"Half-man, half-god" Carter: Can the Lakers do something for the old Jen?
Recently, after witnessing the poor start of the Los Angeles Lakers, Vince Carter, known as the "half-man, half-god", called on the Los Angeles Lakers to make some changes for LeBron.
"LeBron James has done everything for the Lakers since he came to Los Angeles, he saved the Lakers (who completed the rebuilding and led the team to the championship) to become a hero and clean up their mess."
"At this stage of his career, when will the Lakers be able to do this for him?"
On July 10, 2018, LeBron James officially joined the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent and signed a four-year, $153 million contract with the Lakers. With the golden sign of Lakers LeBron James, the Los Angeles Lakers not only quickly completed the reconstruction, but also became a potential championship contender.
On July 7, 2019, the Lakers and the Pelicans reached a blockbuster trade to get Anthony Davis, officially forming a dual-core championship team. "A team with James is a strong contender for the championship", LeBron's own championship attributes made the owners of the air hack group for many years thick eyebrows, so the blockbuster trade was made. The Lakers' James eyebrow double-core strong championship card quickly attracted veteran Howard, Danny Green and the powerful Morris to join, and the former Green Army commander Rondo was also invited by James to join the Lakers in the 2018-19 season, and continued to stay in the team to assist LeBron in the 2019-20 season. In the end, the Lakers led the team to win the 17th championship in team history that season.
"Half-man, half-god" Carter is right, LeBron saved the Lakers: the Purple and Gold Army won the championship again after 10 years, and the number of Los Angeles Lakers championships was able to catch up with the old rival Celtics, and the Lakers and Celtics tied for first place in NBA history with 17 championships! For the Zijin giants, this crown is of great significance! LeBron won the Finals MVP that season and became a well-deserved hero for the team!
No matter how powerful the star is, he can't beat the old man of time. James, known as "LeBron", also increased his injuries after the Lakers won the championship as he grew older and the physical wear and tear caused by years of playing in the NBA. After a successful season, almost everyone believes that the management of the Lakers' defending season will seek stability in building the roster, and the operation is mainly to maintain the stability and endurance of the championship-winning roster.
But after winning the 17th championship in team history, the lake pipes represented by "Pelinka" started their strange magic operation: the lake pipes dismantled the championship-winning lineup during the defending season, some of the champions were purged, the Lakers inexplicably "hoarded inside players", the lineup began to go to extremes, and finally the Purple and Gold Army, which was unbalanced inside and outside and suffered a wave of injuries, failed to defend its title.
Fast forward to the 2021-22 season, the lake managers turned to veteran experience and the formation of a big three lineup, not only to create a bizarre "sunset red" lineup, but also to use Kuzma + Pop + Harrell + 2021 first-round signing from the Wizards in exchange for Will Shao. Although Wei Shao is a well-deserved all-time triple-double king, almost all team general managers and coaches in the league know that Wei Shao is a player with obvious advantages and disadvantages: a ball-holding attack style of play, a single offensive method, no outside projection ability, and no ability to miss the ball. As the core of the team's possession of the ball, Wei Shao can play perfect statistics, but once he loses the ball and tactical core position, Wei Shao's shortcomings will become his fatal injury.
In the case of having a ball-holding nucleus with excellent ball handling ability like LeBron James, the Wei Shao + thick eyebrows + Lao Zhan 360 combination in exchange for Wei Shao embarrassment group shows the incompatibility of 1 + 1 + 1 <3!
As a result, the Lakers' five old heroes led by the 360 combination finally lost to years, injuries and the god operation of the lake management, and the Lakers finally missed the playoffs that season!
However, the failure of two consecutive seasons has not made the lakers painful. In the 2022-23 season, the "unwhole, unstable" and overly outdated lake pipes began to go from one extreme to the other: for the so-called rejuvenation of the roster, they cleaned up veterans, even drove away the team shooters who performed well, while frantically hoarding defenders. And tossed a whole offseason, but failed to send away Wei Shao, who everyone on the earth knew was not suitable for the Lakers, and the Lakers could only continue to taste the bitter wine brought by Wei Shao in the new season.
Consecutive losses at the beginning of the new season have once again brought the Lakers back to reality: the lack of reliable shooter support caused by hoarding guards, the top-heavy lineup, and the negative effect of Wei Shao on the court make it difficult for the Purple and Gold to win in the 2022-23 season!
LeBron James, who has entered the 19th season of his career, is faced with this situation, only bitterness and helplessness remain: his career peak is running out.
But can the Lakers do something for LeBron? Will you do something for the thirty-year-old man again?
