There are 4 games left in the regular season, and the Los Angeles Lakers, the No. 1 giant in the NBA with 4 75 stars, are still 2 games away from the playoffs, which is undoubtedly a losing season. Purple and Gold legend Magic Johnson said on ESPN 2 that LeBron James is one of those responsible, especially when he chose to bring in Russell Westbrook and let the team miss DeMar DeRozan, and should be blamed.
Magic started by praising LeBron’s performance this season and bemoaning the Lakers’ complete waste of good form. The legendary point guard thinks the Lakers have failed this season, head coach Frank Vogel may be the scapegoat but he shouldn’t be blamed, and it’s entirely LeBron’s problem that the team missed DeRozan in the preseason. The Lakers’ Big Three plan didn’t work out, Anthony Davis was on the disabled list from time to time, and Russell Westbrook struggled all season.
California-born DeRozan’s preseason first choice was the Lakers, and he said last November: “I thought going to the Lakers was done and we were going to fix everything. I’d be able to go home. But the business side of things didn’t work out. A lot of things didn’t go right. It didn’t work out. It’s part of the business, part of the game. My next pick was definitely Chicago. So looking back, it turned out great.”
Recalling the preseason, Magic confirmed DeRozan’s statement: “The blame he (LeBron) has to accept is the fact that DeRozan ended up going to Chicago instead of joining the Lakers. DeRoZan wanted to play for the Lakers, and when I got his agent (Aaron Goodwin) The call, I called the Lakers and said, ‘He (DeRoZan) wants to go home’. We might have made this deal. But when Russell and LeBron started talking, they just scrapped that deal and chose Westbrook.”
He further analyzed: “If you sign DeRoZan, you just have to trade Kuzma to get Buddy Hield and we can play this year’s Western Conference title game with those two guys. Pelinka) said ‘DeRoZan wants to play’ and I didn’t care…I went on vacation and heard that we were going to sign Westbrook instead of DeRoZan. They did the Buddy Hield deal and then back out. You have DeRoZan and Hield , you can keep Caruso and KCP (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope). These guys are defenders. They’re ball defenders … we’re going to be in the Western Conference finals.”
“We can’t just blame Vogel,” Magic Johnson said. “Russell, you should take the blame and say, ‘I haven’t played well in 4, 5 months.’ AD, you should stay healthy. Maybe next season, we’ll see I think you should go somewhere else. Someone should be blamed. Someone should be a scapegoat, and that’s probably going to be Vogel.”
The Lakers Taiwan time today (5) days away from the regular game leader Phoenix Suns, seeking to end the 6-game losing streak. After losing to the Denver Nuggets yesterday, according to FiveThirtyEight’s prediction, their chance of making the playoffs is 0.7%. Today, as long as the Lakers lose once more, and the same day, the 10th place in the Western Division, the San Antonio Marcus wins the Denver Nuggets. The Lakers have won all three games and the Spurs have lost all. The former will still be eliminated in advance due to its poor record in the same district.
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