The three cores are perfectly compatible, and the Lakers are not satisfied?

On January 23, Beijing time, the Lakers regained their form in the past period, their record fell all the way after the midseason, and they fell out of the top ten in the West for a period of time, but after winning 3 wins in the past 4 games, the team is also back in the top ten, they have regained hope for fans, some people think that the Lakers' previous poor record is because the consumption of the midseason is too large, and some fans think that the Lakers are now playing for trade.

Recently, the Lakers have found their third core, which is the key to the team's record recovery, before the death of Zhan Mei, the team had no offensive space, resulting in the team's offense could not be opened at all, but now that Russell and Reaves returned to the starter, the team's space has been improved, James and thick eyebrows have played more easily, and the team's passing ball and fast break are also better, before they defeated the Clippers, Mavericks and Thunder, these Western powerhouses, and proved their competitiveness.

After Shuila and Reeves returned to the starter, I thought that the team's third core would be Reaves, after all, Ham trusted him very much, but the team's third core was Russell, relying on excellent individual play Russell has become the team's scoring champion in the past few games, he has well relieved the offensive pressure on James and thick eyebrows, since returning to the starter, Russell has averaged 27.2 points and 6.4 assists per game, and can hit 4.4 three-pointers per game.

And in the past three games, his performance has been even better, averaging 27.6 points and 6 assists per game, because his firepower is full, James and thick eyebrows have also got more time to rest, especially thick eyebrows, before the Lakers' offense was not good, and the defense was also supported by him alone, thick eyebrows are also very tired, but recently he even got the opportunity to punch in the third quarter, thick eyebrows in the past three games but average 22.2 points and 6 assists per game.

Because Russell returned to the starter, James's offensive space is greater, he has more opportunities to cut the basket and play counterattacks, and Russell is good at passing and feeding James a lot of cakes, James's recent statistics have improved compared to before, James can average 25.6 points and 6.3 assists per game in the past few games, and the past three games can average 75.8 points per game, and the performance is very good.

Attentive friends should be able to find that the three of Zhan Meila have averaged more than 6 assists per game, and the change in the team can also be seen from here, because all three have played a good dominance, they are more willing to share the ball, and other players have also actively integrated into the system, which has also made the Lakers' offense better, and the Lakers have averaged 127.3 points per game in the past three games, far exceeding the 114.8 points so far in the season.

Last season, the Lakers relied on the trio of Jamei to reach the Western Conference Finals, and they have proven how good their chemistry is, but the Lakers don't seem to be satisfied, they don't want to keep Russell for a long time, and letting Russell get the ball is more to make him play for value and then trade, maybe seeing this, many fans don't understand, why Russell has proven that he can help the Lakers succeed, but he will still be sent away, why not Reaves?

First of all, Russell did help the Lakers achieve success, but everyone saw his performance in the playoffs last year, his ability to play tough games was not stable enough, although he could handle the ball, but his performance in key games was far inferior to Reaves, and Russell's defensive attitude was not good, he had defensive ability, but he was unwilling to defend, Reaves was not good at defense despite his limited physical talent, but he was willing to work the defensive end, this is the difference between the two.

After Reaves and Russell entered the starting lineup, the team's offensive space is indeed better, but the problem is also very obvious, their backcourt defense is useless, before the Nets, they were named by Cameron Thomas, the Lakers want to make up for the defense of the backcourt, so Russell is on the shelf, and according to American media reports, now the Hawks are interested in making a deal with the Lakers, but they want to find a team that can receive Russell.

They don't want Russell to understand, after all, the team has a point guard Trae Young, and the Lakers may have an easier time getting Murray next than before, as long as they find a team that needs a point guard, and then the deal will fall into place. Murray is a player who has been named to the All-Defensive Team, and his defensive ability is not to be said, but his offensive and playmaking skills with the ball are also great, as proven by the Spurs, and his projection is also very good, and he can fit well into the Lakers' system.

In addition, the Lakers also made their position clear to the outside world, they are unwilling to add Reaves to any trade discussions, one of the main reasons why the Lakers do this is that Reaves is still young, he has room to grow, and Russell's ceiling is like this, speaking of which, what do you want to say about the current Lakers? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.