The Lakers have finally played a real level after zero trades, but still have no chance to end the winning streak, and now they are getting farther and farther away from sixth in the West, and qualifying for the playoffs in the playoffs should be the only option. Fans who like James are naturally in mixed feelings, because they can watch James a few more games, but they have no chance to see James lead the team to win the championship, and the Lakers' current lineup is very luxurious, but there is no chemistry or enough competitiveness to compete for the championship. If you want to find someone to carry the pot, I personally suggest that Pelinka can't run away.
It's hard to expect Pelinka to really bring good players to the buyout market right now, and it wouldn't be surprising if the Lakers finished the season with the current roster, but what about next season? The Lakers still don't have enough quality trading options to offer. At this time, some media outlets were even angrier than the fans, simply listing the wrong trade decisions That Pelinka had made in recent seasons. Now, let's take a look at exactly which five trades there are.
The fifth-ranked operation is to reintroduce Howard and Jordan Jr. Although the Lakers have a top inner line of thick eyebrows, he is definitely not the traditional fifth player's way of playing, so the Lakers actually need a reliable interior line to worry about the thick eyebrows after the championship season. However, Pelinka gave up Zubac in exchange for the useless Muscala, the reliable use of Thomas Bryant was also sent away, and of course, there was no winner Howard left, but howard was re-signed when Howard was at his lowest fan. There were also gamblers for Gasol Jr. and Drummond, all of whom failed. The only success was Vogel digging in and letting James play the fifth position.
The fourth-place operation was to offer bar guard Schroeder a big contract for 4 years and 84 million US dollars, I don't know what James's inner monologue was at that time, anyway, I already feel incredible as a normal fan. But without knowing what Schroeder had in mind, he turned down the big contract. Now that Schroeder is waiting to be bought out, there is news that the Lakers want to sign the guard back, and Pelinka should be very fond of Schroeder. The third-ranked operation is to let Caruso leave the team without any reason, which operation is even more puzzling, and now which guard in the Lakers team is better than Caruso? There is none.
Caruso's versatility is not a problem, but more importantly, his defense is strong, not as casual as Westbrook's. If James' best partner in the Lakers' backcourt, there is only Caruso. At that time, Caruso was actually willing to reduce some contract requirements, but the Lakers chose to let him go because of the tax problem, which was simply a loss. The second-ranked operation is to refuse Tucker's deal to exchange Lowry, the Heat are one of the favorites to win the championship this season, Lowry's performance is obvious to all, the Lakers so want to win the championship, but they left the rising star Tucker with an ups and downs, and missed Lowry's reinforcement in vain, which is the key puzzle to win the championship after all.
The operation of ranking first has no suspense, and paying too much price in exchange for Westbrook, neither letting the Lakers' big three have a chemical effect, nor allowing Westbrook to find itself, is obviously a lose-lose trading operation. As a result, Pelinka can't make other reinforcement transactions, if the time comes again, will Pelinka still do this? The above five major wrong trade operations, Pelinka is hard to blame, but as a fan, you can only protest on the keyboard, but you still have to continue to support the Lakers, and now the team's mental outlook has improved, as long as it can enter the playoffs, the team with James will definitely have the possibility of counterattack.