As a team that aspires to the championship, the Lakers' performance this season is contrary to the goal of rushing the championship. Now that the NBA schedule is nearing its end, the Lakers are in 10th place in the West. Maybe the Lakers will be able to regain the 9th place in the West, but this is obviously not the record ranking that the Lakers want!
Judging from the current situation, if the Lakers want to advance to the playoffs, they need to compete for playoff spots through the playoffs. So the question is, why are the Lakers getting worse and worse? Wei Shao's state has fluctuated greatly this season, which has also made Wei Shao on the cusp of public opinion, and whenever the Lakers lose, the topic of Wei Shao can always rush to the hot search list of social media.
However, former NBA star Arenas has a different view, Arenas has been active in major talk shows since retiring, and when participating in a show called "No Chill with Gilbert Arenas", Arenas also talked about the Lakers' performance this season, and he did not blame Westbrook's performance, but pointed out some of the Lakers' shortcomings.
The host asked Arenas a very tricky question, that is, "The Lakers have been playing worse and worse this season, who should be blamed more?" After hearing this question, Arenas directly named Lakers general manager Pelinka.
Arenas said: "Pelinka has to carry the pot, to know that Lakers coach Vogel is a defensive coach, but the Lakers assistant coaching team pays attention to offense. This assistant coaching team can be said to be built for Kidd, but in the end it was Vogel who served as the manager, which also led to the Lakers' coach and assistant coach team being inappropriate, and Pelinka should be responsible for this! ”
At the same time, Arenas said vogel had problems employing people. In order to prove that what he said is true, Arenas also took lakers player Reeves as an example, "As the manager of the team, Vogel needs to use every player, but he has problems with people." For example, This guy Reeves will only stand in the bottom corner and only dare to shoot three points when he needs to get a completely vacant position, this type of player is really very good defensive! ”
Arenas believes that Reeves's scoring method is meaningless offense, because the opponent looks at his data and knows how to defend, which also makes the Lakers lose a scoring point invisibly. Arenas even used statements such as "I can defend even if I have my back to him" to describe Reeves's lack of offensive strength, which is also an important reason why Arenas believes that Vogel has problems with the use of people.
From Arenas' answer, it can be seen that the Lakers' problems do not only appear in Wei Shao. Fans should stop blaming Westbrook, and if the Lakers want to advance to the playoffs, or want to go further in the playoffs, Westbrook is definitely an indispensable presence. As for what adjustments the Lakers will make next, let's wait and see!