Originally a good deck of cards! The result was beaten to pieces, the Lakers, the Lakers, blindly tossing and turning, two years ago was still a championship, two years later even into the playoffs are difficult. If it had been DeRozan instead of Westbrook, it would have been nice.
Slipped at 28? Two years ago, the strongest 3D around Old Zhan is now the lowest shooting career and the lowest defensive career
He is the No. 8 show in 2013, has not made a Career All-Star, and the Lakers won the championship season in 2020, he is the strongest 3D around Old Zhan.
He's 28-year-old Caldwell. Pop, last summer, the Lakers sent Pop to the Wizards in order to get Westbrook, so how did Pop play in the Wizards this season? Three numbers may tell us the answer.
1，40%
That's Pope's shooting percentage this season, the lowest in his career, and while averaging 1.9 three-pointers per game, his 36.9 percent three-point shooting percentage isn't particularly good.
2，112.3
This is Pop's defensive efficiency this season, the lowest value of his career, net efficiency of -5.9, also the lowest of his career,
Facing Pope's defense this season, the shooting rate of opposing players will rise directly from 45.3% to 47.3%, of which the two-point shooting rate of opposing players will be 54.2% and the three-point shooting rate will be 32.9%.
3，-3.9
That's Pope's plus-minus per game this season, the third-to-last team, just better than Bryant and Kuzma.
Back at the beginning of the season, after the Wizards got the Lakers' three generals, the most important thing they once said was Pop, the other two people may be traded, Pop will not, and will put Pop in the starting lineup immediately. As a result, the season has been played so far, and it is estimated that the Wizards management will be disappointed.
Why can't Pop play at the Wizards? The reason may be this,
First of all, the Wizards don't have a master pass like James, Bill and Dinwiddie, and the old Jan passing is incomparable.
Secondly, this season,Pop's empty position accounted for 65%, to know that last season in the Lakers, Pop's empty shot accounted for 70%, the Wizards did not have such a super giant as Old Zhan and Thick Eyebrows, Bill and Dinwiddie are still slightly inferior.
Finally, the Wizards of the season, that is really messy, harrell and Pop's conflict, is a microcosm of the Wizards season, everyone wants the right to shoot,
Beal, Dinwiddie, Kuzma, Harrell, but there was only one ball. In such a big environment, it is too difficult for Pop to play out.
Of course, from a championship team to such a midstream team as the Wizards, Pop's mentality is more or less loose, the contract is only about to expire in 2023, and it is not yet time to worry about the next contract, so many factors are mixed together, which may be the reason for the decline in Pop data.
The Lakers exchanged Pop, Kuzma and Harrell for Westbrook, all saying that the Wizards made a lot of money, but now look back,
The Wizards are 25-29, ranking 11th in the East, the record is not as good as last season, Harrell has been sent away, Kuzma although the score is more than the Lakers, but the shooting rate is basically the same as last season, the three-point shooting rate is not as good as last season, most importantly,
Kuzma has a plus-minus of -4.7, ranking second from the bottom of the team. For the Wizards, The deal didn't actually make much money, but it made the team's salary space more flexible, Harrell has left, Kuzma still has room to rise, and it is easy to send Pop away.
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