Quietly rose to the first place in the league, but there is no bitterness to say! James is old, but you're not the successor

The NBA regular season is in full swing, and judging from the operation of the championship-contending teams in the offseason, the involution of the new season will only become more intense, and the Celtics' Big Four quickly ran in place to lead all the way; The Bucks lost their defensive system (Holiday + Allen) because of the Lillard trade, Lillard has a lot of ups and downs on the offensive end, looking forward to the playoff battle, the ceiling is uncertain, but the lower limit is not guaranteed; The competition in the West is particularly fierce, and the Nuggets are still strong, and it looks like they can dominate with only 8 points; After the thickness of the Maverick lineup has been improved, it has become a super dark horse; The overall performance of the Warriors is also very stable, and the performance of the Clippers' Big Four is unknown after the combination, but the Lakers are struggling early! Quietly rose to the first place in the league, but there is no bitterness to say! James is old, but you're not the successor!

The Lakers went 3-3 in the first six games of the season, losing to the Nuggets, Kings and Magic, and winning three opponents to the Suns, Clippers and Magic. In addition to the defeat to the Nuggets and the fiasco to the Magic, the remaining games were very close, so much so that Lao Zhan even became the NBA league's "Mr. Key (the player with the most points in the last 5 minutes)". The Lakers have been similar in every game this season: digging holes at the start, slow offense, constantly losing rebounds on the defensive end, and trailing by a dozen points is the norm. Then James frantically chased the score with the connecting section, and if he could catch up and bite the score, then there was hope, and if he couldn't catch up with the game, he would lose suspense in advance. There are two stats that must be mentioned, the Lakers have 108.2 offensive efficiency this season, 21st in the league, and 112.1 defensive efficiency, 19th in the league.

What level is this? Next, let's talk about the Lakers' "model worker" Anthony Davis. Statistics show that Davis has played an average of 38.8 minutes per game this season, which is the same as Sharpe of the Trail Blazers, and the playing time is tied for the first place in the league! The Los Angeles media raised their concerns: How long can he last if he averaged 36.4 minutes per game in his previous career, or during his Pelicans period, followed by injuries the following season? Don't go too far back, just in the last 2-3 years, thick eyebrows have a history of injuries: calf strain, knee hyperextension, groin strain, thumb sprain, midfoot sprain, Achilles tendonitis, medial collateral ligament of the left knee, dozens of injuries large and small. The Lakers added Hayes and Wood this summer, and there are indeed many people who can use the inside, so why do thick eyebrows last so long?

In fact, Lakers coach Darvin Ham was blinded by the illusion of reaching the Western Conference finals last season. Started for Reeves, Reeves + Russell's backcourt double colander combination, they didn't do their best, they really couldn't prevent it! Key Reaves was in the starting line-up, he couldn't play a consistent rim role, he didn't know his position, and his offensive form was sluggish. And Vanderbilt's injury led to the thick eyebrows in front of him: the back line was easily broken + the lack of defensive sweeping roles in front of the penalty area, and in the end, it was all thick eyebrows to face all the pressure of rushing the frame. And the Lakers introduced reinforcements in the offseason, and they did add a lot of so-called pitchers, but none of them could hold the ball and kill the frame, there were Lonnie Walker and Schroder last season, and Monk before, and now it's all up to James! Naturally, James' physical fitness is not as good as day by day, is there anyone around Thick Eyebrows to help defensively?

I can't tell if it's really bitter! In fact, when James left the court this season, the Lakers' entire offense basically collapsed by half, except for the game with the Clippers, the third quarter was dominated by Russell and thick eyebrows to reverse the decline, and the rest of the game was basically a mess. To put it bluntly, as the tactical core of the Lakers, he has unparalleled skills, and he is willing to work on the defensive end, do the dirty work, and can also provide stable output and finishing, but he definitely cannot play the role of the team's offensive initiator: not a marshal, just a charging general. He doesn't have the creativity and imagination of Jokic, and sometimes a light pass can easily tear through the opposition's defense and avoid the drain on antibodies. He also doesn't have Embiid's physical condition, and he targets more than a dozen free throws in a game, and although Embiid often falls to the ground, he doesn't suffer from confrontation.

How many times can the thick eyebrow body eat against it? Wood and Thick Eyebrow were on the floor at the same time, and the effect was really good, but in fact, Wood only played the No. 4 position, he often blocked and dismantled, mid-range back-to-back attack, or mid-to-long-range projection, and he did what Thick Eyebrow was best at before. At the age of 39, James still plays the role of the ball-holding core, but around the ball-holding core, there must be a super blue-collar on the defensive end and a super finisher on the offensive end. If these two tasks are handed over to the thick eyebrows, it can be said responsibly that the thick eyebrows will not last until the playoffs. Of course, Wood's starting partner Thick Eyebrows is not good, that is invisibly weakening the lethality of Thick Eyebrows on the offensive end, the key is that Hayes has such a good physical talent and a positive defensive attitude, why does Ham keep pressing on the bench?

With the physical state of thick eyebrows, Hamm is playing with fire in this way. Similarly, James is old, and thick eyebrows naturally take over the banner of the Lakers and become the new core, but he cannot become James' successor. The ceiling of the thick eyebrows leading the team is just the Pelicans' achievements in the past few years, and the playoff level team is just that. The Lakers can only hope that Vanderbilt will come back as soon as possible, and at the same time, Reaves will come off the bench and start with Vincent, who has better defense, and defense is the real ceiling of the championship!