Against the Golden State Warriors, who are also in poor condition, with LeBron James's heroic performance, the Los Angeles Lakers finally won a long-lost and crucial victory. However, LeBron James is 37 years old after all, and it is certainly unrealistic to expect him to play this kind of performance every game. Not to mention that basketball is a team sport, even LeBron James at its peak cannot lead the team to win the championship on its own, so there are still many problems in the Lakers that need to be reflected and summarized.
In a battle with the Warriors, the Lakers really rely on LeBron James to take care of it. With the exception of him, Westbrook scored 20 points relatively efficiently and didn't have to go into the venue, while none of the remaining players scored 15+ points. Among them, Taren Horton Tucker, who came off the bench, once again disappointed the fans, and he deflected all three shots in the whole game, relying only on free throws to get 2 points. In addition, The effective stats of Taren Horton Tucker are only 1 rebound, 2 assists and 1 steal, but there are also 2 turnovers and 5 fouls. On the other hand, Tarren Horton-Tucker has a plus-minus of -11 points, which is also the lowest in the Lakers.
In the 2019 draft, Tarren Horton Tucker was affected by the off-court event, resulting in a sharp drop in the market, and the Lakers bought a second-round pick from the Orlando Magic with cash because they did not have the right to draft that year, their target was Tarren Horton Tucker, and the Lakers finally got their wish, and Taren Horton Tucker was selected by the Purple and Gold Army with the 46th overall pick in the second round. Don't look at the rookie season only 6 times, most of the time either waving a towel on the bench or being directly sent to the development league to exercise, but Tarren Horton Tucker is luckier than most rookie players. Because he played in the big city of Los Angeles at the beginning of his career, he naturally got more attention. And that season the Lakers regained the championship after a decade, and Tarren Horton Tucker also got a ring with the team.
Last season, the Lakers were caught in a personnel shortage due to the departure of Danny Green and Avery Bradley respectively, coupled with the invasion of injuries, and Tarren Horton Tucker got more opportunities to perform. Especially in the closing stage of the season, even leBron James and Anthony Davis, the twin stars were injured, and Tarren Horton Tucker got a lot of ball rights, averaging 9 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1 steal per game, although his stats and performance declined in the playoffs, the Lakers chose to renew their contracts with Taren Horton Tucker last summer, and the new contract was worth 3 years and 30.78 million US dollars.
However, the 21-year-old has not improved much this season, and Taren Horton Tucker has only averaged 9.3 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 0.9 steals per game so far, and his three-point shooting rate is only 27.5%. In other words, It's the third season that Taren Horton Tucker has entered the league, but his problems have never been solved. Today's league attaches great importance to on-court space and outside projection, but Taren Horton Tucker is not even stable enough to empty three-pointers, which makes him often empty by the opponent, and the pressure on his teammates is naturally greater. The defensive end of Talon Horton Tucker is more by virtue of the body to fight the opponent hard, consciousness and skills are relatively lacking, once encountered smart technical flow players, Taron Horton Tucker will be exploded.
To know that last summer, the Lakers due to limited salary reasons, fell into a binary choice, in the Taron - Horton Tucker and Alex Caruso, the Lakers can only leave one person, and finally considering that Taryn Horton Tucker is relatively young, theoretically there is room for growth and potential, the Lakers had to endure the pain of letting go of Alex Caruso, and Talon Horton Tucker to complete the contract renewal. It should be known that Alex Caruso, as a losing draft, has been playing for the Lakers since entering the league, and both the outside projection and the defensive effect are better than Talon Horton Tucker. Last season, Alex Caruso shot more than 40% of his shots and three-point shooting, and even in key moments, Alex Caruso was often left on the court and became a surprise soldier, letting him go has always made many fans feel sorry.
Alex Caruso has also become the main substitute for the backcourt position after moving to the Chicago Bulls this season, although Alex Caruso has not returned since he left the court after the Bulls' game against the Bucks in January. But before the injury, Alex Caruso was stable, averaging 8.4 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.9 steals per game, and the data looked similar to that of Taren Horton Tucker, but the role and efficiency on the court really could not be compared. This multiple choice question, the Lakers management may have done the wrong thing again, in fact, the Purple and Gold Army has a lot of good players, but because of lack of patience or a slightly short-sighted vision, these good seedlings have been handed over.