On February 19, Beijing time, the Lakers only had a 27-31 record before the All-Star Game, ranking only 9th in the West. Now Perkins is talking to the famous Stephen A-Smith in the show, and when he talks about the Lakers' plight, he bombards Lakers general manager Pelinka as the "number one sinner", but also proposes that in the thick-browed brother's injury suspension stage, it is a good opportunity for Westbrook to stand up and prove himself again.
When the Lakers got Westbrook through a big deal in the offseason last year, they formed the big three of "James + Thick Eyebrow Brother + Westbrook", and also recruited Players such as Anthony and Howard to form an enviable lineup. It's just that this season the Lakers have not played their due record, James and thick eyebrow brother two giants of the rotation injury, especially the thick eyebrow brother became the "glass man", plus the team's overall injuries continue, too many old players, so that their record is extremely bad.
The Lakers were supposed to improve the lineup through trades, but they weren't able to complete any deals at the trade deadline, and they didn't complete the deals at the trade deadline for 3 consecutive years, which also made them miss the opportunity to improve the short board and improve the lineup.
In this regard, Perkins stood up to analyze the reasons for the Lakers' dilemma, he said, "When it comes to the Lakers' problem, I wanted to blame several players, but after thinking about it carefully, the person who should really be blamed is Pelinka, who is the 'number one sinner' of the Lakers' dilemma!" First of all, Pelinka did not do his job well, he let the players, that is, Zhan Mei, decide their squad themselves. Secondly, at the trading deadline, Perrinka did not complete any operations? Pelinka declared that 'we will look at buyout markets'. The truth is that there is no buyout of the market at all, all the stores are closed, what else can you buy? ”
Perkins pointed out the shortcomings of Pelinka's team building, after all, last season refused to use Tucker for Lowry, missed DeRozan last offseason, and did not bring in Hield, and if the Lakers formed a "James + Thick Brow Brother + DeRozan + Lowry + Hield" lineup, it is undoubtedly quite impressive.
Perkins angrily rebuked Pelinka's work, "Pelinka thought he could handle everything with Zhan Mei, but he ignored the important role of Caruso, Kuzma and Pop.".
Now that the thick-browed brother is injured and expected to take a break for at least a month, the Lakers need players to come forward, and Perkins thinks that person will be Westbrook. "Westbrook has to step up and now is his best chance to get the fans to hack him and shut up. Everyone is saying 'Wei Shao is not good at all, Wei Shao has already declined'. Then it's time for Wei Shao to prove himself again. ”
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