On February 11, Beijing time, the NBA trading deadline came, and the Lakers did not complete any transactions. According to The Athletic Lakers reporter Bill Oram, despite facing pressure from some members of the team's coaching staff, the Lakers have never made progress in deal talks over Westbrook.
In previous post-match interviews, Vogel responded to The Westbrook deal in front of the media more than once. So far this season, Westbrook has never seen his place in the Lakers' tactical system. After the Lakers' game against the Bucks, Vogel made a request to Westbrook, believing that although Westbrook's scoring ability is not as good as before, he can help the team in other ways.
Wei Shao's previous playing style in the Thunder has been a large number of ball-carrying offenses, and Wei Shao began to change his playing style after joining the Lakers, and he gradually played a no-ball role on the offensive end, reducing his own on-the-spot possession. However, Westbrook's sacrifice did not get a satisfactory record, the team's state fell into a downturn, and Vogel was unable to solve the team's predicament. Many fans attribute the Lakers' poor record this season to Westbrook, believing that The arrival of Westbrook has deprived Zhan Mei of offensive space, but this is also related to Vogel.
Vogel is the coach of the defensive start, his offensive tactics are limited, looking back at the previous two seasons, the team relied too much on thick eyebrows and James's personal ability, relying on these two people to drive the entire team's offensive state, which is one of the reasons why when James came off the field, the team's attack will fall into chaos.
At present, the relationship between Wei Shao and the coaching staff is tense, he is dissatisfied with Vogel hiding himself at key moments, Wei Shao believes that he has the ability to play key moments, but Vogel believes that Wei Shao's current state is not enough to play at key moments. Previously, there was also news that Wei Shao had refused to train with Lakers assistant coach Handy, which also made many fans speculate that the relationship between Wei Shao and the coaching staff was tense, and now it seems that the rumors are not empty.