It’s always very complicated behind the scenes of the Lakers. Because Phil Jackson, present in the stands of the Crypto.com Arena for the match against the Warriors, always advises Jeanie Buss, his former fiancée and current boss of the franchise, according to information from The Athletic.
Far from the NBA universe since his ousting as president of the Knicks in 2017, the “Zen Master” would thus be particularly interested in the situation of Russell Westbrook, in great difficulty in Los Angeles.
A great follower of “psychological wars” and specialist in these internal tensions, Phil Jackson obviously has the experience to advise Jeanie Buss, but it is one more voice around the owner, while Kurt Rambis and his wife Linda already have a lot influence, and that Magic Johnson is never far away. Without forgetting the weight of the camp of LeBron James… who has never hidden that he did not like Phil Jackson very much.
If we add that Carmelo Anthony, often criticized by the “Zen Master”, is also in the Los Angeles group, we arrive at a funny situation, which only the City of Angels can produce.
Especially since the “drama” around Russell Westbrook is far from over. According to The Athletic, the coaching staff would have pushed for a transfer of the leader during the “trade deadline”, but the leaders preferred not to sacrifice new draft choices to dismiss the 2017 MVP. What to increase the tension between the playmaker and Frank Vogel in stride, with the question of his passage as a substitute in common thread…
| Tirs | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Lebron James | 46 | 36.8 | 52.2 | 35.4 | 76.4 | 1.1 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 6.2 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 29.4 |
| Anthony Davis | 37 | 35.1 | 53.7 | 18.2 | 70.9 | 2.8 | 6.9 | 9.7 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 23.1 |
| Russell Westbrook | 62 | 34.4 | 43.4 | 28.4 | 67.0 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 18.1 |
| Carmelo Anthony | 55 | 26.7 | 44.5 | 39.1 | 83.3 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 13.6 |
| Malik Monk | 57 | 27.3 | 46.2 | 39.5 | 76.7 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 12.7 |
| Talen Horton-tucker | 46 | 25.9 | 41.2 | 27.5 | 80.5 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 9.3 |
| Isaiah Thomas | 4 | 25.2 | 30.8 | 22.7 | 72.7 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 9.2 |
| Rescue Doumbouya | 2 | 8.2 | 62.5 | 50.0 | 75.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| Avery Bradley | 50 | 23.6 | 40.9 | 37.6 | 85.7 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 6.5 |
| Wayne Ellington | 37 | 18.7 | 40.7 | 39.1 | 80.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 6.4 |
| Stanley Johnson | 29 | 21.4 | 47.6 | 31.1 | 71.4 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 6.3 |
| Austin Reaves | 44 | 21.9 | 46.7 | 32.1 | 83.3 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 6.1 |
| Dwight Howard | 46 | 14.7 | 60.0 | 66.7 | 62.5 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 5.2 |
| Dj Augustine | 2 | 20.6 | 37.5 | 42.9 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| Deandre Jordan | 32 | 12.8 | 67.4 | 0.0 | 46.2 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 4.1 |
| Trevor Ariza | 22 | 18.9 | 34.1 | 30.3 | 53.3 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 3.8 |
| Kent Bazemore | 35 | 14.4 | 34.6 | 39.2 | 76.5 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 3.8 |
| Rondo region | 18 | 16.1 | 32.4 | 26.7 | 50.0 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
| Wenyen Gabriel | 1 | 4.0 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| Mason Jones | 2 | 4.4 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Jemerrio Jones | 2 | 7.4 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Darren Collison | 3 | 12.4 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| Chaundee Brown | 2 | 10.3 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Jay Huff | 4 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |