With the end of the Lakers season, some news about the Lakers this season has also been leaked one after another. According to ESPN's Lakers reporter, the Lakers have a chance to strengthen personnel in the middle of this season. At that time, they had every chance to recruit a core point guard, and James was hoping that the Lakers would give up a first-round pick in 2029 or 2030 to boost the team's talent and prepare for the playoffs. But the Lakers didn't make any moves, and James also started his own recruitment mode at that time, and Dinwiddie joined the Lakers in part because of James.
It's clear that the Lakers didn't follow James' advice in the middle of the season, and if they were willing to give up draft picks at the time, they might have sent Russell away in exchange for Murray for the Hawks. But the Lakers' indifference led to them not having a good point guard to play against the Nuggets in the playoffs. Russell proved not to stand up to the test of the playoffs. Just imagine if Murray of the Hawks came to this Lakers team, maybe the Lakers in the playoffs would be in a completely different situation, and Murray of the Hawks has been a player known for his toughness and big heart in his career.
So after James' suggestion was rejected, the Lakers have basically had a showdown with their ideas. The Lakers owner seems to have started to wreck after winning the championship in 2020. They don't want to continue to spend more money or overdraft their future in order to compete for a title. So you'll find that the Lakers' series of initiatives are all about saving salary space and spending as much as possible. They don't want to sacrifice the Lakers' future draft picks for the sake of an immediate championship possibility.
Therefore, James is destined to have such an owner doomed them to win the championship in the future, because if a team wants to win the championship, the owner must be heroic, they must be willing to pay the luxury tax, and they must find a capable coach. Why did the Lakers choose Ham? It all comes down to Ham because Ham has a very low salary. Because Ham wasn't a famous coach in the league at all before he joined the Lakers. Therefore, this way of building a team by the owner of the Lakers is destined to make it difficult for the Lakers to become very competitive in the future.
Just imagine if James chooses to leave the Lakers and join the Warriors this offseason, maybe he will reap more hopes of winning the championship. Because the Warriors owner is an owner who doesn't care about luxury tax at all. His only aim is to win as many championships as possible. After James joins the Warriors, there may be other superstars joining, and even the owner will not hesitate to form a new Big Three roster in the future. So if a player meets a good owner, his chances of winning the championship may also increase, I wonder what the fans think?