Stubborn! averaged only 3 points per game, but the Lakers treated him as a treasure, and Pelinka made it clear that he would not trade him

The Lakers have started the season with five games and are currently with a record of three wins and two losses, although the third game of the season has boosted the confidence of many Lakers fans. But the last two games have exposed some of the Lakers' old problems from last season. These problems are not something that Redick's wisdom can reverse, and although Redick's coaching ability is excellent, he can't do anything about the disadvantage of the squad personally.

The first is that the Lakers have multiple defensive weaknesses in the starting lineup. In particular, Reeves and Russell are both players who are not good at defense, and Russell's defense in particular is basically useless. And James is now 40 years old, and it is unrealistic to let him run all over the court, and it is unrealistic to defend the opponent all over the court. Hachimura himself is a very slow player who moves defensively, so only Davis in the Lakers' starting lineup has excellent defensive ability. But this is far from enough.

The Lakers' biggest problem with the second team is that they have too few scoring points, and the addition of a Knecht this season may be their biggest bright spot, with Vincent and Christie performing very sluggishly. Christie, in particular, has averaged only 3 points per game this season, and he doesn't have much presence on the defensive end. He didn't get very good results when he came on the pitch. And he's got plenty of playing time this season and has been in the rotation consistently.

Christie signed a four-year, $32 million contract extension with the Lakers in the offseason, and the Lakers are focusing on developing him this season, but we can see from the first few games that he doesn't seem to have much talent on the offensive end. Even with such a player, the Lakers still treat him as a treasure. Pelinka recently reiterated that the Lakers are not going to trade, believing that these young players, such as Christie, can improve in the future.

Although the Lakers have been rumored to trade with various teams in the offseason, none of them have been able to take shape, and their biggest success is to let Redick become the team's head coach. And changing the head coach is also what the Lakers have to do in the offseason. It's not Reddick, it's probably someone else. It's just that the Lakers just hit a talented head coach like Redick. So the Lakers' offseason operations were almost nil. Perhaps the most important thing for management right now is to be able to make a smooth transition in the period before James retires, and does not want too many waves.

The Lakers have a chance to trade in the middle of the season, it depends on whether they can trade Russell as much as possible, if Russell is traded out for a reliable outside player, then the Lakers still have a certain chance to compete for the championship, otherwise the disadvantage of the roster is destined to make it difficult for them to touch the championship. I wonder what the fans think?