Brothers, the Lakers' season is over, have you thought about the current situation? 110-121, the Lakers lost to the Suns, ended the 21-22 season early, not only can not play the playoffs, even the playoffs are not eligible to participate, do not know how the Lakers management is feeling now. At the beginning, the Lakers formed the super big three of James + Davis + Westbrook, shocking the whole league, but now, it has become the biggest joke in the NBA in recent years.
The Lakers' situation over the past few years has been like their races, like a roller coaster. In the 18-19 season, when James led the team, the Lakers missed the playoffs. Only 1 year later, give James a thick eyebrow brother, you can sweep the thousand troops, win the championship in the bubble park, stand at the peak, old Zhan officially entered the Lakers' historical superstar ranks. I thought this would be the beginning of the Lakers dynasty, but I didn't expect to do nothing for 2 consecutive years. This year is worse than last year, the Lakers also played the playoffs through the playoffs last season, and can't participate in the playoffs this year.
The Lakers suffered a seven-game losing streak and fell straight out of the play-off area. You can't use old Zhan's absence from the game as an excuse, after all, the Game in which James played, the Lakers still won less and lost more. And the Lakers lost to the Suns, this game, James did not play due to injury, he appeared on the bench, but did not play the game, it can be seen that the last ankle sprain on him actually had a big impact on him. However, for James's absence from the game, the outside world has different views, some fans believe that the old Zhan is to pick opponents, avoid the Nuggets and Suns, and prepare to play the Warriors and Thunder.
James is the most trafficked star in the NBA, extremely influential in the world, especially at home, there are a large number of fans, James is a historical superstar, he has made a great contribution on and off the court. However, for James's evaluation, everyone has been very cautious, the day before yesterday, NBA superstar Jabbar criticized James, only 1 day later, Jabbar publicly apologized. You know, Abdul-Jabbar was the toughest star of the 80s and the top 3 player in NBA history, so it wasn't easy for him to apologize publicly.
And just today, after the game between the Lakers and the Suns, Yang Yi, a domestic basketball celebrity, said something, criticizing and satirizing James, who did not stand with his teammates in the life and death battle. I have to say that Yang Yi is a man who dares to publicly point out James's shortcomings, and as a commentator, it is rare in China. I don't know if everyone has found it, whether it is a commentator or a basketball reporter, there are very few people who will criticize James in public, maybe they don't dare.
Yang Yi said, "Today's game, I am very sorry that James did not go with everyone on the court to accept such a situation, really. When the season ends, when it is going to end, everyone will lose together if they want to lose." There are words in the words, and it is also very reasonable, but an objective fact is that James does have an ankle injury, with an injury, for the Lakers at this stage, there is no need at all, this is not the playoffs, nor is it the Finals.
Predictably, in the next few games, the Lakers' motivation will certainly not be so strong, and may end the 21-22 season with a 10-game losing streak. James, whether injured or not, should be suspended and should not play for the pointscoring king, because once they do, there will definitely be more US media and reporters coming out to criticize.
In fact, James's performance is already respected enough, winning 4 championships in 19 years of his career, leading three different teams to win the championship, and basically breaking through 40,000 points at the end of his career. He's already so great that missing the playoffs won't affect his historical standing.