When you win, do what you do right;
But when you lose, some small things will attract criticism and criticism;
The Lakers, which have the big three of James, Davis and Westbrook, missed the playoffs due to injuries, poor run-ins, lineup deformities and other reasons, becoming the most disappointing team this season, without one.
After determining that they did not qualify for the playoffs, the Lakers sent out many negative news, such as Lakers players were confused about James's disappointed body language, Lakers players ignored coach Vogel's instructions, players texted with friends at halftime to have dinner after the game, Lakers management chaos and so on.
In addition, the Lakers announced the layoff of head coach Vogel after playing the last game, and this year the team will carry out a large-scale reshuffle, who will be signed as the head coach? Will the Big Three continue to work together? Which players were released? Which players remain? Is there a change in management? These are all tough enough to be overwhelming.
In the darkest moment of the Lakers, there is finally a good news - with the end of the regular season this season, the Lakers extended the terms of payment to Rohr Deng for the last season of $5 million officially announced, in the days to come, Rolle Deng's name will no longer appear in the Lakers' player salary list, the Lakers dug a hole 6 years ago, finally filled.
Luol Dun is a 2.06-meter-tall, 100-kilogram striker whose defense is excellent, he has been selected to the Best Defensive Team 1 time, he is strong and passionate, grabbing rebounds and running without the ball are his strengths, he has a certain shooting ability, but lack of stability.
He was drafted by the Bulls with the seventh pick in the first round, and he played for the Bulls for nearly 10 seasons in the NBA Draft, a period at the height of his career. In his rookie season, he averaged 11.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game and was named to the All-Rookie Team.
In the next two seasons, he improved rapidly, averaging 18.8 points, 7.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.2 steals per game in the third season, shooting 51.7% from the field, and the Bulls focused on cultivating him to grow, but unfortunately he was injured frequently, he missed many games due to injury, and his status declined rapidly.
He was finally back to health in the 2010-2011 season, which played 82 games. He was named to the All-Star bench for both seasons that followed with his excellent defense, the brightest moment of his career, and has been on the decline ever since.
He was then traded to the Cavaliers and signed to the Heat for two seasons at the end of the season, averaging less points per game than ever before. In the 2015-2016 season, he played 74 games for the Heat, averaging 12.3 points, 6 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1 steal and 0.4 blocks per game, shooting 45.5% from the field, and his average score per game was the lowest since the rookie season, and he did not have much of a brilliant performance.
The Lakers were stupid and had a lot of money, and in the summer of 2016, they sent a big contract of 4 years and 72 million US dollars to Luo Erdeng, who was 31 years old and had a serious decline in form, and the Lakers did not know that this would become a big pit.
In his first season with the Lakers, Luo Erdeng averaged 7.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, shooting only 38.7% from the field, which was very bad. In the second season, he only played 1 game for the Lakers, got 2 points, 0 rebounds and 1 assist, and was cut by the Lakers in the offseason, and the Lakers used the extension clause to pay him the rest of his salary - paying him $14.35 million in the 2018-2019 season, and paying him $5 million in the next three seasons.
Rohr Deng has not been with the Lakers for many years, but he has been receiving the Lakers' salary, and his annual salary ranks at the top of the Lakers' players. For example, this season, his salary ranks fifth in the Lakers, second only to the three giants of Westbrook, James and Davis, as well as Horton Tucker, who just signed a big contract last year, he has not provided much help for the Lakers, but has been squeezing the Lakers' salary space, so that the Lakers' road to reinforcement is blocked, and now the Lakers are finally free, which is one of the few good news for the team.
However, Westbrook is very likely to become the next Rolle Deng, from the performance of this season, Westbrook's state has declined very quickly, his effect with James and Davis is not good, the Lakers have reshuffled this summer, Westbrook is the most likely to leave the Big Three, Westbrook has a player option of $47.06 million next season, and it is difficult to get an annual salary of $47.06 million in his state, so he will basically execute the player option to stay with the Lakers, and the Lakers will either continue to keep him or trade with other teams. The worst result was to lay off Westbrook and use the extension clause to pay Westbrook's remaining salary.
This method allows the Lakers to release a certain salary space while getting rid of Wei Shao, so that the team has room for reinforcement, but if it does so, Wei Shao will become the next Luoer Deng, and the Lakers will dig a big pit for themselves after filling the pit of Luo Er Deng, which is really difficult!