On February 19, Beijing time, after the news that Brother Thick Brow would be absent for at least 4 weeks due to injury, the Lakers, who were preparing to sprint a wave after the All-Star Game, seemed to have landed before they took off. And if the injury situation of the thick eyebrow brother is too serious, the Lakers may not even qualify for the playoffs this season, and once such a result occurs, someone is bound to be responsible for it. So who is responsible for the Lakers' poor performance this season?
Yang Yi and Perkins participated in a show together to discuss this topic, and Perkins believes that the "culprit" that caused the Lakers to struggle this season is general manager Pelinka.
"He didn't do his job at all, he didn't build a good squad. Then when the trading deadline came, he didn't do anything! He just told everyone: 'We're going to wait to buy out the player market. 'There's no XX buyout player market anymore!' Everyone has already run out! Perkins said.
And Pelinka has indeed been questioned by the outside world since he took office, because his operational ability is really poor, and there is also the problem of unclear knowledge. Even in the championship season, in addition to trading thick eyebrows, in fact, many of the Lakers' goals in that season were cut off by the Clippers, if it were not for James's attraction, some veterans were willing to join with a basic salary, and it is difficult to say whether the Lakers can win the championship. That's why the Lakers won the championship that year, but Pelinka was only 7th in the best general manager selection, while the clippers' general manager was ranked 1st.
After winning the championship, Pelinka's two consecutive offseason operations were even more speechless. Last season, he broke up part of the championship lineup in exchange for Schroeder, but in the case of the renewal of Schroeder's contract, he did not use him to exchange for Lowry because he was reluctant to give up Horton Tucker, and found nothing at the trade deadline, and finally only bought out the market to sign Drummond.
In the offseason last year, he gave up on renewing Caruso and sent away Kuzma, Pop and Harrell with a first-round pick in exchange for Westbrook, which proved to be a failure. The trade deadline did not carry out any reinforcement, in fact, has also ruined the Lakers' possibility and hope of winning the championship, if the Final Purple and Gold Army does not qualify for the playoffs, Pelinka should indeed be responsible for this.