Paul wants to join James with the Lakers? The reality is cruel, and it is difficult to realize the dream of champions

G2, the Heat trio stole a difficult victory from the Denver Plateau with 17 three-pointers, which made the originally happy Finals a little bit more interesting. But as soon as the heat rose, a man with a height of 182 snatched the headlines that belonged to the Heat and belonged to the Finals.

On June 8, reporter Haynes reported that multiple sources revealed that the Suns would cut Chris Paul and had notified the latter.

Although Gambadoro, a reporter with the Suns, said that Haynes reported incorrectly and that the Suns are discussing Paul's future, no decision has been made.

But Haynes later responded that Paul's agent had been told by Suns management that they planned to lay off Paul.

This kind of thing is actually lice on a bald head - obviously. Paul is definitely leaving, and the Sun's entanglement and hesitation are just evaluating and weighing Paul's way of leaving, either trading or cutting off, and deferring the payment of the remaining salary.

Although Paul did not play in the finals, the "58 terrier", and the heart is higher than the sky, and the life is thinner than paper in the career can still easily get a lot of traffic, for a while, the air is full of ridicule.

G3, Jokic and Murray each cut 30+ luxury triple-double data, once again easily pinched the heat, the heat of the contemporary "OK combination" just ignited 1 day, and was stolen by a man with a height of 182 and the Los Angeles Lakers belongs to the Nuggets, belongs to the Finals limelight.

On June 9, Haynes said that I think the Clippers will seriously consider extending Russell Westbrook and it would make more sense for Paul to go to the Lakers.

In the Paul's next home odds published on the website, the Lakers are at the top of the list.

With the blessing of the Los Angeles spotlight, for a while, the stage of the finals seemed a little bleak.

Paul's going to the Lakers is, of course, a very topical thing, and of course, there are enough reasons to support it.

First, the Lakers have James here, is there any more emotional story than "banana boat brothers" basketball?

Second, 12 years ago, Paul did not have the opportunity to join Kobe Bryant in the Lakers, and now he is expected to join James in the Lakers, is there any more emotional story than to make up for regrets?

Three or two 38-year-old boys, in the twilight of their careers, chasing the O'Brien Cup, what could be more moving?

You see, we have always talked about emotional words such as brotherhood, feelings, regrets, and emotion, but competitive sports are rational, cold, cruel, similar to beautiful fairy tales we have seen in San Antonio, but then shattered; The Golden State Warriors have also played out and are now on the verge of collapse; And the story of Paul and James, the Lakers, probably has already been shattered before it is staged.

For Paul to go to the Lakers, we have to look at it separately, one is what the Lakers need, and the other is what Paul can provide.

First, the first question, what do the Lakers need?

Lakers fans who have watched the playoffs know that the Lakers need a higher-level No. 1 position, who can hold the ball, drive teammates, open up space, and attack hard solutions, and the name of this No. 1 position is preferably Kyrie Irving or Damian Lillard, and secondarily, Rozier, VanVleet.

You see, the Lakers are very backward compatible, but even so, there is no Chris Paul on this list, and the reason is simple, Paul is too old.

Paul is 38 years old, and his regular season attendance in the last three seasons has been 70, 65, and 59, respectively, while this season's round possession has fallen to a career low of 19.2%, and the true shooting percentage is 55.5%, compared to Paul's 19.7%+58.1% last season.

In this year's playoffs, Paul's 17.5% round share and 46.9% true shooting percentage are career lows, in contrast, Paul's first year with the Suns, led the team to the Finals, and these two numbers were 24.8% + 58.4%, and even last season, Paul was able to deliver 20.8% + 66.6% production efficiency.

In another statistic, Paul shot 0.25% from 0-3 feet this season in the regular season, a career low, shooting 58.8% from the field, the fourth lowest of his career.

It can be seen that while the proportion of possession is declining, while reducing the proportion of near-frame shots that require more explosiveness, Paul has not been able to maintain efficiency, which is enough to show that Paul is not an accidental decline in a certain season, but more like the natural aging of his physical condition, making him insufficient to support more ball-carrying offensive launches, and even difficult to maintain efficiency.

And all this starts with Paul's 37th birthday party, just like drinking fake wine that day, and it has not yet eased up.

In general, Paul can't solve the Lakers' current needs, far from being regarded as the key point of team strengthening.

Of course, if Paul joins the Lakers, he can only join with a base salary, and will not squeeze the Lakers' salary space, and will not delay the Lakers to continue to seek a solution to upgrade the No. 1 position, in other words, he squeezed out not Russell's position, but Schroder's position, but this brings to the second question - what can Paul offer the Lakers - or is Paul really better than Schroder now?

Before Rivers' real rise, Schroder was actually the Lakers' third star, which was actually more important than Russell, and the most critical attribute was his defensive ability. Russell most of the time to hide in the point where the opponent's offensive ability is relatively weak, Rivers can defend, but most of the time against the wing and forward (in the series against the Warriors, led Curry, but consumed too much), and the Lakers took Morant in the first round, Curry in the second round, and Murray in the Western Conference final, all Schroder.

Although Schroder is at a disadvantage in height and size, he can tear and fight, squeeze and cover, which is an ability that others on the Lakers guard line do not have, although Van der Biao is also a defensive player of this type, but the offense drags too much space, which is fatal in the high-end game. And the Lakers' three-guard lineup has multiple ball carrying points, which can easily catch opponents' defensive weaknesses.

So can Paul play Schroeder's role?

What is certain is that you can't expect Paul to take over the first attacker on the opponent's back line, the legs and feet really can't keep up, most of the time Paul can only play the role of the stadium commander, to organize, to tandem, but this, James himself can do it, Rivers + Schroeder can also support the connection section of the attack.

What is uncertain is how much success Paul has left in his ability to punish misalignment.

So, do you think the Lakers really want Paul?

Per unit time, Paul may play at a higher level than Schroder, but the problem with the Lakers is that they need to think about the regular season first, James has been present in 45, 56, and 55 regular season games in the past three seasons, and the attendance rate of the regular season in the past three seasons is 36, 40, 56, and even worse than Paul.

The Lakers' priority now is to keep Rivers, Hachimura and Schroder, and by the way, see if they can make a sign-and-trade-before-trade deal with Russell as the theme to upgrade the guard line. If all goes well, then Paul is dispensable, and if it doesn't, then Paul can really make a difference, but only if Schroeder is knew.

During the Thunder, Schroder played Paul as a backup, and in the Lakers, should the two be reversed?

(Text/Los Ajo-ri・Sakuragi eating watermelon)