Since the start of the game, the Lakers have performed disappointingly, and they only won the championship a year and a half ago.
As a result, the team now even has to work hard for a play-off spot, only 3 wins ahead of the eleventh-placed Trail Blazers and five wins behind the eighth-place Clippers.
This means that the Lakers are not only likely to fall out of the playoff ranks, even if the playoffs are locked, it is most likely to be the second half of the playoffs, and it needs to win two consecutive games to get a playoff spot, which is a big challenge for the current Lakers.
So the Lakers are in such a bad situation, who should be responsible for this? The US media "Lakeshowlife" listed a list of 5 people, of which James was third and Westbrook was only second.
Fifth place: Thick eyebrow brother
Among the core players, The Thick Brow Brother should not be blamed the most, because he has missed a lot of games due to injuries, and no one can predict the injury situation.
In addition, the change in the pace of the Lakers and the long-term appointment of Brother Thick-Browed as the No. 5 position are also the main reasons for Brother Thick-Brow's injury.
However, the thick eyebrow brother is only 29 years old, at such an age, he can not strictly control his body, while the number of injuries is too much, coupled with the decline in projection ability, the thick eyebrow brother still needs to bear a certain responsibility for the plight of the team.
Fourth place: Vogel
Perhaps in the minds of many fans, Vogel should be at the top of this list, after all, when a team is in trouble, the coach is often the first to be blamed.
But the Lakers' plight has little to do with Vogel, on the one hand, because the Lakers have suffered serious injury problems this season, and the core players have been absent one after another, on the other hand, the team's lineup has a huge run-in problem, almost a new lineup, and there are obvious problems in the configuration.
At the same time, Vogel also has to face the pressure of management, the Lakers "shadow management" is very fond of meddling in the coaching issue, but everyone should be clear that how to coach and platoon should be decided by the head coach, and Vogel ranks third, mainly some of his confusing choices in terms of platooning, so that he also needs to be responsible for the current situation of the team.
Third place: James
Perhaps the outside world thinks that James should not appear in this list, because the 37-year-old James has done his best, is the best performer in the Big Three, and has scored 56 points in a single game against the Warriors.
But it was also he who joined forces with Brother Thick Eyebrows to force the Lakers management to trade Wei Shao, and in the middle of the season, he hoped to send Wei Shao, and the Lakers management did not send Wei Shao to his frustration.
He then publicly stated that he did not close the door to returning to the Cavaliers, while praising the Thunder general manager, these acts are full of suggestive meaning, in the team's chaotic situation, James to make such a voice is undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire.
Second place: Wei Shao
Intuitively, Westbrook is the direct cause of all the Lakers' problems this season, as his team sent three core rotations on trade, resulting in a lack of depth in the current lineup.
Because of his large contract, the team lacked salary space, had to let go of Caruso, and did not have the ability to continue to reinforce.
At the same time, his performance declined seriously, and he never formed a chemical reaction with his teammates next to him, but played a side effect.
First place: Pelinka and Lakers management
There's no doubt that the top spot on the list belongs to the Lakers management of Pelinka and Moths, who are constantly trying to control everything, whether they have the corresponding ability or not.
As the general manager of the team, Pelinka and the management can completely say NO in the face of James's pressure, rather than choosing to trade Wei Shao, knowing that they still said NO to James before the trade deadline of this season.
In addition, the Lakers shadow management has been putting pressure on the coaching staff, and making some terrible moves, to know that Lambis career coaching ability is extremely bad, if it is not relying on his wife and Bass is a girlfriend relationship, he simply can not get the Lakers senior consultant status, after he also because Tyrone Lu refused to join the assistant coaching team, thus forcing Tyrone Lu through an insulting offer, therefore, the Lakers management must be responsible for the team's current mess.