Before The first show of The Lakers preseason, The three major titles of The Athletic in The US media jointly launched a hero article, which exposed many details of The negotiations between The Lakers and Pacers on weishao’s trade and The current situation of weishao. From the whole article, the transaction negotiations between the two sides have broken down in stages. The Lakers plan to launch the ham version of the “save Wei Shao plan” and then “rescue” Wei Shao.
When the Lakers fought with the king, Ham’s plan was officially launched. Wei Shao scored 5 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists in 3 shots and 2 shots in 15 minutes. Without the hands of the empty chamber, without the outrageous jump shots, and without those speechless mistakes, it seems that if Wei Shao firmly implements Hamm’s plan, he can also save his career and save the comments.
A large part of The article on The Athletic that interpreted The insider of weishao’s trading negotiations was fried with cold rice. The novel point is that the Lakers once tried to pull the grizzly bear into trading as a third party. The Lakers signed the grizzly bear for the first round and the grizzly bear signed the first round for the Pacers, the Lakers also sent weishao to Hilde and Turner. However, Pacers insisted on asking for two first-round signatures from the Lakers, and the deal collapsed.
From June to now, the Lakers and Pacers have held many rounds of negotiations, and at least five plans have been exposed. The Lakers once tried to replace Hilde and Turner with a first round and a second round plus Wei Shao. This plan was rejected by the Pacers. The Lakers also tried to split the deal, exchanging a separate deal for Hilde or Turner, which was also rejected by the walkers.
The obstacles to deal negotiations cannot be clearer. From the perspective of Pacers, Pacers in the reconstruction mode have no sense of urgency to trade. They can kill the two first rounds without loosening their mouths. The worst thing is to bring Hilde and Turner into the new season. From the perspective of the Lakers, unless they are sure that they can improve the team’s strength to the Championship level, they do not want to send out two first-round signatures. On the issue of whether the introduction of Hilde and Turner can let the team enter the championship camp, the Lakers management cannot reach a consensus.
In addition, the Lakers will be able to free up about $34 million in salary space next summer. They are ambitious for the free market next year. It is not in the Lakers plan to introduce players who will still occupy the salary space next year, unless the player is high enough, it can be sure that it is an important puzzle for the team in the future.
What should I do if I can’t reach a deal with the walkers? Boss Jenny placed her hopes on coach Ham, who believed Hamm’s plan would work. From taking office to training camp, Ham explained his concept of using Wei Shao many times. He hoped Wei Shao would cover more teammates, make more breakthroughs in space and actively participate in defense. Ham didn’t just ask Wei Shao to transform himself unilaterally. Ham also thought a lot of ways to help Wei Shao.
The Lakers general has always said that he wants Wei Shao to be himself. What kind of Wei Shao is the most real Wei Shao? Of course, it is a sudden Wei Shao. Breakthrough requires space. What ham and other Lakers have to do is to create space for Wei Shao.
In the line-up configuration and position, Hamm arranged Damian-Jones station “Dunk Zone” (The concept comes from the junction of the stag, the bottom line and the Forbidden Zone), James, davis and Nunn station downtown. In some rounds, Jones even stood at downtown. Last season, he scored 10 points in the King’s 29 shots, not without three points projection at all. Open the space, you can attack by yourself when Wei Shao breaks through, and you can find Jones or outside shooter in the dunk area when attracting defense.
In terms of tactical play, the Lakers have an obvious change. When Wei Shao and Davis were removed, the frequency of Davis cutting out to three point line was significantly higher. The purpose of this change was to open a breakthrough space for Wei Shao. With Davis’s dismal 3-point shooting rate last season, the King didn’t pay attention to his 3-point defense at first, but Davis scored 2 3 points today. Jovan Buha, a reporter with the Lakers, believes that this is a positive signal for the Lakers.
After Nunn entered the starting line and Davis stood more for downtown, weishao enjoyed more space support. His two breakthrough layups were one-on-one singles after his teammates opened the space, at this time, his speed and confrontation advantage were obvious.
Including the first section 8 minutes 47 seconds weishao’s breakthrough assists Nunn’s empty cut layup, which is also a breakthrough opportunity for weishao after the Lakers opened the space. There is another detail in this attack. When Wei Shao broke through the emergency stop and scored, he gave naen a cover to help naen get rid of Fox’s defense completely. This is a job Wei Shao seldom did last season.
On the defensive end, Wei Shao is still the point where the outside attack of the main defense opponent is relatively weak. Ham, like Vogel’s, hopes to hide the defensive vulnerability of Wei Shao as much as possible. Ham adjusted the defense strategy of the inside line. The combination of Jones and Davis was closer to the combination of grand Lopez and adtokunbo in terms of defense strategy, giving priority to shrinking and protecting the basket. The defense time was mainly delayed and then returned to position, use height and arm show as much as possible to force the opponent to shoot the disturbed two-point ball. When the Lakers were present, the Lakers’s internal defense basically covered up the defensive loopholes of Wei Shao.
On the whole, Hamm’s plan made Wei seldom change. Wei Shao himself also optimized his shooting choices, simplified the attack style, improved efficiency and reduced mistakes. At least in the first game, weishao’s feedback on the new plan was positive. In the first half, the main force of the Lakers took an advantage. Their crash was after the main force was removed in the second half.
However, this plan also clearly sends a signal to weishao, which is a plan to greatly weaken weishao’s play. What the Lakers need is not a weishao who has shot 15 + times in an average game and shot three pairs, all they need is an average shot of 8-10 times, winning 15+5+5 in each game.
Wei Shao can temporarily suppress his desire to attack, but can he always play the role of “reasonable Wei? This requires a question mark. The final answer given by weishao will also determine whether the Lakers will restart the deal negotiations with Pacers.