After the big score to the weak Pelicans, public opinion has been overwhelming, and the biggest spearhead of the Lakers' loss has gradually shifted from Wei Shao to James. The trigger came from James's quarrel with fans in the Lakers' game with the Pelicans, and indeed the Lakers have now encountered the biggest difficulties of the season.
According to NBA statistics, the Pelicans' battle with the Lakers is the second time in NBA history that a team with two players who have won MVP have lost at home to a team with a winning rate of less than 50% at least 25 points, and the first time was also created by the Lakers on December 23 last year, when the Lakers lost to the Spurs by as many as 28 points.
The team suffered a humiliating defeat, and James even quarreled with the fans during the game. In the face of the fans' dissatisfaction, James replied: "What do you know except until the ball is scored?" Shut up and take you. As soon as this matter came out, James was completely on the cusp of the storm, and this was only the beginning of the matter.
James made as many as seven turnovers in this game and had a team-worst -30 plus-minus in the first three quarters. During garbage time, James was still out of the game, improving his personal score from 10+ to 30+. James is one step closer to 40,000 points+ 10,000 rebounds + 10,000 assists, but that's not the result we want to see.
After the game, Colin Cowherd, founder of The Volume, even suggested that the Lakers reach a deal with the Heat in the show, and the Heat sent Hiro + Lowry + Duncan Robinson and three first-round signings to James. The 1-for-6 trading scheme was immediately announced. James' Lakers career has been tested with unprecedented severity.
And this is just a rare corner of public opinion, ESPN famous Brian Windhorst even revealed in the show, an NBA insider said that experienced people in the league recommended that the Lakers trade James and Davis together. Davis' departure also seems to be a possibility.
The NBA will always be a business ground, even if James and Davis have brought championships to the Lakers. The trade rumors made the already fragile Lakers even worse, and the only person who can stop all these rumors is James, Davis has no hope of returning in the regular season, whether he can enter the playoffs or not, after all, James alone carries everything.