The NBA regular season is over, and the Lakers have only achieved a record of 33 wins and 49 losses, ranking 11th in the West and missing the playoffs. In just one day, the management came up with its own attitude, firing Vogel to express his determination to rebuild to the fans, but also revealed a signal that the Lakers will continue to build around thick eyebrows and James as the core of the team, that is, the next except for these two people, the position of others is not safe. And Pelinka has a clear attitude in the interview, he first took all the responsibility, and then said that there are a lot of positions that need to be changed.
Speaking of change, the first thing we think of must be Wei Shao, because the Lakers lineup of Wei Shao and Nunn have player options at the same time, the latter has made it clear that he will implement the player option for next season, and Wei Shao has not made a clear statement, but he seems to have found his own position, he first expressed his dissatisfaction, and even publicly tore his face to say that he did not get a fair chance to compete. At the beginning of the season everyone asked Russell to be himself, but now it seems that this is not true. A season passed and I was just proving myself to Vogel.
But whether it is James or thick eyebrows, their attitude towards Westbrook is still very positive, and even attribute the bad record to the lack of running-in, Xiao Feng feels that this has another meaning, because Westbrook has a $41.4 million player option in his hand, if Westbrook chooses to execute, it is a huge challenge for the Lakers, the Lakers want to send Westbrook must pay a heavy price, if Westbrook refuses to execute? Although the probability is very small, this possibility is not ruled out, because Wei Shao himself did not come up with an obvious attitude. The Lakers no longer have much leverage, no salary space, if the team wants to change must be traded, Westbrook's retention largely determines the Lakers' ceiling, and now whether Westbrook executes player options has become the biggest focus.
After saying that Westbrook, let's talk about a few players that the Lakers may leave behind, the first to bear the brunt of it is Munch, in fact, last season, Munch chose the basic salary to join the Lakers to gild, and now the song is finally scattered, Munch should have pursued his own big contract, and Munch himself also said that money is very important, but he wants to stay in the Lakers. I have to admit that this season is Munch's best season, staying in the Lakers can only provide him with a middle-class contract at most, while other teams can give him a 4-year, $44 million contract, although he wants to stay, but the probability is not large, depending on whether Munch is willing to sacrifice himself.
In fact, the most worrying thing is Howard, and he himself has said that he came here to complete a vigorous career, but as a fan, in fact, Xiao Feng wants Howard to leave, the Lakers want to change There are too many variables, and with Howard's performance, he can completely pursue a higher stage, he has proved his value with performance, maybe he is truly in love with the Lakers, but the team's attitude towards Howard this season is really chilling.
Of course, not only the above players, in fact, more people want to stay in the Lakers, after all, whether it is attention or traffic here is far more than other teams, at the same time, we must admit that they choose the Lakers, not only want attention, in fact, more want to gild here, even if they fail, there are also words of suffering. Next season, the Lakers are difficult to bear so many players, the choice is the inevitable result, and the end of the regular season several games actually gave the management a wake-up call, want to improve the defense and impact, the team must be younger, perhaps this will be the future direction of the Lakers team building, and the core of all this is actually to see how Wei Shao chooses.
Today's topic is here, the above views are only Xiao Feng's personal views, please forgive me for the deficiencies.