On February 23, 2022, Beijing time, the season has reached the final sprint stage, and after these two days of rest, each team will begin to enter the most critical stage of the season! Before the All-Star Game, the Lakers only got a record of 27 wins and 31 losses, ranking ninth in the West, they are currently in the ranks of the playoffs, if they are not careful, they may be overtaken by the opponents behind them, and may not even be able to enter the playoffs!
The Lakers' poor performance this season, many people think that Westbrook is responsible, but is this really the case? While Westbrook didn't do well, it wasn't bad enough to make the Lakers so bad, in large part because the rest of the players on the team didn't play too well either. Davis' injury and James' slow relaxation on the defensive end are all reasons for the team's poor form!
And recently former NBA coach Stan Van Gundy updated social media to express support for Westbrook, he said: Westbrook is playing the season performance that the Lakers expect, his shooting percentage is his career average, the effective shooting rate is slightly higher than average, the three-point shooting rate is slightly lower, the average turnover per game is the lowest in 8 years, and the average data can reach 18.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game!
In fact, this data is really good on paper, the data is not worse than the career average, and his average data per game has reached the state of quasi-triple-double, why can't such data help the Lakers get good results? In fact, in large part because he and James are not very suitable, both need to have the ball in hand, Westbrook playing without the ball is completely no threat, but the Lakers often let him play without the ball, which is the most fundamental reason!
Now the Lakers can no longer take Wei Shao as a shield, their bad this season really can not only blame Wei Shao, and Wei Shao is getting better and better, the second half of the season the Lakers still have a chance to play a good result?