The reason why the Lakers fell from the altar this season, from the champion team to the underdog in the first round, apart from injuries, is obviously because of the unreasonable trade and signing last summer, and personally destroyed the city wall to weaken their own strength. The team's top management can be described as quite "operational".
And after the Lakers took an early vacation, in the summer left the four players of the Purple and Gold , the current Nuggets McGee , the Clippers Rondo , the 76ers Danny Green and Howard all Entering the second round, and the other three of these four people, except McGee, continue to play an important role in the new team.
Danny Green stopped hitting the iron in the 76ers and regained his former high-quality 3D identity. In the playoffs, averaged 2.2 three-pointers per game with 40.6% shooting. Although Howard was in the 76ers and the Lakers Again, more of the dirty work, but he's still a staple of the playoff rotation.
One is an outside sharpshooter with balanced offense and defense, and the other is a cost-effective insider meat shield. In the Lakers playoffs, he averaged less than 30% of his hits, and he was forced into the sixth game after the lack of Davis . In contrast to putting James on the top of the 5th position, no one can use the inside line, it is really naked slaps in the face, Pelinka is really specializing in the team's weakness.
And Rondo is undoubtedly an indispensable key figure for the Clippers. Without him, after the Clippers lost 2 games in a row, he boldly stood up and quarreled with Tyronn Lu, spit Ibaka, aroused fast With the fighting spirit of all the team members, the Clippers may not be able to drag into the tie for 7 at all. Rondo obviously played a key role at a critical moment. He even dared to educate Leonard.
What about the people who joined the Lakers in the summer, Harrell and Pau Gasol are up and down in the rotation lineup, today will be discarded tomorrow, Drummond is nominally the starting insider, but the season In the post-match, he only got 20 minutes of playing time per game, and the data was only 9 points and 11 rebounds. Compared with last season's regular season, it was directly intercepted.
As for Schroeder, there must be no need to say much, since many fans called him "undercover", which has proved everything. Compared with the failure of the Lakers, it can be said that all those who left the Lakers succeeded, and those who joined the Lakers were cold.
It is also worth mentioning that after the tragic round of tour, Zhan Huang also suspected that was dissatisfied with , the general manager of the team, Pelinka.
The reason is that Dudley, who is hailed as James' bodyguard by fans, said recently when talking about the team's failure, "The Lakers' IQ has not reached the level of the championship this year, and losing Rondo is an important reason." Very recently, I accompany James to train with the Lakers, play cards for entertainment, help James recover from injuries, etc. In many cases, some of Dudley’s remarks can actually be regarded as those published by James, and he is equivalent to James on some occasions Therefore, Dudley's remarks are likely to be what James wants to express.
In fact, even ordinary fans can see that the Lakers high-level operation is quite a failure, let alone the Lakers players.Letting go of Rondo is undoubtedly one of Pelinka's biggest failures. Many people always think that the Lakers have no salary space and are forced to let go of Rondo, but this statement is too far-fetched. Well, Dudley, Harrell, and McLemore gave up because they thought that Rondo was not cost-effective. This is obviously because their vision is too low.
Now that Rondo and the Clippers have entered the sea together, once the Clippers are relieved, there is a high probability that they will at least make it to the Western Conference Finals. For the Lakers, it is clear that this year's limelight has been completely suppressed by the Clippers. .
