The Lakers become the No. 1 snail team of 30, James solves the three-point problem easily.

Original title: The Lakers became the first snail team of 30, James did a good job in solving the three-point problem

Many people talked about the age of the Lakers, including the American media after losing to the Grizzlies without Morant, and gave the phrase “exposing their age”, although this team has the oldest team in the league. The team’s lineup is only 31 years old, and the person who really slipped is LeBron James, not Westbrook who is not working hard enough. The key to this team is still tightly held in Lao Zhan’s hands, and he is dead. Hold on.

The most worrying issue for the Lakers is the defensive and speed issues. So far this season, their average speed is only 4.25 miles per hour, which is the bottom of the 30 teams. The total distance of offense is 9.3. Miles per hour is also the second lowest in the league. Even more than 65% of the time, their offense and defense are like shopping in the vegetable market, strolling back and forth. This scenario runs through the current offense and defense of the Lakers. Among them, but Westbrook is not among them.

Westbrook is still one of the fastest people in this era, and he has worked hard enough. This season Westbrook’s defensive efficiency is second only to the thick eyebrows in the team, and James is the last in the team. In addition, Westbrook’s running length and The movement speed is all the top five in the league. This is the Lakers’ biggest speed advantage, but why did the Lakers fall into such a slow pace? The answer is James, as the old James, who is still regarded as the core of the Lakers, he can’t shirk the blame for slowing down or activating the team’s rhythm.

There were several shots in the game against the Grizzlies. James held the ball in an ambush at the right corner. As a result, all the Lakers players started to move. Old Zhan held the ball for more than 5 seconds before passing the ball. Easy side to fight again, James was dribbling and watching at halftime, and the result was too slow to pass the ball and make a mistake. In terms of overall speed, James’s moving speed has become the bottom three in this season, and the Lakers’ bottom third. In fact, it is not surprising that James’ movement rate last season was only about 3.6 mph, which is also the sixth lowest in the league. But slowness is not one of the reasons James has slowed the Lakers.

The long-term control of the ball in the hands of James is a very important reason. Whether he and Westbrook are offsetting each other, or complementing each other, it seems that it is not a simple arithmetic problem, but James may not want to sacrifice his status and the will of the ball. As early as the beginning of the game, the US media stated that the reason for the poor record of the Lakers is that James has not wanted to adapt to the new role so far, and he has always refused to let go of the ball in his hand. In the usage rate of the Big Three this season, James ranked first in the team with 29.5, more than Westbrook (27.9) and thick eyebrows (27.4). The most important thing is that James rarely plays off the ball. He habitually dribbles the ball to half of the court, and then it is difficult to play the ball in the first 14 seconds. This is an important reason why the overall rhythm of the Lakers has been slowed down. In fact, when James is absent, Westbrook’s value has been very good, especially in the match with the thick eyebrow partner, the tacit improvement, but on the night when the Grizzlies lost to the Grizzlies, James made a mistake at the end and made a mistake. The Lakers’ offense at the end. Be chopped.

In fact, James’ offensive and defensive rhythm can really affect the current progress of the Lakers. Playing against the Grizzlies, James played the best first-quarter defense of the season. In that first quarter, James repeatedly made three-quarters of the front steals, dislocation behind the sneak attacks and blocked shots, and staged off-ball running and air-cutting during the transition. Dunk dunks. Behind the vigor of the Lakers in the first quarter is that James did not forcibly occupy the ball, his speed is fast, and the most important thing is his active defense. This season, James’ defensive efficiency was the last to the bottom of the team. He has captured his offense in many games and celebrated his delay in returning to defense, and the midfielder walked through half of the game without defending. These shots were passed one-on-one. But when James wants to devote 100% of his energy to defense, the Lakers seem to become more fluid, because even if Westbrook has an offensive frizz, the rate at which he can break through counterattacks with the ball, his conversion ability and passing ability are still in the league. Top level.

So the Lakers don’t need any trades. Some people even offered to win Wall. Wall is not as aggressive as Westbrook to be honest, and the defensive end is not as aggressive as Westbrook. The core of all the problems of the Lakers lies in James’s unresolved situation. The increase of off the ball, giving up the long-term possession of the ball to Westbrook, and devoting energy to defense, James only needs to move these three thoughts, and many problems for the Lakers. It may be solved.

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