After betting on the third giant Westbrook in the offseason, the Lakers are in a huge predicament this season, not only the three giants are slow to integrate, but the team is in serious injury trouble.
In contrast, DeRozan, who gave up in the Lakers offseason, instead played MVP-level performances this season, which also made Westbrook's deal regarded as one of the Lakers' worst deals in recent years.
In response to this topic, the US media "FW" timely statistics and sorting out the Lakers' transactions in the past 10 years, believing that the worst transactions of the Lakers in the past 10 years will undoubtedly be selected from the transactions of Westbrook and Nash, and a detailed comparison will be made, and the results will be clear at a glance.
Nash trade: The Lakers sent the 2013 first round + 2015 first round + 2013 second round + 2014 second round to get Nash from the Suns.
It was, without a doubt, one of the Lakers' worst deals in nearly 10 years, with Nash plagued by injuries on a three-year contract that he played in just 65 games.
The super big four combination of Kobe + Nash + Gasol + Howard looks very good, and the Lakers try to launch a challenge to the championship, but the team has not even made it to the Finals.
In the end, Nash ended his trip to Los Angeles early in injury, and Howard was exposed to be at odds with Kobe Bryant and chose to join the Rockets in disgust.
However, the difference in this transaction is based on the result of the answer, not from the beginning by the outside world is not optimistic.
Before the Lakers got Nash, he had accumulated enough honors in the Suns, won the MVP twice, was an excellent court brain, and Howard also led the Magic to the Finals.
What's more, the four players play completely without contradiction, and even Nash's blocking and dismantling with Howard and Gasol looks like it will be excellent.
And the disintegration of this Big 4 stems from a number of reasons, not the transaction Nash itself, after building the Big 4, due to the power struggle at the top of the Lakers, resulting in chaos and misjudgment of the coaching staff.
Since then, the team has suffered serious injury problems, coupled with Howard and Bryant's dissenting from the team's leadership, as well as various unexpected circumstances, which eventually led to the dismal end of the much-anticipated Big 4, most of which were unpredictable.
At the same time, the chips sent by the Lakers did not translate into top players in the end, selecting three unknown role players of Nedovic, Oriacki and O'Brient III, and the first round of signing in 2015 was not cashed out until 2018, selecting Bridges, who currently plays for the Suns, who is the only valuable player.
Westbrook deal: The Lakers sent Kuzma + Harrell + Pope + the first round of 2021 picks, and from the Wizards got a Westbrook + 2024 second round pick + 2028 second round pick.
Judging from the performance so far in the season, The deal of Westbrook has also completely failed, and the team not only failed to alleviate the pressure on Zhan Mei, but locked the team's salary space, and everything was expected by the outside world.
Kuzma, Pop and Harrell, who were sent away by the Lakers, have all played well, and more importantly, in order to get Westbrook, the Lakers missed DeRozan, a player who played at the MVP level this season.
And had to let go of Caruso, even if he was cultivated by the Lakers and was willing to reduce a certain salary for the team, the Lakers still could not keep him.
It is worth mentioning that the two deals are quite similar, Nash originally planned to join the Knicks, but under Kobe's lobbying, it was decided to join the Lakers.
Wei Shao's situation is also very similar, the Wizards do not want to trade him, but under the lobbying of James and the thick eyebrows, Wei Shao asked the Wizards owner, and finally joined the Lakers as he wished.
According to the Los Angeles Times, James and Thick Brow brother promised Westbrook, and after his arrival, James will transform into playing the No. 4 position, the Thick Brow Brother playing the No. 5 position, and the Westbrook playing more without the ball, thus resolving the style conflict between the three.
Of course, there are also more differences between the two deals, that is, before the transaction is completed, and at the beginning of the transaction, the mainstream media and fans have completely different views on the two transactions.
As an organizational point guard, Nash played very well for the Lakers at that time, and the overall style of play was also very much in line with the team's plan, but Westbrook was naturally incompatible with Brother Thick Brow and James.
In particular, Wei Shao and James are super ball-holding big cores with a usage rate of more than 30%, and the three giants do not have the ability to shoot far, it is almost difficult to complete the run-in, so the US media believes that the Deal of Westbrook is the worst deal of the Lakers in the past 10 years, because this deal is knowingly impossible to do.