The Lakers have two things they regret the most this season.
The first thing is that Dejounte Murray did not abandon Reeves in exchange for the Eagles.
If Murray had been with the Lakers, it might not have been 0-3 now, at least not to be swept away.
The second thing, believing Russell again, completed a contract extension last summer.
Russell, who played a former All-Star performance after the trade deadline this season, averaged 20.9 points and 6.9 assists per game, and shot over 40% from three-point range!
However, the title of water pull is not covered, and it is famous for pulling in the playoffs.
At present, the Lakers and Nuggets have played 3 playoff games, and Russell has scored 13 points, 23 points, and 0 points respectively, with 1 normal game and 2 water games!
In the playoffs, Russell showed up for himself, averaging 12 points and 3.7 assists per game, shooting 32.6 percent from the field and 30.8 percent from three-point range.
Now, the Lakers are on the verge of elimination, and given Russell's garbage performance in G3, the Lakers are likely to choose to hide Russell and then fight with their backs, as they did in the playoffs last season.
In fact, it's really unnecessary! No matter how the Lakers adjust their tactics, it's useless, and their own strength is not good, which is a hard injury.
But the Lakers don't have to beat themselves up, and the final playoff game is quite meaningful.
They could choose to let Russell play the full 48 minutes and farm at least 20+, giving Russell the courage to jump out of the player option this summer.
At present, Russell has one year left on his contract, with an annual salary of 18.5 million! He only plays so hard in the regular season in order to become a free agent this summer and win a big contract of more than 100 million in the market.
But the performance in the playoffs is not as expected, and Russell may not choose to jump out of the contract for insurance, worrying that he will not get a higher annual salary.
If Russell doesn't jump out, then the Lakers can keep him for another year, and his current trade value in the market is negative.
Therefore, the Lakers should let him G4 fire infinitely, let him quickly jump out of the contract and leave, whichever team is willing to sign it, take it!