Today, the NBA officially announced the latest issue of the team strength list, and the Lakers dropped 3 places to 21st place. This result will not come as a surprise, because the Lakers' recent performance is really too bad, the Los Angeles derby is missing Leonard and Paul George's Clippers, yesterday and 28 points of fiasco against the Pelicans, again refreshing the lower limit, from the presentation of the game, the Pelicans are much stronger than the Lakers, but look at the two teams' lineup talent comparison, you will feel that this is very incredible.
In the offseason, the outside world is full of expectations for the Lakers' lineup, they have nearly half of the Hall of Fame lineup, which is regarded as one of the hottest teams to win the championship. However, now in 60 games, the Lakers are 27-33, ranking 9th in the West, and drifting away from the playoffs. Such results obviously can not satisfy the Lakers' country, in yesterday's game with the Pelicans, the Lakers home fans turned against each other, boos resounded throughout the dome, and after the game, the Lakers became the focus of media discussion.
There are growing concerns that the Lakers may not make the playoffs or even qualify for the playoffs, and they are currently only 2.5 wins ahead of the Blazers in the 11th place in the West, which is not safe at all.
This is not unfounded, just like the Lakers famous James Worthy commented after the game, the current Lakers are like infected with some kind of mental virus, the mental state is very bad, and there is no will to change the predicament in them. Take yesterday's game against the Pelicans, all the Lakers players have negative plus or minus values, the starting point is all above -20, which is very telling, the defensive end is negative, James takes the lead in not defending, the offensive end is careless, all kinds of outrageous passing mistakes, it is a completely rotten way of playing.
It feels like the Lakers have given up this season after the high probability of regular season reimbursement. The well-known US media NBA Memes joked about the Lakers: The Lakers have been ruined this season, and It is time for James to cheat!
In this regard, ESPN celebrity Brian Windhorst revealed in the podcast show that an NBA insider said that many experienced people in the league suggested that the Lakers trade James and Thick Brow. Renowned commentator Colin Cowherd devised a plan for trading James:
Lakers: Got Hiro, Lowry, Duncan Robinson, 3 first-round picks. Heat: Get James!
Obviously, the Lakers will not trade James, the reason why there are so many rumors, can only say that the performance of the Lakers has now crossed the bottom line of many people.
If the Lakers don't want to be the laughing stock of people in the next schedule, they have to make changes, first of all, a change in mental state, they must be self-motivated, play with a sense of honor, cherish every minute on the court, attack and defend at both ends of the game, go all out, can not become a poor level of effort. Secondly, it is the adjustment of the lineup, or let Vogel roll up and leave, or try your luck in the buyout market.
The Lakers did make the move, according to Shams, the Lakers plan to lay off Jordan Jr. and sign point guard DJ Augustine (40.6% from three-point shooting this season), in addition, the Lakers also plan to sign a two-way contract with Venion Gabriel.
Such an adjustment, although negligible, at least shows that the Lakers are still willing to try to make changes and have not given up this season. What we most want to see is the change in the spiritual level of the Lakers, they do not lack talent, the existing lineup is enough to win, everything is not yet irretrievable, look forward to the Lakers in the sprint stage can bring us surprises,