What the Lakers did last offseason: Who should be responsible?

The Lakers lost miserably at home to the Pelicans, and After the game, Wei Shao said in an interview that he would not be affected by the boos of home fans, and the whole team should adjust its mentality and work hard to win the championship.

I sent out an exclamation: The Lakers don't believe they can win any team right now, including the broken Thunder, but they also think the goal is the championship. Don't look at my failure to pass every class test, but I just want to take the Tsinghua exam.

A netizen commented: What you said is not right, people who fail to pass at least can register for the college entrance examination, the Lakers may not have this qualification, and whether they can enter the playoffs is not certain.

More than half of the season has passed, and in theory, the Lakers still have a chance to win the championship, just like the Chinese team has theoretically had many opportunities to qualify. Once the theory is discussed, the subtext is: there is actually no drama.

At this point in time, we can conclude that the Lakers have failed in various operations this past summer.

The Lakers' entire offseason operation can be seen as performance art: unloading a thigh, fitting a golden prosthesis, not to mention running, walking is laborious.

The question is, who should be held accountable?

The Main operations of the Lakers include: using several rotations, plus draft picks, to attract Westbrook; renewing Tucker and letting go of Caruso; and introducing Jordan Jr., Munch, Melon and others with the basic salary of the veteran.

The most important deal was the joining of Westbrook. In this deal, no matter who is responsible, Wei Shao should be irresponsible.

I often read what I write and think I'm making fun of it again. Not really, I'm serious.

As a star who grew up in Los Angeles, MVP triple-double king 75, all kinds of honors and others, want to go back to his hometown Ivory Hill to play, the old iron is not wrong. Besides, just like anyone looking for a job, as long as you don't cheat on your resume, get hired by any company, no matter what happens later, it has nothing to do with the candidate. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Westbrook's playing, everyone knows, he can't say that he is three times better than Curry when he interviews James and Pelinka. The only promise to make, said that he is willing to make changes, that is not flickering, he did change the Lakers' playing style, all changed soon will not play, what else do you want?

Since Wei Shao is not responsible, that is, whoever recruits him is responsible. In this matter, there have been multiple versions of the report before, and I have talked to familiar people, the specific details are not important, and the few points that can be confirmed are: James and Thick Brow are in recognition of Westbrook's joining, and Pelinka finally made a deal.

James said in an interview the day before yesterday, "I will give management my opinion, but I will not press any buttons, that is the work of management." With James' emotional intelligence, he certainly wouldn't ask Pelinka that you trade Westbrook. At most half the words, "Westbrook can lead the team forward in the regular season, especially when I and Thick Brow are injured, but for reference only." ”

According to Pelinka's interview some time ago, this was also the purpose of the Lakers' deal at that time: Westbrook could share some of James's ball-holding pressure, and if there was an injury to James and Thick Brow last season, it could also be an insurance for the Lakers.

Looking back, this perception made two of the biggest mistakes, one underestimating and the other overestimating.

The first mistake underestimated the importance of the chips used by the Lakers.

Kuzma, Pop, and Harrell are not big names, but as a rotational player for the Lakers, it is important to the Lakers. The Lakers went from being a top defensive team last season to not being able to defend now, not because Vogel suddenly didn't know how to be a coach, but because people changed.

I've used an analogy before, the Lakers are like removing all the parts of a car and adding an engine. The idea of the modification is that three engines are always more powerful than two engines, and even if one engine is broken, or even two engines are broken, they can still go on the road. As for the air conditioner radio, it is a big deal to find a cheap installation on the stall.

Found on the stall, which is so easy to make, the function is unstable, not to mention, every time it is full of darkness.

The second mistake overestimated the likelihood of transforming Westbrook.

Wei Shao has excellent physical fitness, even if you want to brush data in the NBA, you must have a brush, you can average three doubles per game, then you must have three brushes. But Westbrook's shortcomings are also obvious: he can't shoot, and his shooting rate has long been below the league average; the defense likes to take risks and steals, often losing position; rarely covering his teammates, and it is easy to stand without the ball; the way to play the most value is that the ball is in his hands; but often makes unreasonable judgments and makes too many mistakes. As we age, our physical fitness declines, and other shortcomings become more apparent.

After the deal, there were a lot of people who were not optimistic, but there were also people who were optimistic: they were all the top stars in the league, don't underestimate their ability to find a way to play together, if someone can make Westbrook play the most powerful, it will definitely be James.

James and Thick Brow should think the same thing.

It's hard for people to change, especially adults. All kinds of hot topics, people with different views are arguing, but no one can convince anyone. It's hard to change your perspective, let alone the way you play? Throughout his career, There have been few big changes in the way he plays, what tricks do James and Thick Brow have to make Westbrook change the way he plays? Wei Shao's shooting has not improved for so many years, he is in his thirties, and when he returns to Los Angeles, he will suddenly shoot? And Wei Shao has achieved fame, you let him change the way he plays, this matter is also very embarrassing, how, you are teaching me to do things? It's like you tell a movie emperor that your basic skills are not solid, you can't act, the movie emperor is anxious with you on the spot, you are so powerful that you take a few movie emperors.

Signing Westbrook is the most important deal for the Lakers in the entire offseason, james and thick eyebrows are responsible, but the biggest responsibility is still Pelinka.

James and Brow made a misjudgment, but their duty was not to make a decision, that was Pelinka's duty. If Pelinka listens to everything about the stars, then what is he going to do? Now the technology is so developed, and there is no need for information messengers, you need cards to break through, confidential cards are still worth a little bit, and Pelinka doesn't know what to use. In this position, Pelinka's main responsibility is to make decisions and at the same time take responsibility for decisions. Some people say that if he doesn't listen to James, he won't be able to secure his position. If that happens, then you can put the pot on James. Neither Riley nor Griffin listened to James, nor did they lose their jobs. Besides, if Pelinka really felt that the deal could not be done, and made a deal with a conscience for fear of losing his job, wouldn't this practice be more criticized? Or Rather, Pelinka didn't understand it, because Westbrook can integrate well into the Lakers. I can see clearly, so many netizens can see clearly, Pelinka can't understand, that means that the ability is not good.

Therefore, in the matter of signing Wei Shao, whether it is Pelinka's misjudgment or fear of losing her job, she is in blame.

As for Jenny, I think that signing Wei Shao is not very responsible, and it can even be said that there is no responsibility. The management she hired was to help her do this job, professional people to do professional things, let Pelinka make choices, there is nothing wrong with it. If she herself does not approve of the transaction and vetoes the transaction, then even if she is wise, she recognizes the general manager's transaction, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Jenny was responsible for the release of Caruso.

After Westbrook came, the Lakers had few means of signing people, keeping the only Caruso, giving them one of the few opportunities to strengthen the team. If the money factor is not taken into account, Pelinka will definitely keep Caruso, and he should also know the importance of Caruso to defense. The core of letting go of Caruso is to save money. Because the Lakers have crossed the luxury tax line, the money to be spent on signing the Caruso Lakers is more than $30 million. Caruso is not worth 30 million, which we can all understand, but because of the money, the Lakers have weakened their strength, and this account should be counted on the boss's head. If it was Cuban, if it was Ballmer, or even Gilbert, the owner of the Cavaliers, would it save the money?

Tucker's signing now seems to be a failure, but this can not blame Pelinka, because young players are gambling, sometimes accurate, sometimes inaccurate, can not be harsh on Pelinka every time can gamble right.

As for the Lakers' mid-cap signing with Nunn, you can't blame Pelinka, according to the market at the time, it was a good deal, and injuries were unpredictable.

The rest of the veterans have signed with a basic salary, they can't be too demanding, and sometimes they are gambling, but Pelinka has made another mistake here: too much attention to fame, not actual combat.

Fame is not bad, such as melon signing is very successful, Howard is also worthy of the basic salary. The rest of the players like Ariza and Jordan Jr., who were obviously out of place last season, had to be signed again, and the only reason I could think of was to see their fame. The Heat also only had a basic salary available at the time, and the few passers-by they signed could at least play, Edmund, Vincent, Strus, the fame was not as good as Ariza, but it was much better than Ariza.

In summary, the whole operation of the Lakers, Pelinka and James thick eyebrows on the Westbrook thing are responsible, Jenny is responsible for the Caruso thing, in the signing of the basic salary player, Pelinka has part of the responsibility, Tucker and Nunn's signing, this can not be thrown out of the pot.

If you divide the pot into 10 portions, Pelinka back 7, James thick eyebrow back 2, Jenny back 1.