On February 22, Beijing time, NBA celebrity Ramona Shelbrurne mentioned the truth about the Lakers management's tumultuous operation last offseason when she attended the show "NBA Today".
Ramona said: In last offseason, the Lakers made a no choice between Westbrook, DeRozan and Hield, and eventually brought in Westbrook to form the Big Three, when the Lakers had a chance to sign DeRozan, but because the Lakers were reluctant to provide him with a three-year contract, the transaction failed. (In the end, DeRozan signed the Bulls to a three-year, $82 million contract.)
I have to say, this time James is back on the pot again! According to previous reports, the Lakers traded Westbrook with the consent of James and Davis. In other words: the Lakers used Pop + Kuzma + Harrell as a chip to trade with the Wizards, which Was james acquiesced, and now Westbrook is not performing well, and there is a lot of responsibility for James, but it turns out that the Lakers management is the culprit, if you agree to give DeRozan a contract, there may be no Westbrook deal. (According to DeRozan, at that time, he once thought he was going to join the Lakers, but his wish was disappointed)
Thinking of the Lakers' management's inaction before the trade deadline this season, I think there may really be contradictions within the Lakers. Previously, Pelinka said that the team's staying on the trade deadline was the result of negotiations with James and Davis, but Lakers reporter Dave Mcmenamin said: A person familiar with the matter revealed that James and Davis did not agree in advance to accept a quiet trade deadline. The famous Perkins even complained in the show that Pelinka was the culprit of the Lakers, because he did not do his job well, and there was no hope of Taobao in the buyout market.
Also today, the famous A-Smith posted that James' agent Rich Paul contacted him to clarify that Klutch Sports agency did not let the Lakers use Westbrook and a future first-round trade to get Wall's request, which is nonsense, because the person who wrote the news never contacted Rich Paul himself.
Back to the Lakers' choice in the offseason, DeRozan can average 28.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game this season, shooting 51.7% from the field, shooting 34.3% from three-point range, back-to-back kills, 8 consecutive games to cut 30+, but also selected all obvious, with his help the Bulls' record is second in the East; in contrast, Westbrook, averaging 18.3 points, 7.8 rebounds, 7.5 assists, 4.1 turnovers, shooting 43.7%, three-point shooting rate of 29.9%, The free throw shooting percentage is 66.8%, and the Lakers' record is only 27 wins and 31 losses. It is worth mentioning that in the last moments of the previous All-Star game, it was DeRozan who gave James a pass, which led to James's back-up jump shot, and then the first time James also collided with DeRozan to celebrate, unfortunately, this scene we may never see in the official game.
Westbrook's contract is still more than 90 million this season, and DeRozan only wants a 3-year contract of more than 80 million, but the Lakers' management is stunned that it is not agreed, and now it is too late to regret it, but James has been carrying the pot.