The Lakers finally won, to be honest, "finally won" The subject in front of the words is actually the Lakers, even in the two seasons of the post-Kobe era, it is unimaginable, preseason plus the start of the regular season eight consecutive losses. There are even many people who are wondering in their hearts, such a luxurious lineup, actually played this effect, is what those black fans say true? Is this lineup of the Lakers really not working?
Fortunately, today the Lakers finally won, which can make lakers fans breathe a sigh of relief. To be honest, although they won the game, the problems that the Lakers should solve have not improved, they still do not have the strength to play cards, and finally they only defeated the Grizzlies, who are not very strong, with a three-point advantage. And all this is also based on Anthony's excellent performance, Guago this game cut the team's high 28 points, but you can't ask this brother to have such an output every night!
Guago was really sweet tonight, really like a god, 10 of 15 shots in 27 minutes, 6 of 8 three-pointers, and efficiently cut down 28 points. Not only did he lead the team to victory, but he also surpassed Moses Malone on the NBA's all-time scoring list and rose to the ninth place in the all-time scoring list. To digress, among the top nine players in the historical scoring list, except for Jordan and Nowitzki, the other seven have all played for the Lakers, which shows the background of the Lakers.
In fact, Anthony was very close to the Lakers in the 2019-2020 Lakers championship season. That season, when Anthony was idle at home after being played by the Rockets, James recruited Anthony for the team. But Anthony was thinking that after joining the Rockets at the beginning of the season, it caused so much trouble for Paul, who recruited him. So he declined James's offer because he didn't want to cause trouble for his friend anymore.
It was not long after that, the trailblazers who lacked major generals threw an olive branch to melons, and Anthony, who returned to the league, quickly used his own state to tell everyone that I was not the rocket's fault, I had no problem. Most importantly, anthony's change in playing attitude when he returned to the league has made many people look at him with admiration. Accepting the status of a substitute, giving up his favorite jersey, and most importantly, changing the attitude of defense.
Last summer, James recruited Anthony again, whose contract expired, but Anthony chose to renew his contract with the Blazers in order to repay the Blazers' kindness. Last season's Anthony was not only still the most consistent scoring point in the Blazers rotation lineup, but also the most defensive player in the Blazers' offensive and defensively weak defensive team. Once again, he helped the Blazers rush into the playoffs and told everyone that this melon is still very sweet.
This summer, Gua Ge, who has finished his personal feelings, finally came to the Lakers, so that many James and Anthony fans, in the Heat Big Three era, the 03 generation of the unique double pride team to play the wish finally came true. To be honest, even many fans don't care whether the Lakers can win the championship this season, whether they can play good results, this season to watch the Lakers game only to see James and Anthony playing together.
Of course, at the same time that Guago came to the Lakers, Howard and Rondo, two champions, returned to the Lakers, and two former All-Star players, Westbrook and Jordan, joined the Lakers. At a glance, the Lakers' lineup is really too luxurious, how many times these people have participated in the All-Star together, how many times have been selected for the best team. Many Lakers fans even shouted "NBA finale" and "Lakers championship" when the preseason game had not yet started.
But let's be honest, the Lakers this season began in exchange for Wei Shao, this season has been lost. Of course, this so-called failure is only for the championship, after all, in the minds of many people, as long as they do not win the championship, it is a failure. Because the Lakers used a few good instant combat players in exchange for Wei Shao, there was almost no room for operation, so they could only find some veterans. There are not many people who can actually play on the team, and they are older.
Of course, on the other hand, the Lakers are destined to be a very successful season this season, because they will be the most profitable team of all the teams in the NBA this season, and they are a professional club after all. Maybe we fans pay more attention to the results of the game, but for the club they think more, and even for them, making money may sometimes be more important than the results, after all, there is only one championship per season, and the championship has a lot of luck in addition to the comparison of strength.
Here I also want to say, although from the current point of view, the entire state of the Lakers is very sluggish, many All-Star players have been slow to run into each other, and even there is a conflict between Davis and Howard. But the Lakers should definitely not be at this level, and while I don't think the Lakers will win the championship this season, or that their chances of winning the championship are unlikely, they are definitely a very competitive team in the league.
We say that grinding a triangle into a circle is really difficult, but it is not that it cannot be sharpened, and as long as the corners of the triangle are smoothly ground, it can already roll. After all, these players have been the most prominent figures in the league, and the players who can play this level, although they are very individual and characteristic, but the adaptability is relatively strong. Most of them actually only need to come up with the aspects that best fit the team.
The hardest thing may be what to do between James and Westbrook, the two people together must be subtracting points from each other, this needless to say, a little understanding of the penalty can be seen. It seems like the best thing to do now is to separate the two men for most of the time, but now, although the season has just begun, the Lakers have already had a large number of injuries. For the time being, there is no way to separate the two people, and it can only be realized after the wounded and sick return a few times.
If after most of the injured returned, Wei Shao could lead the team to rush for about 20 minutes, so that the rotation lineup did not fall behind, compressing the average time per game of Lao Zhan to about 30 minutes, and in this case, he could reach the playoffs. Regardless of the number of people who rush in, the Lakers' current lineup still has a game in the playoffs. If this effect can be achieved, even if it cannot be said that the exchange for Wei Shao is a successful transaction, it cannot be said to be a failed transaction.
But early in the season, I reckon this ugly situation will continue for a while. Fortunately, this time there was a stunning performance of Gua Ge, which covered up an embarrassment. Who will be next? Don't worry too much, there are so many big names in the Lakers, I can't figure out who will explode once a day.