Before NBA this year's free agent market officially opened, each team had completed a round of personnel replacements. After the Lakers established Hamm as their head coach candidate, their coaching staff conducted a large-scale review During the exchange, many assistants, including Fizdale, the chief assistant coach next to Vogel, were informed by Ham of their departure early, and Ham also subsequently established Chris Gent as the Lakers' chief assistant next season. Assistant coach, in addition, he also poached Nets assistant Jordan Ott and an assistant coach he worked with in the Bucks. The man who left the Lakers found a new home, James celebrated excitedly. The Zijin Army confirmed that three people will stay, and the Lakers' two offseason signing goals have been determined.
Fizdale, who left with Vogel, has found a new job. According to NBA reporter Woj, multiple sources confirmed that Jazz has reached a signing agreement with Fizdale, and the latter will no longer serve as coach. position, but became the deputy general manager in the Jazz management. In response, Lakers forward James immediately forwarded the news that Fizdale signed with the Jazz, and wrote excitedly: "That's great! Great! Fitz." In this way, Fizdale can be said to have ended his career. In his 18-year coaching career, he has served as the head coach of the Grizzlies and Knicks , but his team record is not outstanding, and the Lakers are likely to be the last stop of his coaching career. Next, Fitz Dell started a new career.
During Fizdale's coaching career, he worked with James twice. They worked together for four seasons in Heat . In these four seasons, the Heat reached the finals and won two championships. This season, the results are indeed a bit embarrassing, especially since Fizdale also served as the acting coach of the Lakers in the middle of the season. At that time, Vogel triggered the health and safety protocol and was unable to coach. During this period, Fizdale coached 5 games. , the Lakers all lost. Among them, Fizdale had the experience of letting James serve as the starting center for the first time in his career. He even played such impressive players as Rondo, Westbrook, Monk, Horton Tucker, and James. After seeing the very troublesome "Five Suicide" lineup, it is understandable that Fizdale changed his career from coach to management.
In addition to the establishment of the coaching staff, the Lakers also have some new news on the team lineup. According to a report by Lakers team reporter Buha, the Lakers have basically confirmed that they will execute Stanley Johnson (2.4 million), Gabriel (1.6 million) and Austin Rivers (1.6 million) team options for next season, keeping these three people in the team lineup. The news that the Lakers retained these three young players did not surprise anyone. Even in my opinion, these three people are the few gains for the Lakers in this failed season. Rivers The second half of the season Entering the starting lineup, Gabriel occasionally filled the vacancies of and tactically, and Johnson was even more of a leading figure on the defensive end.
However, the Lakers gave people the impression that there was a lot of thunder and a small amount of rain during this period. From the beginning, they were interested in Beal, then Lillard, and then Irving. Shao decided to exercise the $47 million player option for next season to stay with the team. So far, the Lakers’ new players in the lineup are only the 35th overall pick Christie . Compared with these rumors and rumors from the Lakers, the Lakers have given The operational aggressiveness feels a bit seriously lacking. In addition, in the face of the upcoming free agent market, the Lakers' purpose has gradually become clearer. After Ham and Pelinka discussed it, the key points of the Lakers' signings have been revealed.
According to a report by Lakers team reporter Buha, in the upcoming free agent market, the Lakers will focus on wing players with both offense and defense. First of all, these players cannot be seriously unbalanced. They must be able to attack while Willing to defend and able to defend, in addition, they must be able to adapt to James and Big Eyebrow. As for the Lakers' only mini-middle class ($6 million), most opinions are that they will introduce a player who can be next to James and Big Eyebrow. The wing player who starts with them must be able to defend, shoot, and even defend multiple positions. The Lakers may even pursue two wing players of this type.
In my opinion, the Lakers management is a bit of an afterthought. As Durant and others said, the current league is a striker league. Teams with strong strikers can go to the end, such as the Warriors and Celtics. The best example is that the Lakers' previous lineup did the opposite. They hoarded a large number of guards. The Lakers even signed up to 12 guards in a season, which made their lineup look very small. In addition, their average age The big fact is that the Lakers not only suffer from physical disadvantages, but also lack vitality. They are slow, unable to counterattack, and have low shooting percentage in positional battles. A mistake in decision-making will cause a series of problems.
