Seriously, that’s these Lakers problems was foreseeable given the dubious and incomplete construction of the roster, with two stars as clear as LeBron James e Anthony Davisand Russell Westbrook eager for revenge, a “brat“defensive like Patrick Beverley and a debut coach like Darvin Ham, but very little or nothing else. It is difficult to imagine a positive long-term season but a start from was not even conceivable 0-4 with these tragicomic ways.
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A nightmare start for LeBron and the Lakers
Davis fragility and the Westbrook case
The Lakers have to live with many problems, among these the most eloquent are Anthony Davis e Russell Westbrook. AD was clearly the key factor in the 2020 title in the bubble but he remains a player who has always been battered by injuries and in the last two seasons he has been even more limited: in this start it is clear that the former Pelicans is insecure in his movements and plays, not he has the same mobility as in the past and every time he goes to the ground or makes a strange grimace, he panics on the yellow-violet bench. His back it is really bad and this fragility is reflected on the whole team since Davis remains is by far the best attack-defense player.
Even more thorny speech concerns Russell Westbrook. After trying to sell him in all ways in the offseason, the GM Rob Pelinka he is continuing to work under the radar to try to trade it but no one is ready to take his expiring $ 47 million contract without also having the first two choices 2027 and 2029, assets of which i Lakers they would not want to deprive themselves. The point is that Russdespite traveling at 10 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists on average with the usual energy and traditional self-denial, he scored just 11 of the 38 shots attempted in 3 gameswith only one triple out of 12, not counting the choices “dramatic“made on the court, like the hasty shot from the average in the final match against Portland with his at +1. Meaningless, as indeed the whole experience of Westbrook in gialloviola.
Disastrous attack and the problem of the three-point shot
In general i Lakers they have a huge problem producing points, despite having one of the best players ever like LeBron James. Removed the young man Lonnie Walker IV, arrived in the summer from the Spurs and is traveling to 15 points on averagenone exceeds 5.5 on average, except clearly for James, Davis and Westbrook.
Although just 4 races have passed, the yellow-violet are the 29th attack out of 30 for points scored, 102.3 on average (only the Clippers do worse, 100.8), but they are by far the worst by ratingwith just 96.9 points out of 100 possessions, the only team below 100, on pace to become the third worst in the last 20 years (Bobcats 2012 and 76ers 2015). This despite the Lakers play at a very high pace (105.88 possessions on average, 2nd behind the 108.63 of the Warriors) and can boast a elite defensethe fourth with 104 points conceded out of 100 possessions.
Finally the shot from threea drama: they are clearly last with 22.3% (29th the Thunder with 27.3%), the worst figure in NBA history over a span of 4 games. THE Lakers they pull 33 is 148 (no one has scored fewer triples) and, despite the difficulties, they are among the teams that shoot more from the arc, 37 average conclusions per game, ninth overall. The singles? James is shooting with 26%, Beverley col 19%, Davis with 18% e Walker IV with 17%. In all this, yet another joke: in Denver the Lakers scored 8 triples, one more than Buddy Hield (7) in the game lost by Pacers in Chicago, a player for months alongside the yellow and purple in a possible exchange that involves Westbrook.
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