The problem of the Lakers is actually rotten, the essential problem is still the problem of james and Davis's decline in state, and now that Davis has been injured, then the Lakers' loss can only be counted on James.
Yes, James has indeed used a good lineup in his career, and there has never been a shortage of shooters and tacklers, but in his system, LeBron's own output still occupies the majority. When James' own state is difficult to maintain, you blame other people for being too incompetent, it seems fine, but this is ignoring the primary and secondary relationship.
James' previous lineups, especially the championship-winning lineups, always had advanced helpers, and they were indeed much more advanced than the current Lakers lineup. But even if they are very advanced, in the James system, they are also a subordinate level that belongs to the service of James. In addition to Wade once having a relatively equal status with James, after Irving, Luck, Davis and others, He Zeng and James were equal.
The Problem of Flexibility Reduction and Enthusiasm Reduction in James's lineup three or four years ago is essentially because this is a James team, others do not have the feeling of ownership, and they naturally will not stand up in the team's crisis period. It is invaluable that leaders can make people willing to give, and James usually teams up and assembles mercenaries, and in times of crisis, the problem is revealed.
Almost every championship of James is a quick fix, and that's what his style of play and habits determine. James likes to control the team and will naturally usher in such a result. Also because I am used to controlling the team, I can't transform in the twilight of my career, and naturally I can't be led by others.
If you can't be led by others, you can only lead others, but when you lead others, others will reflect on your state. This is the dilemma of leadership.
Without a spiritual and cultural quality that connects the honor and disgrace of their teammates, they cannot submit to a leader when his ability to lead has declined. In fact, even with spiritual and cultural attainments, the probability of a group of able-bodied people submitting to a leader in their later years is very low. The basketball team is still different from other teams, and the sense of belonging of the players is actually not so strong. We see that even in Jordan's later years, he is still struggling to play, rather than expecting "teammates to play more and save some effort."
So James's style, the so-called passing first, actually needs the style of senior teammates, and will definitely have a huge dilemma in his later years. The first is the above, the sense of giving of teammates is getting weaker and weaker, and you can't sit back and reap huge benefits. The second is that senior teammates are actually very difficult to collect.
Whether it is the Heat, cavaliers, lakers, they have a lot of space at the beginning of getting James, which is why James does not go to a team with a good record. Teams with good records generally do not have much space and fixed tactical play, which is not conducive to restructuring at all, nor is it conducive to James' leadership. Only a team with a lot of space and a very poor record last season has such room for operation.
James joined a team, and the team's record immediately soared, not only James's strong personal ability, but more importantly, this team has a lot of room to operate and has the ability to create a championship lineup.
Created a championship lineup, the natural record is not bad, even very good, thanks to its league countdown status last season, and even the bottom status of several consecutive seasons, otherwise how can there be such a large space for creation?
After James joined the franchise for a few years, with the continuous operation of the operation, such a team has consumed its own operating space, the draft picks and young people have basically been traded, naturally there is no future, then after James left, the team naturally returned to the state of the bottom.
Can it be said that James is really capable, is it with an already bad lineup to fight?
No, because it's a depleted team, and if any supergiant leaves, the team will get the same situation. The Heat, the Cavaliers, and the current Lakers are all depleted, and it is no longer appropriate to say that James has no one to use.
Running out and unavailable are two concepts with historical context.
Some people miss the lineup of last season or the championship season, but these people were also very dissatisfied with the lineup at that time. When James was strong, the use of centers in his lineup was low, which is why Howard was not reused. In the championship season, the Lakers' outside line is also problematic, and the other teams' rosters are the most unstable that season.
So when you criticize the Lakers management's brainless trade, also admit that they probably did their best at the time, they tried very hard to help James build the lineup, just the idea to the idea, the reality to the reality. The Lakers' biggest asset has long been consumed in the Davis deal, and the subsequent deal can only be repaired, and the league's good role players, the Lakers are not determined to win.
James can no longer have a good lineup in the Heat, as the age rises, the scene will become more and more ugly, the only way out of the dilemma may be the Lakers trade James or James left the Lakers. At present, the only way for the Lakers is to immediately return the ball to Westbrook, so that James can only do the task of scoring and quickly planning, and avoid holding the ball and distributing.