After building the Big Three as desired, the Lakers' performance this season is a mess, and Wei Shao, who spent a lot of chips to trade, naturally became the target of public criticism.
Due to the incompatibility of playing style, Wei Shao has been outside the system for a long time, which has become the direct reason for the Lakers' poor condition this season.
On the one hand, Wei Shao's successive problems at key moments caused the team to lose a large number of victories that should have been in hand, and on the other hand, Wei Shao's large contract locked the salary space, so that the team had to let go of Caruso, and could not complete the effective reinforcement work.
However, from the perspective of the three giants joining forces, it is obviously unfair to let Wei Shao alone bear all the responsibility, especially since Wei Shao has recently encountered serious fan criticism.
Even his wife suffered "death threats" many times, and the fans gave Wei Shao the title of "Wei Blacksmith Westbrick", resulting in Wei Shao not daring to take his children to the arena to watch the game.
Moreover, Wei Shao has played a good performance recently, and his personal status has improved significantly, and in the last game, he bombed 30 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 block, making Wei Shao the third player in the NBA to get at least 23,000 points, 7,000 rebounds and 7,000 assists, second only to James and Oscar Robertson.
This made some players extremely sympathetic to Wei Shao's situation, among which Curry openly supported Wei Shao, bluntly saying that he absolutely supported Wei Shao.
In an interview with Chris Haynes, a famous reporter for Yahoo Sports, Curry talked about Wei Shao's current situation, saying that he had a hard time believing that Wei Shao would be treated like this.
He also revealed that when he went to Los Angeles a few days ago to play, he had talked to Wei Shao about related things, and he had great respect for what he had done in the past year, including everything he said and the way he protected his family.
Curry pointedly pointed out that in a sense, they just exalt you first and then directly criticize you to the bottom, and the players who have done great things in the league know all this.
Westbrook is a very professional player, he is proud of his handling of things, and he will definitely support him all the time.
From the fan's point of view, their transgression is very ridiculous, this is no longer stuck in the basketball level, but to attack Wei Shao's name, they need to be clear that everything should stay on the field, they know the origin of the matter, so absolutely support Wei Shao.
Lakers veteran Danny Green also openly complained about Wei Shao when he participated in Ryen Russillo's podcast program, bluntly saying that Wei Shao was treated unfairly.
Green said Westbrook needs to face not only Lakers fans, but also fans around the world, wherever he goes, he will be harassed by fans on social media, because the Lakers pay a lot of attention, and everything he does will be magnified.
This puts him under a lot of pressure, making it hard to find a comfort zone and even harder to play in his own style because there are so many things to think about inside.
Knowing that he has always been an incredible player and has been selected as one of the 75 superstars, you can't blame him for all your mistakes.
Westbrook is still doing what he's good at, and while it may not be comparable to the Thunder, it's not much different from when he played wizards.
His system of not being suitable for the Lakers has little to do with him, after all, this lineup is not created by Wei Shao, he is just one of the players who was traded, and it is really not right to respect his name.
Of course, the players who have encountered insults and criticism are not the only ones, and james, the core of the Lakers, has also encountered criticism.
Jay Williams talked about the Lakers' current predicament and the fact that james passed the ball to Anthony in the last game against the Rockets to make the finishing touch.
Jay Williams admitted that at the heart of the game, as the core of the team, you pushed the defender all the way to the basket, and you chose to pass the ball out, which is why the GOAT discussion ended there.