At present, the NBA playoffs are in full swing, but for the Los Angeles Lakers, their entire journey this season has ended early, although last offseason, the team spent a lot of money, has signed Russell Westbrook, Cameron Anthony, Trevo Ariza and other stars, but in the regular season they did not perform better than the previous season, but only got the 11th place, not even the qualification for the playoffs.
Due to the team's poor performance, the Lakers management has long begun to adjust the team lineup, after they have sacked head coach Vogel, in 2020 to lead the Lakers to win the championship, Pelinka once proudly said that Vogel is the most correct choice for the Lakers, after the end of the season, it reached a four-year contract extension with Vogel in advance; but this season's team record is not good, the Lakers management has ruthlessly fired Vogel, can only say that in the NBA's ecological circle, there has never been a human reason to speak of.
In addition to Vogel, the Lakers announced the second person to leave the team today, and Situ Min, a meritorious member of the team and the head of athletic performance who has played for more than 20 years, did not get a contract extension from the team, which means that Situ Min was also abandoned by the Lakers management and became the second person to leave the Lakers coaching staff.
Speaking of Situ Min, many domestic fans should not be unfamiliar with her, this Chinese female physiotherapist, as early as 20 years ago, has been in the Lakers, when Kobe Bryant also played for the Lakers, Situ Min is Kobe Bryant's most trusted physiotherapist, it is with her help that Kobe Bryant won five championship trophies.
In the 2016 season, after Kobe Bryant retired, Situ Min also chose to leave the Lakers, but in 2019, when LeBron James joined, the Lakers re-hired Situ Min as the team's athletic performance supervisor, and after the Lakers won the championship in 2020, the management also specially posted a photo of Situ Min holding the championship trophy to thank her for her contribution to the team.
But now, with the decline in the overall performance of the team, the overall lineup of the Lakers is also facing disintegration, the 39-year-old LeBron James, the serious high salary and low energy Westbrook, coupled with the poor performance of a number of players on the bench, it is difficult to see the possibility of the lakers' rise in a short period of time, perhaps in the next one or two seasons, the Lakers will encounter the team winter, more difficult days, may still be waiting for them.