At present, the NBA playoffs are in full swing, and the Los Angeles Lakers, who have been given high hopes this season, once made up into the three giants led by Westbrook, James, and Thick Eyebrows, but finally failed to enter the playoffs, which also made many Lakers fans completely heartbroken, watching other teams in the overall championship trophy hard work, LeBron James, who is currently in vacation mode, also began to show ambition on social media.
Acting as a spectator again, James social media shouted that he could no longer miss the playoffs
Earlier, Lakers star LeBron James updated his tweet, writing: "My career can't and won't miss the playoffs again, it's too uncomfortable, well, keep watching the game." Since joining the NBA as a champion in 2003, LeBron James has only missed the playoffs four times in his 19-year career, 03-04 and 04-05 seasons, the two seasons in which James just debuted from the Cavaliers, he tasted the taste of the playoffs for two consecutive years, and the other two times, after joining the Lakers, the 18-19 season, when James just transferred from the Cavaliers to the Lakers, that season the team only achieved 37 wins and 45 losses, the tenth place in the West, Because there was no playoff at that time, the Lakers eventually missed the playoffs, and the last time was this season, the Lakers finally ranked 11th in the West with a record of 33 wins and 49 losses, and were overtaken by the Spurs in the last moment and missed the playoffs.
Westbrook is out of the tactical + lack of defensive sappers, and the Lakers' missing playoffs this season is really self-inflicted
And James put down the rhetoric this time, saying that he will not miss the playoffs after that, although it seems domineering, but in reality, if the Lakers still maintain the current lineup, want to enter the playoffs, there is really no play, the team's proud big three this season, did not play a suitable chemical reaction, a large part of the reason is that Westbrook did not integrate into the team, the whole season played down, He averaged just 18.5 points, 7.4 rebounds and 7.1 assists per game, completely outside the team's tactical system, and it is true that there are signs of recovery in the closing stages, but it is too late.
Another dead hole is their defense, like the Lakers just won the championship to send several main rotations away, throughout the NBA these years is really rare, the last such a strange move is also back to 11 years of the Lone Ranger, but at that time the Lone Ranger because several cores in the lineup are aging, they also had to be forced to break up and start over, but the Lakers gave up Danny Green, Bradley, McGee, Rondo, Howard, in fact, in the year that helped the Lakers win the championship, They all showed full competitiveness, and as a result, the management unloaded the donkey in the following season, cleaned up all the players with good defensive ability, and chose to sign Schroeder, Zhuang Shen, these obvious advantages and disadvantages of the defensive black hole, really made people a little confused. And this season the Lakers still do not seem to realize the importance of defensive sappers, signed Anthony, Ellington, Bazemore these forwards, all will not defend, in their own championship of the most indispensable defense in this season completely lost, the Lakers finally did not have the play-off, can only be said to blame themselves.
Pelinka needs to break big in the offseason, otherwise the old Zhan will make a big deal out of it
And this time James on social media publicly expressed that he does not want to miss the playoffs again, it can be seen that he still hopes to continue to attack the championship in the next few player careers, as for the management led by Pelinka, what eye-catching reinforcements can be brought in the offseason, will also determine how the Lakers will trend next season, but it is certain that if they keep the lineup unchanged, James's rhetoric may really become a blank check.