The NBA regular season continues, the previous closing of the trading window also means that the team's adjustment has come to an end, many teams have completed the lineup adjustment and reinforcement before the trade deadline, including transactions that may have an impact on the league structure, that is, the Nets and Philadelphia 2-for-5, they sent Harden, Millsap in exchange for Simmons, Curry Jr., Drummond and future signings to complete the lineup adjustment, in order to seek to change the status quo of the team and rush to the playoffs and even the championship. As a similar situation in the league, the Nets have completed adjustments, while the Lakers have not been able to make adjustments. Some news about the Lakers after the deal close was also very interesting. Seeking a deal failed, Westbrook put pressure on Vogel, Pelinka was exposed to have a disagreement with James' thick eyebrows, and the Lakers bought out the market to lock in the target.
So far this season, the Lakers have only a 26-30 record, ranking 9th in the Western Conference table within the play-off schedule, and they are currently suffering two consecutive losses (the last game was lost to the trail Blazers). Before the trade close, the Lakers were exposed that they were seeking a trade, hoping to make adjustments to the existing lineup. But Westbrook is recognized by the league as a negative asset, no team is willing to take over, and the Lakers do not have enough chips (without the right immediate combat power and draft picks), which also makes them passive in the process of seeking a deal. They also didn't take substantive action until the trading window closed.
Westbrook's poor performance is one of the factors in the Lakers' poor record this season. In recent games, Vogel has repeatedly pinned Westbrook on the bench at key moments in the game. In a game against the Bucks, Westbrook was once pressed on the bench, and it was subsequently reported that Westbrook was unwell and missed the game against the Blazers, but the Lakers also lost the game against the Blazers. Wei Shao was interviewed after the end of the team training to talk about the physical injury, Wei Shao said: Back tension injuries are sometimes absent, I am not used to sitting on the bench for a long time, and then stand up and move quickly, it is a little stiff. So it seems to me that it originated from other parts of my body, maybe the hips or something different. Obviously, Wei Shao's words still have other meanings, and the underlying meaning is to tell Vogel that I am unwell and have been sitting on the bench for too long, which is a disguised pressure on Vogel to ask for playing time.
In addition to the Westbrook Lakers were also exposed to a big news, the Lakers basketball operations vice president in yesterday's interview was exposed by senior reporters as: complete lies. McMenamin said: "Rob said he was trying to think about the short-term and future prospects of this team, but Rob Pelinka also said that in the end, he and LeBron James and Anthony Davis were on the same page on not making a deal. Now, things get interesting here, as I've been told from a source who knows what LeBron and Davis were thinking, and that's 'totally false.'" And, on Thursday, there was no dialogue between Pelinka and LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and no action before the trade deadline was not approved by them. So, the current state of affairs is that the Lakers' problems are not only on the court, but also in the 'consistency' between Pelinka and his two team leaders off the court.
This is undoubtedly a serious problem for the current Lakers, if the situation is true, then there are already problems within the Lakers, which will directly affect their locker room, coupled with the team's current poor record, if the Lakers are not far from disintegration in this way.
At present, the Lakers can only use the existing lineup to compete in the next game, and if they want to strengthen the lineup, they can only wait until the buyout market, and the Lakers reporter Jovan Buha analyzed the Lakers' interested players in the buyout market in the article: Dragic, Gary Harris, Schroeder, Bledsoe, Bembri, Muscala, Satoransky and Tristan Thompson. Of course, at present, the teams have not yet determined which players will buy out, and the Lakers can only wait.