The Lakers are going through a desperate season, and after betting on the Big Three in the offseason, the team not only failed to solve the problem, but fell into a bigger predicament.
Since the beginning of the season, the team has only ranked ninth in the West with a record of 26 wins and 30 losses, and is currently five wins away from the sixth-place Nuggets, and it is likely to compete for playoff places in the form of playoffs.
In the face of such a bad situation, the outside world is blaming the third giant Westbrook, but also blaming head coach Vogel, and even some voices think that James and the thick eyebrow brother caused all this.
But with the end of the trade deadline, the Lakers' biggest problem was fully exposed, that is, the management including Pelinka, who was in such a bad situation for the team to be in the trading market.
To this end, the angry US media "Lakeshowlife" also listed the operations of Pelinka's 5 biggest fans in the past few seasons, of which Baifang Caruso only ranked third, and there was no suspense at the top of the list.
Operation Five: Unable to determine the correct no. 5 candidate
With the exception of the championship season, which was lucky to bet on Howard, Pelinka's selection of the team's center position has always been a mess, releasing a number of talented young players.
These include replacing Zubac with Muscala, releasing Thomas Bryant in vain, and then releasing Howard after winning the championship, choosing to bet on Gasol Jr. and reinforcing Drummond in the middle of the season.
After the defeat, Howard was reintroduced, plus Jordan Jr., and as a result, the team began to play small lineups, and both lost their rotation positions.
Operation Four: Provide Schroeder with a $84 million offer for 4 years
Before betting on WeiWei, the Lakers also made such a stupid decision as Betting On Schroeder, and as a result, his performance with the Lakers was not ideal.
Even so, Pelinka still offered him a large contract worth $84 million for 4 years, which surprised the outside world, and even more surprising to the outside world was that Schroeder rejected the contract, and the Lakers escaped the disaster.
In the end, Schroeder only received a $5.9 million middle-class exception from the Green Army, and was sent away by the team before the trade deadline, which shows how outrageous the contract offered by Pelinka was in the first place.
Michi's operation three: let Caruso go in vain
As a defensive guard cultivated by the Lakers, Since the beginning of the 2019-20 season, Caruso is one of the best defensive guards in the league, with positive and negative values second only to Sable in Philadelphia, and he and James are the best duo in the league with the most efficient value.
As a result, when Caruso was willing to accept a certain price reduction, the Lakers still chose to let him go, only because they were unwilling to pay the luxury tax.
For a championship team, this is a very absurd thing, and this absurd thing has happened again and again in the Lakers.
Trick two: Refuse to trade Horton Tucker for Lowry
Last season, the Lakers misjudged the value of Horton Tucker and refused to trade lowry with it.
Looking at Lowry's performance on the Heat this season, it's hard to imagine that the Lakers management actually rejected Lowry's perfect championship puzzle for the sake of Horton Tucker.
What's even more surprising is that the Lakers also left Tucker with a big contract in the offseason and watched Caruso leave.
Mizhi operation one: trading Wei Shao
There is no doubt that the top position belongs to Westbrook, but this has nothing to do with Westbrook, whether before or after the transaction, he is the big package Westbrook.
He also gave up the ball for the team to win, reduced his mistakes, and even lost himself and lost the confidence of a star.
Therefore, the Lakers' problem can not blame Wei Shao, but should blame Pelinka, the person who saved the game, the lack of defense and projection of Wei Shao is obviously not suitable for the team, the result is that Pelinka still has to bet on Wei Shao, not only harming the Lakers, but also pit Wei Shao, according to the influence of the Lakers, they originally had a lot of people to choose.