In recent days, the American media ranked the strength of each team in the new season, of which the first in the West is the Thunder, the first in the East is the Celtics, and the Lakers are the 12th in the West, as a regular playoff in the West in the past few years, the Lakers are looked down on in the new season, and it is understandable that they are looked down upon, after all, the Kings and Pelicans have been strengthened in the new season, the Lakers just retain the core lineup, and James is a year older in the new season.
And the bad news for Wood is that he has undergone surgery again, and his return date is still undecided, and in this case, the Lakers signed a center Crook. Previously, Crok left the league for a period of time due to blood clots, and he was just an interior player in the fringe rotation in the Raptors, which did not help the team much.
The Lakers don't have the ability to impact good results in all aspects, but why do they still choose to keep the core roster? I think two things are key, the first is that they don't want to drastically change the roster, they just want to trade Russell, and they don't want to give away too many first-round picks. The second aspect is that the Lakers believe that their current roster can still impact the record, and last season was only affected by injuries.
Last season's Lakers really didn't play as well as they should, Vanderbilt was out for a long time due to injury, Vincent was also out for a long time because of injury, and Reddish, who played well, was also absent due to injury at the end of the regular season, if all three are healthy, do you dare to say that the Nuggets can win against the Lakers? I think it's enough, although it is a big score of 4-1, but friends who have watched the game know that the difference in strength between the two sides is not big at all.
Vincent will usher in the return of the new season, after Vincent's return in the playoffs last season, although he showed a good defensive attitude and enthusiasm, but he did not find the offensive touch, but also affected the team's play, it is estimated that Vincent will find his hand after the start of the new season, he is still a great help to the team as a backup point guard, after all, his bite can reduce the pressure on the defensive end of the thick eyebrows.
Reddish played a top-level 3D level for a period of time last season, the open three-point is very accurate, the key is to defend the top, the existence of four positions, when he and Vanderbilt took turns defending Booker in the midseason, it also made Booker dumb, these two iron gates are really powerful, and Reddish is also good at fast offensive counterattacks, if he can continue to play last season, the Lakers' starters and bench defense, will maintain a high level.
Of course, the most important of these players is Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt proved his value in the 23 playoffs, if he hadn't locked Curry, the Lakers would not have crossed the Warriors, Morant was also locked by him, it can be said that Vanderbilt is the key to the Lakers' defensive system, he and thick eyebrows partner defense, the Lakers' defensive ability will be among the strongest in the league, Vanderbilt's leading defense and co-defense ability are top.
Although the offensive ability is limited, but his air cutting and counterattack are still good, although the three points are not accurate, but occasionally he can hit 1-2 three-pointers, the key is that he and thick eyebrows, Russell, Reeves and Lao Zhan do not need him to open up space when he plays together, everyone else has good space ability, and even let him get more opportunities to cut the bottom line, last season Van der Biao did not find form all season because of injury.
So his performance is not good, last season Vanderbilt averaged only 5.2 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game, shooting 51.8% from the field, 30% from three-point range, and the efficiency alone is indeed not very good, but high-level data shows that last season, James, thick eyebrows, Reaves, Russell and Vanderbilt were on the court at the same time The efficiency value was +39.6, which means that they can win the opponent by 39.6 points per 100 rounds.
This is still the net efficiency of Vanderbilt when they did not find their offensive touch, if Vanderbilt returns in the new season, I dare not say that the Lakers will achieve too good results, but making the play-offs is not a big problem, right? The Lakers may also have moves in the new season, they may go after the Wizards' Wallan, and take him to give Thick Eyebrows a suitable interior partner, if they get Wallan, then the Lakers are more likely to hit the playoffs.
And getting Wallan estimates that the Lakers need to send chips like Sifino and a second-round pick. If the Lakers don't take the initiative to cut James' salary in the new season, they will trigger the second local tyrant line, and it can be seen from here how good the Lakers' roster thickness is, they may be underestimated, I hope the Lakers can make the playoffs in the new season to prove themselves, speaking of which, what do you want to say about the current Lakers? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.