We are not here to blame who is right or wrong, but to explore the rationality of both sides.
Now everyone understands that with the arrival of Westbrook, James has a decisive lead.
Anyone should understand that once a person makes a decision, it is impossible to get the desired result completely, and the risk of making a decision is very large, which is the first reason why leadership is difficult. Behind the decision-making is the execution of people, the distribution of people's interests, and the choice of people's values, involving all aspects, and no decision is easy.
Now that the problem of the Lakers lineup has been highlighted, the scene is mainly the problem of Wei Shao's incompatibility, so the rationality of introducing Wei Shao has been greatly questioned. The magician's speech represents the Lakers' initial consideration, that is, the choice of Hield and DeRozan, which is also based on the accurate cognition of James and Davis.
James and Davis need offensive space, naturally the shooter is more reasonable, And Westbrook is a ball-holding point that will clash with James' ball possession. The Lakers naturally know this, but we have to think about it from James's point of view and think about why he came to Westbrook.
The first possibility.
That is, James underestimated himself.
Last season, James's ability to run has declined, and his ability to charge has visibly declined. Know that the centering ability is James' ability to watch the door, and once this ability is reduced, his scoring effect is also greatly affected, and more shots are produced. The decline in charge ability means that James' overall offensive effectiveness has decreased, which is a very serious thing.
Given the sufficiency nature of the Lakers' role players, then adding a strong impact point is a feasible idea, and Westbrook is naturally a better choice than DeRozan and Hield. At this point, James was right.
As for James' later performance, and even more efficient shooting, and Wei Shao was too much influenced by himself and magnified by shortcomings, this is an afterthought, which is something that James could not have expected.
The second possibility.
In the comparison between DeRozan and Westbrook, James's feelings about Westbrook's ability are certainly better than DeRozan's.
DeRozan and James played more and understood more than Westbrook. DeRozan has improved at the Spurs, but many of his qualities and qualities have led to a tendency to move that may always be present. Simply put, DeRozan's softness is probably James's most intuitive sense of him.
James thinks that his ability has declined, and he needs a more impactful person to supplement the lineup, and it is also a good cognition to regard Westbrook as Wade and merit-based admission. In addition, DeRozan's three-pointer has not been good enough, the number of shots this season is not high, not a rigorous shooter role, and there is not much advantage over Westbrook.
We also know that DeRozan's style of play this season is a lot of ball-carrying in the middle distance, and many times the efficiency is not efficient, but the key moments seem to be better. But this "better" needs to be tested in depth in the playoffs, and it's too early to say that.
On the surface, Natural Westbrook's achievements, personality, and skills are slightly better than DeRozan's, so James's choice is not wrong.
So, what's wrong with James?
He was wrong not to give people expectations a positive feedback.
When people think James can lead the team, he doesn't bring it well, and he also makes a triple-double king unable to play, which must be James's problem.
One word has to be said here for James, westbrook's change does have to do with James, but not entirely with him.
Wei Shao's poor performance is the result of James's system style, Wei Shao's own technical insufficiency and the lakers' overall configuration deformity interaction, James may have a great influence, but not a party reason.
We've discussed the "return of Westbrook back to Westbrook" approach before, which is the overall change in the logic of James's system, which is theoretically feasible, but the biggest problem is that James has not degenerated to that point, and it is even more impossible to retire commercially.
In the context of the NBA business alliance, they do not always choose the best choice, no one will want to promote Wei Shao and suppress James, and the Lakers only have the direction of "suppressing Wei Shao". Therefore, those methods of "making Wei Shao become Wei Shao" are all palliative rather than root causes.
The season is coming to an end soon, and there is no point in dwelling on the issue of Wei Shao. No matter how bad Westbrook's performance, we see James's calm mind, which may mean that this season is not within the Lakers' consideration at all, and sometimes the enthusiasm of the fans and the team's goals are not consistent.