Lakers are desperate, but the effect is not good, if the combination of James and Anthony Davis only wins one championship, it is a failure.
The Lakers won the championship in 2020 and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs last season. Offseason, the Lakers originally planned to trade Buddy Hield, but in the final moment, the Lakers changed the plan, instead using Kuzma, Pop, Harrell to trade Like to control the ball, poor projection, defensive end of the hole Westbrook, this deal also weakened the Lakers' lineup depth.
The reason why the Lakers can win the championship in 2020 is that they have excellent wing defenders such as Pop and Caruso, and they can greatly reduce the pressure on James and Davis. But last summer, the Lakers chose to let Westbrook partner James Thick Eyebrows, they let Caruso join the Bulls, bringing in Anthony, Bazemore, Munch, Bradley, Nunn and other players.
The change in the lineup has caused the Lakers to lose their former defense. As for offense, the team didn't play the kind of performance it wanted. Now that the Lakers' record has slipped to 26-29, the Lakers seem ready to raise the white flag in Westbrook's experiment.
On the other hand, last summer, rumors about the Simmons and Bradley Beal trades have been uninterrupted, but the Warriors have not chosen to operate actively because these two stars are not suitable to be the core of this championship-winning team. Simmons is talented, but he's not fit to partner with Dream Green. Beal can fit into the team, but in both deals, the Warriors need to send Wiggins away.
Losing Wiggins means the Warriors will lose their best flanking defender, and when Klay Thompson returns, he will also face tremendous pressure on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. The Warriors chose to believe in Wiggins, and as a result, Wiggins entered the All-Star start this season, and Klay Thompson gradually found his best form a month after returning.
As the Warriors return to the title race, they are also developing Kuminga, Wiseman, Moody and Jordan Poole, who may become the cornerstone players of the post-Curry era. Any one deal would not only cost them Wiggins, but would also lose at least two good young men.
And the Lakers sent away all their young and potential players before the dilemma, either for thick eyebrows or for Wei Shao. The Lakers are desperate to fight for the moment, their goal is to maximize the use of James, but so far, the Lakers are not going well, if James and Anthony Davis partner only won one championship trophy in the end, then this combination should be regarded as a failure.
The Warriors' patience is worth it, they believe in the culture of the team, and the vision of the selection. The Warriors' 41-13 record is now tentatively second in the West, and they're playing that way in a 50-13 run.
As for the Lakers, James and Thick Brow have experienced injuries, Tucker has degenerated, and the Westbrook trade has been seen as a disaster. They hollowed out the depth and got into trouble. The flame of the revival of the Warrior Dynasty was soon rekindled.
in Kelsang
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