A good team is indispensable to good management leaders, such as the Celtics have Angie, the Heat have Riley, the Spurs have Popovich, and the Rockets have Morey. But since Magic Johnson and Pelinka joined hands to join the Lakers, the decisions they have made have all been at a loss. This season, it was because of anthony Davis that the Lakers were a mess, but they were "teased" by the Pelicans.
The Lakers once had an excellent general manager, that is, Mickey Kupchek, but unfortunately was ruthlessly fired by the Lakers in February 2017. Kupcek's first big deal after the Lakers held real power was the introduction of Malone and Payton, and the subsequent O'Neill for Odom, Caron Butler, giving up bynam for Kidd, empty gloves white wolves for Gasol, signing Artest, trading Howard, signing Nash and selecting Randle, Russell, Ingram and so on.
After the Magician and Pelinka 2 to the Lakers, several major transactions all failed. Their first big deal was to trade the Rockets' Brewer and a first-round draft pick with the team's scoring champion Lou Wei, and then traded Russell, saying in an interview: Russell is indeed a good player, but his talent is not suitable for the Lakers, the team needs a leader, a person who can help teammates and grow with teammates. The Lakers then chose Ball in the draft.
In addition to Russell, the Lakers also let go of Randle, a forward who can average 21 points, 8.7 boards and 3 assists per game this season, and gave Zubac to the Clippers in vain. So much so that Beverly said in an interview: "Salute to Zubac for taking off his hat, we thank the Lakers, and we are very grateful for this." The example of Magic Johnson proves once again that the guy who plays well is not good at team management, and the last guy is Michael Jordan.