The Lakers' eight-man rotation is released! Zhan Huang's wish came true, with a combined score of 47 points, and Ham built the strongest bench
On December 25th, Beijing time, because today is Christmas, the NBA has not scheduled games, and then we can talk about the performance of some teams in the past period, the recent Suns and Lakers' records are not ideal, the Suns have lost 8 of the past 11 games because of the lack of soldiers and major generals, and the Lakers have suffered 4 consecutive defeats because of too much fatigue and defense in the midseason, but fortunately, they have adjusted in time in the near future, and they defeated the Thunder yesterday.
Ham's adjustment seems to have found the final 8-man rotation for the Lakers, as we all know, the team will reduce the rotation roster in order to stay competitive in a tough game or the playoffs, generally speaking, a team will be an 8-man rotation, and now Ham has also found the Lakers' 8-man rotation lineup, namely: James, thick eyebrows and Reaves three cores, supplemented by Reddish, Prince, Hachimura, Russell and Vanderbilt.
Christie finally fell out of the core rotation, although he has improved significantly this season, but there is still a lack of experience from a core rotation, and the Lakers ultimately failed to meet the requirements of thick eyebrows, looking for a suitable interior partner for him, after determining the eight-man rotation, the current Hayes and Wood get very poor playing time, in the recent game against the Thunder, Hayes only played 6 minutes, and Wood was abandoned.
However, after Ham adjusted the rotation lineup and changed the starting lineup this time, James got the coveted point guard position, previously in the first game of the regular season against the Nuggets, when the team fell behind by a large score, James once said to the coaching staff: "You know, I can play point guard", he wants to be the ball-handling core, like the 20-year championship season to hold the ball and the team on his shoulders.
As a result, James cut 40+7+7 in this game, although letting James return to point guard play may make him more tired, but in terms of the current Lakers' lineup, this may be the best way for them to win, because Russell's performance in the past period is too inconsistent, and the defense has no attitude, so Ham changed the starting lineup, yesterday the Lakers' starters were: Reddish, Prince, Vanderbilt, James and thick eyebrows.
They started the offensive style of play with defense, and although such a lineup does not seem to be good enough to attack, their defense is indeed too strong, the team's three best defenders start together, and five people can do unlimited defensive changes, they may be the league's best defensive lineup with the best margin for error, because Reddish, thick eyebrows and Van der Biao all have top-level single defense and switching capabilities, and Lao Zhan can also provide great help if he wants to defend.
And this change also makes the team's bench more competitive, Russell is really not good at playing tough battles, but it is not good to play the opponent's starter, in the face of the opponent's bench, he can still do abuse, after all, it is also a leader, as long as he does not give up on himself like Wiggins, he can still play a good contribution on the bench, against the Thunder in this game he shot 5 of 9, 3 of 6 three-pointers and got 15 points and 3 assists.
In addition to Russell, Reeves is still on the bench, and now because Russell can score on the bench, he has also sacrificed his personal data to start more tandem team tasks, against the Thunder, Reaves scored 111 points and 9 assists on 4-of-8 shooting, Reeves can make sacrifices for the team, he is the kind of player who is willing to contribute anything to winning, which is why Ham trusts him so much.
With Russell and Reaves on the bench and a reduced roster rotation, he also got a chance to reprove that he was worthy of his salary, and he scored 21 points against the Thunder. The Lakers bench trio have scored a combined 47 points, and at the current level, they will be the strongest bench in the league, which is not an exaggeration, because the Lakers have built the most expensive bench in the league.
Reaves got a 4-year 54 million contract extension in the offseason, Russell 2 years 36 million, and Hachimura 3 years 51 million. Although Hamm's on-the-spot adaptability is limited, but fortunately, he can find the most suitable player for the team, and make good use of Tian Ji horse racing, Reeves was targeted, and as a result, he was put on the bench to regain his value, and according to the current situation, Russell is likely to prove himself on the bench.
If the Lakers' eight-man rotation can play well in the future, then the Lakers may give up getting LaVine before the trade deadline, and they may try to send away Vincent's garbage contract and exchange for a suitable interior rotation to increase the team's margin for error. Speaking of which, what do you want to say about the current Lakers?