The mystery operation continues! These eight villages are becoming more and more incomprehensible to the Lakers

Since the rematch against the Thunder, Hachimura has shot 66.8% from the field and averaged 12.3 points per game. In terms of scoring, the Lakers are second only to James, Bushy Eyebrows, Russell and Reaves.

In fact, the league is second only to Clarkson, Bogdanovich, Whitmore, Norman Powell and Tim Hardaway Jr. on the bench over the same period. In other words, after Ham put Reaves back into the starting lineup, Hachimura did a good job of carrying the Lakers off the bench.

However, even though Hachimura has been doing well on the offensive end recently, there are still two good points:

Explanation point 1: three points. In the same period, Hachimura made 39.7% of three-point shots. In fact, so far this season, Hachimura has made 35.2% of his three-point shots, which is worth mentioning that this is a new career high and the first time to break 30%+.

However, in averaging 3.1 three-point attempts per game, Hachimura has all come from catch-ups. In other words, it lacks the three-point shooting ability of Curry, Lillard and others.

Explanation point 2: CIC In the same period, the proportion of investment in Bacun was 6.0%. So far this season, Hachimura has shot 7.9%, which is a new low in his career and the first time it has fallen below 15%+.

It is worth mentioning that Hachimura has a shooting rate of 45.2%. For comparison, Embiid 49.6%, Durant 49.4%, and Ingram 47.6%. More importantly, Hachimura's mid-range investment has the same ability to hold as Leonard, DeRozan and others.

To sum up the above two points, Hachimura's operation is honestly incomprehensible.

First of all, James has averaged 9.9 shots per game so far this season, shooting 57.8% from the field. In addition, the Lakers do not have any player who averages more than 8.0 times per game. In other words, the Lakers lack a attacker other than James. And Hachimura can share the pressure of James' attack with the ability to hold the shot. I mean, it's not like the speed of Alexander and Daron Fox and it's the ball like Leonard and DeRozan, but the effect is the same.

But the problem is that Hachimura deliberately reduced his mid-range shooting and instead increased by three points by a large margin. To a certain extent, Hachimura has given up the burden of playing an important role on the offensive end of the team.

In addition, with good confrontation ability, Hachimura can swing upwards to lead the defense inside. Like Jokic who led the Western Conference Finals last season. But this season, Hachimura's opposition defense has seen opponents shoot under 6 feet from 57.1 percent to 64.2 percent. Aside from the fact that the outside defense is very average due to the slow lateral movement, it now looks like Hachimura's only bright spot on the defensive end is gone.

To sum up, if there are still unknown factors on the defensive end, then the offensive end is completely deliberately changed by Hachimura. To be precise, take the initiative to give up the mid-range shots that you are good at. As a result, the irreplaceability of the team is far less than last season's. Of course, it's understandable that you have been caught up in deal rumors for a while.

Finally, if Hachimura doesn't want to be abandoned by the Lakers, I think the best way is to "get back" the mid-range shot to increase his irreplaceability with the team.