The NBA regular season is nearing the end, the teams will also usher in the final battle, the Lakers still have two games left, respectively against the Suns and Warriors, the playoff quota for the Lakers, now there is only a theoretical possibility, if the Lakers do not qualify for the playoffs this season, then how should the Lakers make adjustments in the offseason?
1. Whether Wei Shao left
For the Lakers this season, many fans and media have pushed the pot of the Lakers' loss to Wei Shao.
Of course, it cannot be denied that the Lakers lost, Wei Shao should indeed bear a very big responsibility, you know, almost all fans can see that Wei Shao and James, as well as thick eyebrows, are not compatible, and Wei Shao has also converged a lot in this season of the Lakers, but also in order to better adapt to the team, but it is in vain.
Offseason, the problem of Wei Shao is also a problem that the Lakers must solve, after all, after a season of experimentation, Wei Shao is not suitable for today's Lakers, leaving may be the best choice. But in the face of such a large contract of Wei Shao, as well as the unsatisfactory performance this season, the Lakers want to send Wei Shao away, it is indeed difficult.
2. Vogel and his coaching staff
In the 19-20 season, the Lakers successfully won the championship, inseparable from Vogel's platoon, but this season, Vogel's coaching has also caused many fans and media dissatisfaction.
The first is the use of Howard, although Howard does not have the bounce and physical strength of the year, but still a good defensive player on the inside, and Vogel would rather use the worse defensive jordan, not howard, this practice has made many media confused.
Secondly, the use of small lineups, today's NBA, many balls have their own small lineups, after all, every team has a good outside projection, but for this season's Lakers, the use of small lineups is simply a joke, the outside line is a bad projection, the inside line uses James and thick eyebrows to replace the center position, so that thick eyebrows are injured and injured again, and the excessive use of James as the team's center is nothing more than excessive consumption of James's physical strength.
Finally, the Lakers' defense, the Lakers can average 111.6 points per game, ranking 12th in the league, such an attack is not too much of a problem, but the defensive efficiency value of 112.8, only ranked 22nd in the league, is indeed very bad, many games, the most important reason for the Lakers to lose is defense, more ironically, Vogel is still known for his defense coach, it is indeed very embarrassing.
In the offseason, whether Vogel can continue to stay in the Lakers is also a question worth pondering by the Lakers' management.
3. The chaos at the Lakers management must end
The Lakers' two seasons after winning the championship were very bad at management deployment.
After the Lakers won the championship in the 19-20 season, they thought that the Lakers would maintain the original championship-winning lineup, to a certain extent, to strengthen, so that the Lakers maintained a certain competitiveness in the regular season, but the Lakers gave up the danny Green of the outside defense for no reason, and forgot to renew Howard, so that the Lakers did not have much improvement in offense, but the defense was even more degraded.
What is even more puzzling to fans is that the Lakers in last year's offseason, with Harrell, Kuzma and Pop and other people who do not have the ability to project, which makes the Lakers fall too much in defense and offense, and what puzzles the media and fans more is that the Lakers gave up Caruso and signed Horton Tucker, these magical operations also laid the foundation for the Lakers to fail this season.
Recently, "Lake Show Life" recently wrote that Jenny Bass is nepotistic and does not hire a professional management team, which is the biggest problem for lakers.
Imagine that James has played a scoring king level performance, and can not win a play-off place for the Lakers, you know, whether it is James, Thick Brow or Wei Shao, leading the team alone, can bring the team to the playoffs, but three people on the same team, but even a playoff place can not be won, simply unimaginable.
Anyway, this year's offseason, the Lakers must be drastic to reform, if there is still no big change, then next season's Lakers, there will still be no big change.