On April 5, Beijing time, there are about 4 games left before the end of the NBA's regular season this season, and the Lakers, who once aimed for the championship at the beginning of the season, can only rank eleventh in the West with a score of 31 wins and 47 losses, and even do not qualify for the playoffs. And the next two games the Lakers need to face the Warriors and the Suns, which is almost doomed to them can not move the ranking to the tenth place, to know that at this time the Lakers are still 2 wins away from the Tenth Spurs in the West, as long as they lose to the Suns and The Warriors, the Lakers themselves are destined to end the battle early.
In the face of the lakers' current situation, in fact, many fans have discussed why the Lakers have fallen to such a point, and even the record of not being able to enter the playoffs is really chilling. You must know that the Lakers are one of the few teams in the league with a big three at present, and James plus thick eyebrows and Westbrook have a salary of up to 100 million, but their performance can not make the team achieve a good record. For this situation, the Lakers celebrity magician also directly expressed his views on the show, and discussed the question of the whereabouts of the zhan meiwei group next season.
The Magician first discussed the problem that fans are most concerned about, because many people feel that the Lakers' current problem is in Wei Shao, and if it were not for the trade to Wei Shao, the Lakers would not have played so badly. However, the magician believes that at this stage, Wei Shao has gradually integrated into the Lakers, and he did not play well enough in the first few months, but Wei Shao is also slowly getting better. And if you want to trade Wei Shao to take such a chip as the first round of signing is not worth it, after all, the Lakers have now seriously overdrawn the future, and there are not too many first-round picks to trade.
As for why the Lakers have played so badly this season, the Magician mainly talked about three reasons, the most important of which is that the Lakers' players have no fighting spirit and belief in winning, and every player seems to be very tired. Coupled with the fact that The thick-browed brother has been suffering injuries this season, this has led to the Lakers not having a complete lineup at all, and coach Vogel also needs to bear some responsibility, after all, his platoon arrangement this season is also very bad.
The only player who has been praised by the magician is James, who at the age of 37 can still score 50+ points in many games to lead the team to victory, and we really can't continue to ask James to do more. And this season we have also seen the lack of ability of James, he is no longer the James of 18 years, and he can't rely on one person to lead a team to the Finals. Now the Lakers' problem is to replace more young blood and strengthen the team's belief, which is possible to maintain combat effectiveness next season.
In fact, what the Magician said is not unreasonable, and now the combination of Wei Shao and Zhan Mei is getting better and better, but the overall lineup of the Lakers is still very bad. That's because the core lineup of Westbrook and James is too old, coupled with the frequent injuries of the thick-browed brother, the ability of the big three has not even been half played. Only by replacing a group of relatively young role players, with Zhan Meiwei's aging big three lineup, it may be possible to increase the lakers' combat effectiveness, of course, the premise is that Wei Shao can not further degenerate, James can also ensure his own state.
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