Lakers management withdraws plan to trade Murray, and Ham becomes lamb to the slaughter?

The Lakers beat the Warriors for the seventh consecutive win of the season, winning six of the last 10 games, and the overall record has also come to 24-23, temporarily consolidating in the play-in ranks, and there is still a three-win gap between the top six in the West. Whether such Lakers need a trade or not has become a mainstream topic of discussion.

According to multiple reports, the players who have trade contacts with the Lakers include Murray of the Hawks, Jones of the Wizards, LaVine, Caruso and DeRozan of the Bulls, Brown of the Raptors, Brogdon of the Trail Blazers, and Dinwiddie of the Nets. One conclusion can be drawn from this that the Lakers have a high desire for the guard line.

In addition to James and Davis, the Lakers have several players who are reluctant to trade, such as Reaves and Vanderbilt. Of the remaining players, Russell has the highest trade value. And the deal of trading Russell, a '29 first-round pick and a first-round swap for Dejounte Murray is considered very close. However, Stein reports that the offer appears to have been withdrawn by the Lakers as Russell has been playing better and better lately.

In the last 8 games, Russell has played very impressively. When James was resting, he scored 39 points, 8 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal against the Jazz, shooting 57.7% from the field and 54.5% from three-point range. After that, Russell began to make a name for himself, except for the Thunder, who scored only 14 points, and scored more than 20 points in the other six games, including 34 points and 8 assists in 34 minutes against the Trail Blazers, hitting 14 of 21 shots, and reaching a staggering plus/minus of +29 points in the game. In total, he averaged 27.5 points and 6.4 assists per game in eight games, shooting 52% from the field and 54% from three-point range.

With such a performance, it is normal for the Lakers to choose not to trade. After all, Russell's magic is not just about abuse, facing the Clippers' 27 points and 10 assists, facing the Warriors after a slump of 7 in the first half of 1, he played well in the second half, and in the last minute of the second overtime, he shot a three-pointer and became the hero of the Lakers' last laugh. You must know that this Lake-brave battle, because of the matchup between James and Curry, has attracted a lot of attention, and Russell also followed the local hot search in the United States after the game, and most of the voices are to keep him, and the Lakers can be regarded as borrowing the donkey from the slope, so they simply keep him. After all, Russell's contract is not big, 17.03 million has this kind of offensive performance, the defense is almost completely acceptable, and more importantly, the Lakers' chemistry is very good now, with thick eyebrows Davis and Vanderbilt on the defensive end, Russell's disadvantages are not too obvious.

Then again, the Lakers, while in good shape at the moment, have always won thrilling and lost with regrets. The reason is that the head coach Ham has a problem with the lineup, and there is almost no adjustment between the offensive and defensive rounds, and many details have to be discovered and solved by the players themselves. At the same time, Ham's attitude also made many people unhappy, just after the Lakers won the Warriors, when the media asked if he would consider returning Vanderbilt to the starter, he replied: Now, I think about what I am going to eat, what kind of red wine to drink, and then go to bed soon and get a good night's sleep. Don't ask the starters, thanks.

Very polite but ...... When can he be replaced!What do you think about this, welcome to interact with "DK Talk Sports" in the comment area below.