Due to injury problems, the Lakers officially announced that LeBron James will not play in the Lakers' next game against the Jazz, and Anthony Davis, who is considered close to returning, is still in a state of doubt:
James has missed the Lakers' last game against the Lone Rangers due to an ankle injury, and after the Lakers announced that James would not play against the Jazz, the latest news is that James has been allowed to return to Los Angeles for further treatment and injury assessment:
On the other hand, Lakers legend Shaquille O'Neal can be said to be the one who is more optimistic about the Lakers in the past period of time, but after the Lakers lost to the Lone Ranger, O'Neill, who was interviewed by TNT, also said disappointedly:
"This Lakers don't want to win, they're done."
For the Lakers, the current injury problems facing the team are likely to make them eventually miss the playoffs, after all, the Lakers have fallen to the 11th position in the West in terms of record, and the next schedule is still more difficult.
Finally, the league didn't feature LeBron James and the Lakers in a playoff trailer:
In this 2 minutes and 20 seconds promotional video, LeBron James and the Lakers did not "show up" is indeed an embarrassing situation, after all, before the start of the season, the Lakers with the big three lineup of James, Davis and Westbrook were still regarded as a team with championship strength.
Just considering the difficulties the Lakers have faced so far this season, even the league office no longer expects this Lakers to break into the playoffs or turn the situation around.