Irrigation head丨 Los Angeles Lakers this season's failure of important factors

For Lakers fans around the world, the pain is finally over. In what has been described by outsiders as one of the worst seasons in the team's history, the Los Angeles Lakers officially withdrew from the season. The next Time the Lakers, like us, will be watching the playoffs from their own homes.

Currently, the Lakers' record this season is 32 wins and 49 losses, ranking eleventh in the West. No one could have predicted how bad their performance would be this year. No one can even believe that the New Orleans Pelicans without Zion Williamson, the Los Angeles Clippers without Leonard and George, and the San Antonio Spurs, who lack talent, will be ahead of the Lakers in the standings.

But that's the truth, so Slam Dunk Jun positioned the Lakers as one of the most disappointing teams this season.

So what exactly went wrong with the Purple Gold Dynasty? How does a team with a list of superstars never play a role against a team that is less powerful than itself?

The following 4 are dunks to sum up the lakers' problems this season. (Personal opinion, please spray lightly)

Vogel was negligent in his duties

As head coach Frank Vogel will be getting a new job next year, it's no secret. It's extremely unfair for the 2020 championship coach to be blamed for a disastrous season, but he does have an unshirkable responsibility. Although his second-best player missed a lot of games, as head coach he needed to get more players to play at the best level, and obviously, he didn't do it.

For a defensive coach, Vogel's tactical arrangements for defensive rebounds and three-pointers this season are simply terrible. He has two Big All-Stars, Dwight Howard and DeAndre Jordan (previously), but he's not as good as the other teams in defensive rebounding. In the second half of the schedule, Howard was almost not allowed to play, and he did not understand. Westbrook and Anthony are even more defensively flawed, probably because of their age and no one dares to convince LeBron James to try defense.

The Lakers hired Vogel two years ago because of his defensive sense, and this year the team didn't enforce those principles. So, even if Vogel isn't the biggest reason for the Lakers' poor performance this season, he'll be fired, and that's inevitable.

The roster is poorly built and the blame lies with management

On paper or in the NBA 2K game, the Lakers' roster looks ready for the Finals. After all, how could this Hall of Fame list fail: LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, Anthony Davis, Cameron Anthony, Dwight Howard, Lajan Rondo. Coupled with some promising young teenagers, Los Angeles is not a problem at all.

But today's NBA is a league of young people, and teams with the oldest rosters won't be able to adapt to the pace of modern games.

James is 37 years old and he can't afford to lead the team to victory out of thin air; Westbrook is 33 years old, and his athleticism has begun to decline, and Dwight Howard as an interior lineman has not been able to keep up with the current big man; as for "Guago", although he has been scoring on the bench, it is a huge burden on the defensive end, because in his entire career, he has never been asked to be a defender with the ball. Rondo is no longer a member of the team. For all the reasons stacked up, the Lakers' management should be blamed.

First, they gave LeBron James control of traded Westbrook, rather than buying Demar DeRozan or Buddy Hield. There's no doubt that DeRozan (one of the league's best players, averaging 28.2 points per game and shooting 50.5 percent) and Hield (averaging 15.6 points per game, 36.6 percent from three points) will make the team better.

Westbrook, on the other hand, spent the worst season of his career with the Lakers after being traded by the Oklahoma Thunder, Houston Rockets and Washington Wizards. We saw that Westbrook couldn't get along with another star player.

While Westbrook's stats look good on paper: 18.5 points, 7.4 rebounds, 7.1 assists, he shoots just 29.8 percent from three-point range and 66.7 percent from the free throws. Arguably the worst scorer in the league, Westbrook's poor shots and turnovers have ruined the team's chemistry.

This season, Westbrook has averaged 3.8 turnovers per game to lead the league

Second, they pair up with their Big Three with players who aren't good at defending. Third, they gave up key two-way players like Kaluso, Pop and Kuzma. Lack of dynamism, youth and defense on the list. Especially after the All-Star Game, the Lakers executives did nothing before the deal deadline, and they should bear most of the responsibility.

Look at the good hand of cards played by management

The health of the thick eyebrows killed the team again

Maybe most of the season has been in good health, and the Lakers may have saved a playoff spot. That's not to say Davis is great when he plays, but he's making the team better.

This season the Lakers are 14-25 without Davis and 17-23 with him. While the two numbers don't look like much of a difference, the Lakers look like a much stronger team when Davis is on the floor.

But Davis' instability on the court is also unforgivable, as his three-point shooting percentage is only 18.6 percent and his free throw shooting percentage is only 71.3 percent, which is just too bad. Davis' inability to stay fit led to chemical problems and forced Vogel to rely on role players like Austin Reeves and Malik Munch to become the most consistent player on the team outside of LeBron James.

LeBron James is too focused on offense

I believe that once this view comes out, it will definitely attract many "trolls". There's no doubt that James has done very well on the offensive end, averaging 52.4 percent per game and 35.9 percent from three-point range to 30.3 points.

This season the "Old Emperor" has rejuvenated on the offensive end and is extremely easy to become a member of the NBA's All-In-1 Team first or second team at the end of the year. We haven't seen a 37-year-old score like him, which proves his greatness as a historical supergiant. Although James is offensively capable, the team has never won.

James has far fewer passes this year than others, and his average assist stats are fourth in his career. It is precisely because the 37-year-old James is only focused on offense that the Lakers have to make up for his defensive inefficiency. Unfortunately, the team was unable to do this, and instead increased the team's deficiencies in the case of worse defense. So it's widely believed that James, as the leader of the team, should be blamed.

In short, the poor lineup, the injury of the thick eyebrows, the coaching of Vogel and the aging of the team are all the reasons for the Lakers' disastrous season.

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