On May 6, Beijing time, the Los Angeles Lakers directly announced the dismissal of Frank Vogel head coach on the second day after the end of the regular season. Although this move has been expected by many people before this, the current lake coaching work has encountered walls everywhere, and the reason is that it is not related to Vogel's previous encounters.
American basketball reporter Sam Amik broke the news that the Reason why the Lakers fired Vogel, Russell Westbrook played a big role. Due to the extreme struggle of Westbrook's performance in the first season of the Lakers, it became an important reason for Vogel's dismissal.
Last summer, the Lakers management sent away a number of young players through a blockbuster deal, exchanging the Wizards for Westbrook. When Wei Shao and Zhan Mei teamed up in their first season, the stadium did not play the expected chemistry, and the management was dissatisfied.
"There was a strong feeling that Vogel was going to make Westbrook's experiment a success. But it turned out that Westbrook was not put in a suitable position and failed to bring success to the team. Amik wrote in the report.
Westbrook struggled with his first season in Los Angeles, and when he played alongside LeBron James and Anthony Davis on the court, the Big Three failed to get together, and Westbrook himself failed to find common ground with Vogel.
But there have been previous reports that the Lakers did not discuss the deal with Vogel. When Wei Shao first appeared at the training camp and partnered with Zhan Mei, Vogel had already anticipated that the Lakers would finish.