On February 25, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued. For the Los Angeles Lakers, their locker room atmosphere is awkward, and James' All-Star Game trip has brought a lot of impact to the team. Just today, Lakers coach Vogel said in an interview: It will not be affected by James's remarks, not at all, noise is just noise, we will focus on what is in front of us. Then he came up with the team's goal: to get into the top six of the West, and I know it's a little hard, but we'll work on it.
According to the NBA's new rules, the 7th-10th place in the division will compete for the last 2 playoff spots through the playoffs. Last season's Lakers beat the Warriors through the playoffs to squeeze into the playoffs, but were eliminated by the Suns in the first round. Although Vogel strenuously denies it, the problems within the Lakers are already serious. Conflict erupts? When Zhan Huang left the Countdown to the Lakers, Wei Shao was very frustrated, and his thick eyebrows were the first to be traded.
Zhan Huang left the Countdown to the Lakers
Just today, NBA reporter Nick Wright revealed on the TV show that James's relationship with the Lakers management is tense. Last summer, there was a quarrel and a gap between them. At the time, James wanted management to sign Caruso back, which was the most appropriate way to add strengths, without having to pay for draft picks and not sending any players away. However, the Lakers' management refused the request, and Caruso signed with the Bulls, the reason for the refusal: the team needs to pay a high luxury tax and wants to strengthen it by other means.
Later, Nick Wright also said: "Many people regard James as a scapegoat for the Westbrook trade. However, I think it is the fault of the Lakers management, James wants to get Westbrook, but after DeRozan, the Lakers management is more inclined to Westbrook than DeRozan. It can be seen from these two things that the Lakers management did not fully respect James's wishes, and the relationship between the two sides began to crack.
Judging by James' emotional intelligence, he had no need to publicly claim on the occasion of the All-Star Game: the door to return to the Cavaliers was not closed, and he wanted to play with Brownie on a team. This is the naked act of forcing the palace, and Zhan Huang left the Lakers to enter the countdown, perhaps this summer.
Wei Shao was frustrated
In the face of the Lakers' problems, the most embarrassing person is Wei Shao. During this year's trading day, he was the target of the team's fire sale, but no buyer was found. With the absence of thick eyebrow injuries, James has made a "departure storm", and Wei Shao has also been depressed recently. At this year's All-Star Game, he also did not appear, nor did he attend the award ceremony of the top 75 stars. In today's interview with reporters, he said: When I joined the Lakers, I did not discuss whether I would be together or separated from LeBron in the future, nor did I discuss how long our partnership with the Lakers would last.
In fact, Wei Shao's voice is still very frustrated. On the one hand, my career has reached this stage and I have not yet had a good home. On the other hand, when his championship dream will be realized, it seems to be far away again. As of now, Westbrook has averaged 18.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 7.5 assists this season.
Thick eyebrows were traded first
James himself wants to go, and Westbrook wants to be sent away by the team, but the first to go may be thick eyebrows. Why? Because the trade value of thick eyebrows is the largest, it can be exchanged for All-Star players + potential players + first-round draft picks. Once the Lakers miss the playoffs this year, they will definitely make a complete change to the lineup this summer. Anthony, Ariza, Nunn, Jordan Jr., Bazemore, Ellington and other players are bound to leave the team. Subsequently, it is to take the 3 giants to open the knife. It was not easy for Wei Shao to find the right buyer, and he could only add a first-round pick to replace the Rockets' Wall. For James, although he is 37 years old, he is still the signature star of the league, and there is no sign of any decline, and the Lakers will not easily send him away.
Therefore, thick eyebrows are the most suitable trading object. According to NBA reporter Ryan Stone, who talked about how the Bulls will strengthen this summer, an anonymous NBA executive said that the team may trade the Lakers star's thick eyebrows. In fact, the Bulls have long been interested in thick eyebrows, and Chicago is also Davis' hometown. According to the US media "FW", the Bulls will send DeRozan, Patrick Williams or Kobe White, the first-round draft pick.