The NBA is less than a month away from the start of the new season, and the Lakers are likely to be unable to send Westbrook away. Since James' contract extension, the Lakers have signed free agent Schroeder despite the trade for Beverley. But everyone knows that the Lakers most want to send away Westbrook. But even if the Lakers are willing to provide only 2 future first-round picks, why can't they trade Weiwei?
Reason one: the Lakers' management level is poor.
The Lakers' general manager, Pelinka, is an agent and he was very successful in his role as an agent. His players have included Kobe, James Harden, Chris Bosh, Eric Gordon, Barty Hield and others. Since succeeding Magic Johnson as president of basketball operations for the Lakers, Pelinka has personally handled the player signing. But his actions once again proved that professional matters still had to be left to professional people, and Pelinka's experience and ability were not enough to be qualified for the position of general manager of the team. He's been pretty bad at bringing in and managing the team over the past few years.
While Pelinka brought in Davis and won the 2020 NBA championship, that's not his credit alone. Even more fatal was that before the season he was very sure that Leonard would join the Lakers, but in the end, Secret Card joined the city's nemesis, the Clippers. The mistake nearly buried the Lakers' final championship. In the next season, the Lakers disbanded the championship lineup, blindly supplementing a lot of famous veterans, but in fact, the seemingly beautiful affairs must be unreliable. The Lakers' poor performance led directly to a round of playoffs.
In the 2021-22 season, the Lakers exchanged Kuzma, Pope, Harrell plus draft picks for Westbrook. To balance the lineup, the Lakers let Caruso go and renewed Horton Tucker at a high salary, which turned out to be a more failed season. Westbrook's style is completely incompatible with the Lakers.
Although all kinds of failures cannot be blamed on Pelinka alone, it also reflects the Lakers' poor management level and blind team building ideas.
Reason two: the Lakers' popularity is poor.
The Lakers have led to their special team culture because of their glorious history. The team's arrogant attitude will inevitably stimulate the speakers of other teams in the league. For example, the Spurs in the league have never completed a player deal directly with the Lakers, and Popovich is a coach who is notoriously disgusted with the Lakers.
The Lakers' inability to trade the Westbrook this summer no matter what chips they pay is the best proof of that. Take a look at the trading records of other teams. Jazz Gobert 1 for 9 and Mitchell 1 for 8, but Angie would rather send Bojan Bogdanovic to the Pistons for free than send him to the Lakers.
The Celtics used only 5 fringe players and 1 first-round pick to get Malcolm Brogdon from the Pacers. Now the Lakers can't take away Turner and Hield with Westbrook and 2 draft picks. It can be seen that most teams in the league do not like to do business with the Lakers.
Reason three: the Lakers have many champions, love to take advantage and do not want to lose.
The Lakers have played for the league's top players in every glorious era. Leaving aside the Lakers in the ancient era, since the OK era, Kobe, O'Neal, Gasol, James, Davis and other league front players have been recruited. The Lakers championship is soft, so that every season in the Lakers personnel reinforcement, the management is who wants who has the attitude. This attitude has made many teams in the league reluctant to do business with the Lakers. Once in business you have to knock the Lakers hard, who makes you a championship team?
Jianghu is not only fighting and killing, but also human feelings. Being in the league and offending other teams is tantamount to killing yourself. The new season of the Lakers ushered in another big change, what kind of results will the Lakers achieve in the 2022-23 season is still worth looking forward to!
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