The 37-year-old LeBron is 38 years old with 10 months to go, he can still average 36.8 minutes per game (fourth in the league), get 29.1 points, 7.9 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 1.6 steals and 1 block, shooting 52.2%, three-point shooting rate of 35.3%, scoring third in the league, stealing the league seventh, fast attack score 4.8 league first, interior score 13.7 league fourth, so he must still be at the peak, but unfortunately the Lakers' record is not good.
The rest of the Lakers schedule is the most difficult in the league, ESPN reporter Raymond Shelburn said that if the Lakers want to compete for a playoff seat then it is necessary to increase James's playtime as much as possible, james is not on the floor When the Lakers net negative 250 points, James if you can average 42-45 minutes per game The Lakers are still very promising to enter the playoffs, in the playoffs davis return, the Lakers still have a little competitiveness.
Raymond Shelburn exposed a fierce material on February 22, last year's offseason Lakers management is a three-out situation, Demar DeRozan, Russell Westbrook, Buddy Hield, these three need to be traded, and DeRozan needs to sign first and then change, DeRozan team wants a three-year contract but Pelinka refuses, and finally Zhan Mei backed out to choose Westbrook. (After all, Westbrook averaged a triple-double last season to lead the Wizards into the playoffs, and he's no worse than Hield.)
In fact, it is not difficult to see from here that the Lakers are saving money, and then DeRozan signed a 3-year, 82 million contract with the Bulls. The Lakers believe that Wei Shao has two years left on the contract, even if he does not play well in the first year of the Lakers, he can try to trade his expiring contract in the second year's offseason, and holding the first round of 2027 is also the reason for this.
At another key point, Pelinka said that no operation before the trade deadline was supported by James and Thick Brow, but this voice was quickly punched in the face by ESPN reporter Dave McMenamin, who never agreed, and they expressed their desire for a change in the lineup at the team meeting, but Pelinka 0 worked.
Pelinka also pointed the finger at Ritchie Paul, who said that Paul forced the Lakers to exchange John Wall for the 2027 first round + Westbrook Rockets because Wall was a Klutch player. But Paul Fue revealed to Stephen A. Smith that he had never asked the Lakers to trade Wall, and Pelinka punched him in the face. Pelinka gave the spearhead of public opinion to Rich Paul just to throw the pot, and the next thing can be done.
That's why Mark Stein's analysis: the Lakers can even play Jerry West, let alone LeBron James. A series of brainless operations by the Lakers management are not only wasting LeBron's peak, but also forcing LeBron and Davis away.
Text/Yan Xiaobai