The Lakers' problems are getting worse, they are the traffic team of the league, coupled with LeBron James's traffic attributes, now any bit of the Lakers will be infinitely excavated. Therefore, the whole Team of the Lakers has actually endured some pressure that should not be borne. However, some facts cannot be changed, such as their current poor record, and the injury of Anthony Davis, and the prospects for the playoffs are not optimistic.
Before the player trade deadline, the Lakers did not do anything, they seem to be Wang Ba's eating scales - iron heart. Of course, even if the Lakers are traded, it is also around Russell Westbrook, in addition, the Lakers have to take the 2027 draft pick, although this is a relatively distant draft pick, but the Lakers are still reluctant to give up. And all this seems to have made James and his team dissatisfied, so James also made some remarks later, as if he was secretly complaining about the Lakers management.
Teams with James can't avoid trades, and during the Cavaliers, Heat, and Lakers, James's team has made big deals. Now the Lakers seem to be unwilling to continue to overdraft the future way to build the lineup, think about it, there is no problem, James's age is an irresistible factor, the Lakers' future competitiveness will continue to decline, even if the overdraft future, the Lakers may not get the desired results, such as the Lakers and the Rockets to deal with Westbrook and John Wall as the main body.
Generally speaking, if there is no action before the player trade deadline, the team has understood that the big guy can play this season's game with peace of mind, but today's Lakers are different, and various revelations follow, all of which will actually force the team and individuals to a desperate situation, the key is the relationship between the Lakers and James. At the current rate of fermentation, James and the Lakers don't even have a chance to "break up peacefully."
James's contract with the Lakers only has 22-23 seasons left for one season, and until the 2023 offseason, both sides have the initiative, the Lakers can decide whether to renew James, and James can also decide whether to renew the Lakers. However, all this now seems to have pushed the two sides to the edge of the cliff, and the two sides may not be able to work together until the end of the 2023 offseason. Well, the Lakers and James have two ways to break up.
The first: James makes a trade request. It is more normal for players to apply for a trade, and James feels that the Lakers no longer meet their team selection needs, or James feels that the Lakers' team environment is no longer suitable for him, so he can choose to apply for a trade.
The second: the Lakers take the initiative to trade James. Although James is the traffic bearer, for the Lakers, who are already relatively hot in the ball market, they may choose a short-term and painful way to solve the problem with James, that is, to take the initiative to trade James.
It is reasonable to say that players applying for trades and teams taking the initiative to trade players are normal situations for all teams in the NBA, but if this happens to James, it is a bit unspeakable, and it is a bit ugly overall. However, judging from the current rumors, this possibility is becoming infinitely larger, and there may be a final answer in the 2022 offseason.
Text/Duncan's laugh