The pressure tightens severely on Frank Vogel. Yes Yahoo! Sports and The Athletic have just assured that the coach would be present on the Lakers bench for Friday’s trip to Orlando, having to confirm his presence for the next game is not the best indicator for the person concerned…
Already under threat for a few days, the Californian technician lost another opportunity to breathe a little with the surprise defeat of his troop this night against the Pacers, his former team. We recall that the latter had won only one of their last eleven matches when the Lakers had just won against the Jazz.
“ I don’t feel threatened“, still displays Frank Vogel, according to whom he is ” not hard to do his job. ” I’m really focused on the task at hand, I’ve always been like that “, completes the one who led this team to the title of 2020.
ESPN reports yet a defeat against the Jazz, while Los Angeles remained on three defeats in a row including one of 37 points in Denver, could have been fatal to him.
In office since 2019, the former Pacers coach had never experienced such difficulties in Los Angeles, where the pressure is obviously higher than in Indiana. ” It’s part of the job, to be the coach of the Lakers. We have high expectations. The fans really care about us. It’s a big market and to be honest with you, I wouldn’t have it any other way. I want people to care, to want the best and to demand excellence from our group.“
A “healthy” relationship with its leaders
Today’s Lakers are far from that. With a very mediocre record of 22 wins and 23 losses, they still manage to stay in the Top 8 of their conference, just behind… the Wolves. Failing to react in the game, this team will necessarily experience adjustments, whether in the workforce, before the transfer deadline, or on the bench therefore.
Frank Vogel assures that he is in constant contact, to ” every game, all year round “, with its leaders including the vice-president and GM, Rob Pelinka. A relationship he calls ” healthy “. ” Everyone is working together to make sure everything is going the right way. We all have a great working relationship where we try to figure things out together. We won a title this way, I feel good about our journey.“
” In this business, and with this team, if you don’t win at a super high level, these kinds of rumors fall on you.”, continues the coach. “I’m good at abstracting. I feel good about the work we do. I believe in what we can do this year, so I remain 100% focused on the task at hand.“
Until when ?
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| lebron james | 32 | 36.7 | 51.7 | 36.2 | 75.5 | 1.1 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 28.8 |
| Anthony Davis | 27 | 35.4 | 52.1 | 17.9 | 72.7 | 2.7 | 7.1 | 9.9 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 23.3 |
| Russell Westbrook | 44 | 35.1 | 43.6 | 28.9 | 66.8 | 1.4 | 6.7 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 18.6 |
| Carmelo Anthony | 41 | 27.0 | 42.7 | 38.9 | 80.2 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 13.2 |
| Malik Monk | 39 | 26.0 | 47.4 | 40.4 | 85.1 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 12.1 |
| Talen Horton-tucker | 28 | 27.4 | 40.9 | 24.4 | 77.8 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 10.6 |
| 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 |
| Sekou 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 | 36 | 23.8 | 42.1 | 38.3 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 6.8 |
| Stanley Johnson | 10 | 20.8 | 52.2 | 29.2 | 81.8 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 6.4 |
| Wayne Ellington | 30 | 20.1 | 39.9 | 38.3 | 80.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 6.4 |
| Austin Reaves | 25 | 20.9 | 50.9 | 36.7 | 86.2 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 6.3 |
| Dwight Howard | 34 | 15.1 | 62.6 | 66.7 | 61.8 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 5.4 |
| Deandre Jordan | 29 | 13.0 | 67.4 | 0.0 | 58.8 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 4.3 |
| Kent Bazemore | 25 | 16.7 | 33.0 | 35.1 | 76.9 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 4.0 |
| Trevor Ariza | 10 | 19.0 | 41.9 | 42.3 | 50.0 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 3.9 |
| Rajon Rondo | 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 |
| 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 |
