” Our collective energy is not up to par right now. So said Frank Vogel earlier this week, after the Lakers’ heavy defeat at home to the Bucks. The next day, the Californians lost on the floor of the Blazers, a defeat which had left Magic Johnson” voiceless“. Finally came the dreaded “trade deadline” during which, like seven other teams in the league, they finally did not move.
The state of the troops after this colorful week? ” This is a new daydescribes Frank Vogel, picked up by ESPNafter training yesterday. The group showed great energy today. Both in the video session and in training. I think there’s just a natural energy in our group to start fresh, knowing that the transfer deadline has passed. This is the group we put together to start the year. It’s a band we believe in.“
Even if Rob Pelinka indicated that the Lakers would be attentive to “buyout” situations, likely to change the workforce in small steps, current players should have more “peace of mind”, now that they are assured of stay in the group.
” With this deadline passed and a reinvigorated state of mind today, the group has very good energy to go and try to win the next game and believe in what we can do this year. “, still wants to be positive the coach of the team.
Relaunch before the “All-Star break”?
His optimism should not make us forget the current collective slump, and the idea that the Lakers, despite their final immobility, have tried to activate tracks, in particular to put an end to the Russell Westbrook experience in Los Angeles. Rob Pelinka assured that they had shown themselves aggressive in many discussions “.
ESPN reports besides, LeBron James and Anthony Davis haven’t had a conversation with their president about not making trades.
“ You can’t force another team to come up with a deal that will make your team better (…). As I have done in the past, I had conversations with LeBron and Anthony about this and I would say the decision was unanimous. “, displayed the leader of the Lakers, wishing to show that his major players and he were moving in the same direction.
With 26 matches to play, the Californians no longer have time to look back. The “All-Star break” is coming in a week and the Lakers would have the very good idea of winning their next two games to start in the right direction before this break. However, it will be necessary to fight on the floor of the Warriors next night, before receiving the Jazz four days later…
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| lebron james | 39 | 36.7 | 52.6 | 35.4 | 75.3 | 1.1 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 29.1 |
| Anthony Davis | 35 | 35.6 | 53.7 | 17.2 | 71.2 | 2.9 | 7.1 | 10.0 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 23.5 |
| Russell Westbrook | 55 | 34.6 | 43.5 | 29.8 | 66.5 | 1.4 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 18.3 |
| Carmelo Anthony | 50 | 26.5 | 43.7 | 39.2 | 82.4 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 13.4 |
| Malik Monk | 50 | 27.2 | 47.0 | 40.3 | 78.7 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 13.0 |
| Talen Horton-tucker | 40 | 25.7 | 41.0 | 26.9 | 79.7 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 9.5 |
| 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 |
| Stanley Johnson | 22 | 22.4 | 48.7 | 32.0 | 67.7 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 6.7 |
| Avery Bradley | 48 | 23.7 | 41.0 | 37.6 | 85.7 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 6.6 |
| Wayne Ellington | 34 | 19.3 | 39.9 | 39.2 | 80.0 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| Austin Reaves | 37 | 21.1 | 47.1 | 32.2 | 82.4 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 5.9 |
| Dwight Howard | 41 | 14.5 | 62.1 | 66.7 | 61.2 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 5.2 |
| Trevor Ariza | 18 | 19.5 | 36.2 | 33.3 | 70.0 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 4.2 |
| Deandre Jordan | 31 | 12.9 | 67.0 | 0.0 | 48.0 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 4.2 |
| Kent Bazemore | 31 | 14.7 | 32.8 | 35.4 | 76.5 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 3.7 |
| 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 |
