On February 19, Beijing time, according to the lakers' official news, anthony Davis suffered a midfoot sprain and will be suspended for at least four weeks. The Lakers said that after four weeks, Thick Brow will be re-evaluated to determine whether he can meet the requirements for appearances. However, it is widely believed that the thick eyebrow brother is almost already a season reimbursement, at least a regular season reimbursement. From the slow motion of the replay, it can be seen that when the thick eyebrow brother landed on the ground, the ankle had shown a 90-degree bend, and then it immediately swollen up and quickly wrapped around the tape.
The injury of the thick eyebrow is self-evident for the Lakers, first of all, the offensive pressure of James and Wei Shao will be greatly increased, secondly, the Lakers are missing a strong offensive point, the thick eyebrows do not play, and the offensive and defensive capabilities of the team's inner line will decline sharply. Howard Lian is quite old, is not the peak of the magic beast, and he is 36 years old, physical strength is obviously unable to keep up, occasionally in the offensive and defensive performance can not meet the needs of the Lakers; Jordan Jr. can still complete the air connection, but the offensive means are single, the defense often leaks, but also embarrassing heavy responsibilities.
Following this trend, James may return to the No. 5 position, which is very expensive for him, and at the same time, it means that his threat on the offensive end will be reduced accordingly. At present, the Lakers temporarily rank ninth in the West with a record of 27 wins and 31 losses, and there are still 3 wins away from the eighth-ranked Clippers in the West (30 wins and 31 losses), the gap is still quite large, it can be said that the Lakers' playoff situation is already in jeopardy. The Lakers want to enter the playoffs, the best way is to hope that the injury recovery speed of thick eyebrows is much faster than expected.
But considering the glass nature of thick eyebrows, this is very unrealistic, and the only way may be to let thick eyebrows rest for about 3 weeks, and then let him insist on fighting with injuries, so that James and the team's efforts for a year will not be in vain, and this is the real idea of the Lakers. According to an NBA celebrity, the Lakers' expectation is that Davis can at least return to the lineup in the regular season and return to the field with injuries, because Pelinka believes that only the return of thick eyebrows will make the Lakers likely to enter the playoffs, after all, after the end of The All-Star Weekend, the regular season is only 6 weeks left.
For the Lakers, such a method is far from quenching the near thirst, thick eyebrows have been plagued by injuries since entering the league, his body is very fragile, and it is simply a fantasy to rely on an injured glass man to help the team reach the playoffs. Whether the Lakers can enter the playoffs depends on the existing healthy players, and in addition, it depends on Wei Shao's personal play. As for the thick eyebrows, the Lakers should endure the pain of cutting love and trade it out when the offseason comes. Just as the so-called long pain is not as good as the short pain, players like thick eyebrows can not be the core leader of the team at all, and Pelinka should be clearly aware of this.