Los Angeles Lakers fans have recently experienced a huge gap from the clouds to the bottom. The Lakers, who were originally high morale and in hot form, in successive games against the Timberwolves and Warriors, because of James's flu and thick eyebrows eye injury, their performance took a sharp turn, from the favorable position of hitting the top six in the West, quickly slipped to the ninth in the West, and the playoff qualification was in jeopardy.
In the midst of this defensive collapse dilemma, some of the Lakers' player performances have caused a lot of discussion, such as Vincent. In the 15 minutes he played, Vincent shot 0-of-3 from the field, only got 1 rebound, 1 assist and 2 steals, and had a plus/minus of -14, the second-lowest plus/minus in the game, only better than Prince at -18.
Last season, during his time with the Heat, Vincent played in 68 games, averaging 9.4 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, shooting 40% overall and 33% from three-point range, and in the playoffs, his average data rose to 12.7 points and 3.5 assists per game, and the three-point shooting rate soared to 38%, helping the Heat once reach the Finals.
Last summer, the Lakers offered him a three-year, $33 million contract that was fully guaranteed and didn't even have any options.
There is no doubt that the Lakers have high expectations for Vincent, however, so far this season, Vincent has only played a total of 9 games due to injuries, averaging only 3.2 points and 2.1 assists per game, shooting 31% from the field and 8.7% from three-point range. Especially in the 4 games after returning from injury, he made only 1 of 10 shots in total, and only scored a pitiful 2 points.
This striker swing man, who was also comprehensive in attack and defense last season, is now unable to attack or defend, and his performance on the field is simply a fraud compared to the high salary.
There is no doubt that no matter how far they can go in the playoffs this year, Lakers management will have to find a way to clean up Vincent this summer, after all, they don't have much salary space in the first place, how can they raise such an idler for nothing?