Aside from the draft picks for Dalton Cornecht and Bronny James, the Lakers management has not done much this summer, so the outside world is not optimistic about the next performance of the Purple and Gold. However, judging from the preseason, the Lakers have not reached the lower limit than the outside world thinks, in addition to the 1-3 record, the content of the game is also a mess.
This Lakers meets Warriors, which can be called the focus of the two major traffic teams, but the Lakers' performance is really a bit difficult to describe, and there may only be "thick eyebrows" Anthony Davis, and the overall performance is normal. LeBron James is completely out of shape, of course, only in the preseason, and the old James is probably not serious, and the performance of starting point guard D'Angelo Russell is equally dismal. Of course, the problem of the Lakers' bench may be bigger than that of the starters, with a total of 14 points from the eight generals, the depth of the Lakers' lineup is not optimistic.
In the preseason season, teams focused on young players, and the Lakers were in the same situation, even if D'Angelo Russell felt cold, and forward rookie Dalton Cornekt looked to fill the void, and he once again showed his improvisation, scoring 19 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals on 6-of-15 shooting. But in the entire Lakers bench, only Dalton Cornecht can provide support, Max Christie, Gabe Vincent and Hood Schifino combined for 14 shots, which simply distorted the basket, and only Beard Schifino scored 1 point from the free throw.
Bronny, the son of James, only played 9 minutes, but the coaching staff gave him enough opportunities, but Bronny only had 2 points and 1 rebound on 1-of-5 shooting. Although the defense is not bad, his offense is too magical to rotate players at all. Lakers center Jaxson Hayes is considered the best player on the bench, but he belongs to the blue-collar after all, with 4 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals on 100% shooting from the field, but he is powerless to change the situation of the game. In addition, the likes of Cam Reddish, Colin Carlston and Lewis have only scored seven points together, which is really hard to count on.
At the beginning, the Lakers relied on James and thick eyebrows, at least they could keep a lower limit, but now James is almost 40 years old, and it was wishful thinking to expect him to be full of firepower every game. Therefore, it is not so easy for the Lakers to drag James and thick eyebrows into the playoffs like the original, not to mention that the competition in the West is becoming more and more involuted, and the Lakers are in the lottery area in the new season, which is probably a high probability event.