As of now, the NBA regular season has all ended, and what is currently going on is the competition for playoff spots, and yesterday the Eastern Nets and Western Timberwolves defeated their respective opponents to advance to the playoffs. The Los Angeles Lakers, the title-winning favourite at the beginning of the season, have completely withdrawn from the stage this season.
The Lakers' final record this season was fixed at 33-49, ending their journey with eleventh place in the West. However, shortly after the end of the regular season, the Lakers announced that they would sack the team's coach Vogel. The season failed, the best to find the "back pot man" is the team's manager.
Not long ago, the Lakers officially announced the dismissal of coach Vogel. This operation not only made Vogel feel chilled, but also scared off the Lakers' potential next Lakers manager. It is said that the Lakers fired Vogel this time, did not communicate with Vogel in advance, but directly announced the dismissal, Vogel also learned from the media that he was fired, this way of handling is considered to be very inappropriate.
Lakers general manager Pelinka said: "I have great respect for Vogel both on and off the court. Vogel is a great coach and a good guy. We will always be grateful to him for bringing us the NBA championship. It was a very difficult decision, but we thought it was necessary. All of us here wish Vogel and his wonderful family all the best in the future. ”
Vogel coached the Lakers for three seasons with a record of 127 wins and 98 losses. In Vogel's first season in charge of the Lakers, the Lakers won the championship; in the second season, the Lakers were eliminated by the Phoenix Suns in the first round; in the third season, the Lakers even entered the playoffs.
In this way, Vogel deserves to be dismissed, although there are problems with the management, but Vogel has shown that the content of the game scene is not good since last season's coaching, all relying on singles and no tactics, but this season is worse. The tactics are too rigid, some centers do not use, and there have even been ways to let LeBron James play in the fifth position. Vogel did a terrible job in some ways.
The question the Lakers are facing now is, who will take over as the lakers' new coach? According to sources, the Lakers have shown great interest in the current Raptors coach Nick Nas, as well as Jazz coach Snyder and 76ers coach Reeves.
Jazz coach Snyder served as an assistant coach to then Lakers head coach Mike Brown in the 2011-2012 season, and he also expressed interest in the Lakers' coaching position; but considering the way the Lakers fired Vogel this time, this may make Snyder very uncomfortable, and it is estimated that he is not willing to work here.
Nas led the Raptors to a championship in 2019, after which he renewed his contract with the team, and there are currently two years left in the contract, and it is not clear how the Lakers will contact him. Although Nas's ability is not to say, this news still attracted the disgust of some Lakers fans. Some fans said that they could no longer stand the people at LeBron's agency to make decisions for the Lakers management: "They obviously just want to take care of their own people, and they are eager to cram all their customers into the Lakers!" It's worth mentioning that Nick Nas also LeBron James and Anthony Davis are in the same agency.
It is worth affirming that the Lakers will definitely carry out a major overhaul in this offseason, and LeBron James has made it clear that he will stay with the Lakers, even if the team's record is bad, they will not lack attention.