On March 13, Beijing time, the regular season has come to an end, and after 66 games, I believe many fans have come to a conclusion: Wei Shao is not suitable for the Lakers. Or rather, Westbrook and James don't get along. Why? Before coming to the Lakers, Westbrook could still cut 22.2 points, 11.5 rebounds and 11.7 assists when he was a Wizard, averaging three-doubles per game enough to shine history, and the three-point shooting rate, although not too good, could reach 31.5%, but after coming to the Lakers, everything changed.
People expect Wei Shao to be able to play the data of the world and cry ghosts like the Wizards or the Thunder, but unfortunately, in the expectation of the fans, Wei Shao left people with a disappointed back again and again. So far this season, Westbrook's average per game has plummeted, and in the 65 games he has played, he can only contribute 18.1 points, 7.6 rebounds and 7.2 assists, which seems to be OK, however, when people think of his annual salary of 40 million yuan and performance on the field, they will realize how bad Wei Shao's performance is.
In these 65 games, Wei Shao's three-point shooting rate is only 28.1%, and the previously good middle shots have also lost the crosshairs, and Wei Shao's overall shooting rate can be maintained at about 43%, thanks to his own good breakthrough, but his average number of turnovers per game (3.9 times) is in the top five in the league. So, why come to the Lakers, Wei Shao can't do it? As we all know, in James's career, his favorite is the kind of player who either has a shot or a defense, which is James's favorite lineup style, and the partial Wester is less than the two.
James is good at breaking through, so he needs a group of pitchers to surround him, so that once he breaks through and gets caught in the bag, he can pass the ball out and pose a threat. In the Heat, James has super pitchers like Battier, Miller and Ray Allen around him, so he plays easily, and with scorers like Wade and Bosh around him, the pressure on James is greatly reduced. In addition, Chalmers can both break and shoot, and does not have the ball, which is very suitable for James's style, and the flathead Kerr can occasionally be used as a shooter.
In the Cavaliers, James has JR Smith, Irving and Love, Frye and even Players like Shumpert, especially JR, who can often stand up at key moments, and Shumpert's defensive ability is outstanding, is a good 3 player, Jefferson although the shooting ability is not as good as JR, but not as bad as Westbrook, these people and James's style does not conflict, but also play well. But when Westbrook and James are on the floor, both need the ball in hand, and Westbrook is not the kind of player who is too good at shooting three-pointers, his position is equivalent to overlapping with James, plus the defense is not good, so the efficiency is greatly reduced.
Wei Shao does not have the explosive power at the peak, nor does he have the "zombie jump shot" of the past, so most of the time he can only rely on breakthrough scores. When James and Wei Shao were on the court at the same time, because the former could not be used as a shooter, Wei Shao's interior space was squeezed, coupled with his own mess, the All-Star guard was completely beaten back to the original shape, 18.1 points is a new career low in the past 12 seasons, and 7.6 rebounds is a new low in the past 7 seasons. Westbrook wants to improve his efficiency and stats, he should play smarter, first, learn to play more without the ball, strengthen the no-ball running; second, he can even apply to play as a substitute and stagger the playing time with James.