In October 2020, the NBA Lakers defeated the Heat to win the championship, and now it is less than 1 and a half years from the Lakers' last championship win, but for many Lakers fans, the last time they won the championship seems to be a long time ago, the Lakers' lineup last season is very good, but anthony Davis, LeBron James are plagued by injuries, this season the Lakers have created a big three, but Russell Westbrook is somewhat incompatible, Anthony Davis is still difficult to get rid of injuries, After winning the championship, they seem to have lost their competitiveness in an instant!
For the Lakers this season, the probability of not being able to enter the playoffs, it may be greater than the probability of winning the championship, which is very embarrassing, in such a state, the Lakers last achieved glory, it will seem a little far away (may also have the impact of the shrinking season), and on March 7, Beijing time, the US media "Lakeshowlife" issued an analysis, they said that if the Lakers can leave 4 players in the 2020 championship period, then the Lakers will still be competitive for the championship this season In the case of the Lakers' current poor state, if the 4 Lakers' championship heroes are still there?
1. Kentavius Caldwell Pope
Although Pop sometimes makes Lakers fans angry, it seems that he is another version of JR-Smith, but in fact, his projection and defense have a very important contribution to the 2020 Lakers to win the championship, in the 19-20 playoffs, Pope played a 37.8% three-point shooting rate, Averaging 2.1 three-pointers per game, his defensive efficiency value at the time was 110.7, which was the highest defensive efficiency performance of his personal career so far in the playoffs, he has proved that he is suitable to play next to Zhan Huang, if Pop is still with the Lakers now, this can obviously solve a lot of problems, incidentally, he currently has a three-point shooting rate of 39.4% on the Wizards...
2. Alex Caruso
19-20 season Caruso playoffs defensive efficiency value is 103.6, if Pope is a qualified defender, then Caruso is a quality defender, the Caruso projection at that time was not good, but the 20-21 season his regular season three-point shooting rate has reached 40%, compared to the Lakers left Tucker, in addition to age and do not know whether to cash in the talent, Caruso can be called a complete explosion of Tucker, if the current Tucker is replaced by Caruso, the Lakers will have a probability of improving combat effectiveness! It is worth mentioning that Zhan Huang had seen Tucker play in high school, and also informed Rich Paul that Tucker's agent was now Rich Paul.
3. Danny Green
Pop can bring projection to the Lakers, Caruso can bring defense, Green is between 2, 19-20 season playoffs green defensive efficiency value of 105, three-point shooting rate of 33.9%, better defense than Pope, three-pointers better than Caruso, he can play guard, can also play the front, now the Lakers have a player who can defend and shoot three-pointers? The answer may not be, and then the Lakers traded him for Schroeder, and Green shot 37.8 percent from three-point range in the playoffs in the 20-21 season, so that an experienced 3D veteran could help James Harden win his first career title.
4. Markiv Morris
Morris is a more impulsive player, after his quarrel with Nicola Jokic, he has not played a game so far, in the 19-20 playoffs Morris averaged 5.9 points + three-point shooting rate of 42% + 3 rebounds + 3 rebounds per game Defensive efficiency is 104.9, he can be an anthony Davis's substitute, he can also be a Lakers center when playing small balls, more importantly, his defense and three-point shooting are good, in a single season playoff at least 69 three-point shots or more Lakers players, Morris's three-point shooting rate ranks third in team history, imagine, if the current Ariza is replaced by Morris, at least Zhan Huang does not have to top the No. 5 position, right?
(Ariza shot 30.3 percent from three-point range and 110.1 percent defensive efficiency so far this season)