Harden eventually left, the Nets and Durant did not stay, a 2-for-5 earthquake-level trade, the Nets sent Harden away at the same time to take Millsap, in exchange for Ben Simmons, Seth Curry and Drummond and 2022, 2027 two first-round picks. After this deal, the most pitiful and sympathetic should be Durant, Irving is still working part-time, the role of players such as Simmons and Curry Jr. is still unknown, which means that the beam of the whole team is still here in Durant, even if he is injured, he is now worried about the team.
And if Durant is pathetic, the core of the Lakers LeBron James should be miserable! The entire free market opened to close, the Lakers are the most scandalous, from the beginning of the desire to get Hield to be rejected, to the later small Sabonis, LeVert and other people are not competitive, and finally the free market closed, the Lakers are still how, completed a wave of 0 for 0 transactions, no personnel fluctuations, and if this continues, the high probability is to waste James's time for a year, old Zhan really needs to think about it.
The Lakers didn't complete the deal, of course, it's not that they don't want to trade, it's that they can't trade at all! Big-name players Lakers can't get it, niche role players Lakers themselves can't see it, and Lakers who are slightly in line with the team have no chips, and all of this has to start this summer. The choice between Caruso and Horton Tucker was the beginning, and everyone thought that the Lakers would choose Caruso, after all, this offensive and defensive integration does not require any big contract guards, and everywhere is fragrant, but the Lakers' choice is unexpected, spending 3 years and 30.78 million US dollars to choose the younger Tucker Jr.
At that time, everyone did not understand that the Lakers needed Caruso's immediate combat strength, why did the Lakers choose the young Tucker? Eventually, there was news that the Lakers were playing a big game, although the Lakers failed to complete the defending championship in the past season, but the little Tucker showed his talent and strength to be appreciated by many teams, and many teams expressed interest in tucker jr., so the Lakers signed tucker jr. to gain an advantage in the later free market, using chips like tucker jr. to exchange for players who are more favorable to the team. But the end result turned out to be fruitless!
And that's mainly about two people! The first is Lakers general manager Pelinka, if the Lakers did not choose to take risks, they chose Caruso steadily, the team will not go to the edge of the cliff, there is no way; and the biggest responsibility, the person who cannot be excused should be Lakers head coach Vogel. The reason why the Lakers are not competitive in the free market is that Tucker Jr. did not play well and played his higher value, and the reason why Tucker Jr. did not play well is Vogel's employment problem. Let's put it this way, Vogel has given Tucker Jr. too much time to play, averaging 25.7 minutes in 40 games so far in the season, and the Lakers are the first on the bench. The amount of playing time exposes too many problems for Tucker Jr., and these are secondary. The key point is that when Tucker Jr. is on the floor, Vogel gives him players, from the previous Rondo and Thomas Jr., they are all ball-holding attackers, but now but Westbrook, Munch Jr., Tucker Jr. is an offensive player with the ball, everything he needs the ball to activate, but Vogel arranges some such players around him, how does Tucker Jr. play?
0 for 0, the biggest laughing stock of the league! The Lakers' bamboo basket is empty, Pelinka you are responsible, Vogel can not be excused