Beijing time on April 7, from the performance of the regular season, the Nets and the Lakers can be said to be the two most disappointing teams this season, compared to the two, the Nets are much better, after all, they can still enter the playoffs, and whether they can enter the playoffs, how far they can go in the playoffs, is still unknown. However, the Lakers have missed the play-offs, ended the season early, the early eight-star team was completely disintegrated, infighting also occurred, and the offseason left for the Purple and Gold Army will be a mess.
The Lakers once again missed the playoffs, according to a number of media news, Vogel is also determined that the new season will not stay in the team, Pelinka targeted three candidates, the first is the Jazz head coach Schneider, the second is the 76ers head coach Doug Rivers, the third is James' former teammate Juwan Howard. In addition to Vogel, the Lakers' roster for the new season will change a lot, Munch will seek a salary of tens of millions of dollars in the free market, and Bazemore will leave with disappointment.
The Lakers can currently determine that there are two people who stay in the team, the first must be Wei Shao, although this season has been criticized, but considering that his performance this season is not good, the market value of Wei Shao will not be too large, no one will give him an annual salary of 40 million or even 30 million, so the executive player option will be the best decision for Wei Shao; the second is Nunn, this season Nunn did not lie down to get 5 million, so he has faded out of the vision of many scouts, the value will not be too high, but Nunn has player options, Therefore, in the offseason, he will also execute the player option and stay with the Lakers next season.
After the Lakers missed the playoffs, many people, including the team management, directly pointed the finger at Wei Shao, believing that he was an important reason for the team's loss, after all, last season, when there was no Wei Shao, James and thick eyebrows could lead the team to enter the playoffs. Vogel also agreed with such a statement, knowing that he could not stay in the team, Vogel also made his first speech, he said: "When one of zhan mei is absent, the lineup of Wei Shao + Zhan / mei + role players cannot win. Although this sentence is only 21 words short, it is very intriguing.
Smart people know that the target of this sentence is Wei Shao, and it is obvious outside Vogel's words that Wei Shao's ability to lead the team needs to be improved, as long as one of the double stars is absent, he cannot lead the team to win. The Lakers' defeat, Wei Shao is indeed responsible, but only to blame him, it is a big mistake. Westbrook is the Lakers' most fighting player this season, he played 78 games, only missed 1, no merit and hard work, James only played 56 games this season, and Thick Brow Brother only played 40 games. In the wizards and thunder, Wei Shao's ability to lead the team has been proven, can only say that the Lakers look at the wrong person, spend so much money to sign such a glass man with thick eyebrows.
Last season, the Lakers were able to enter the playoffs, the team's lineup is completely different from this season, Caruso, Kuzma, Pop are all players who can attack and defend, and there are tough players like Harrell on the bench, if Westbrook is in last season's lineup, he will definitely be able to enter the playoffs. Looking at the Lakers this season, by the middle of the season, they were forced to sign players such as Gary Buel and Johnson, and the stability of the lineup could not be compared with last season. Westbrook needs to take responsibility, but losing is not his fault alone, Vogel is making excuses for his poor coaching ability, if he does not often hide Howard, the Lakers may not fall into the field they are today.