Yellow Goes Down: The Los Angeles Lakers Problems | Israel today

It's certainly not necessary to understand the attack of the triangle to know that in most cases it is forbidden and not to jump to conclusions from what is happening in the preparation games in the best league in the world, but still, the Staples Center corridors should start to find out where the panic button, just in case.

The Lakers' dismal balance sheet before the season does show 0 wins and six losses, but that's not what produces another setback in LeBron's hairline or leaves Frank Vogel awake at night.

It is much more worrying that at the moment it seems that the group of ancient stars fought for one unit is far from producing a basic logic on the parquet, one that will lead to a procession in downtown in the early summer.

And as if the feeling of nausea was not enough, there were also two injuries from Trevor Packing and Tylan Horton Tucker that sidelined them for a long time.

Although these are two rotation players, they are definitely of professional importance and have a texture that should have crystallized towards the start of the season.

There is a disturbing scent in the air among the team fans that is quite reminiscent of the chain accident that is the 2012/3 season that is at least similar in expectations to what is supposed to happen this season.

Remember?

It started with a goal in Sports Illustrated, continued into a nightmarish season and ended with Kobe Achilles' brutal injury all the way to a humiliating relegation in the first round.

Many question marks

So true, another vision for the date and maybe we got a little carried away with the pessimism, but what we saw from the Lakers in the preseason is laden with question marks.

Westbrook's connection, which raised quite a few questions from the day he arrived, became tangible from the moment he started losing balls incoherently already in his first game for the team.

Westbrook.

Not a winning basketball, Photo: AP

It's not that LeBron has not played with dominant basketball leaders in the past, Kyrie Irving, his pre-phobia of syringes, managed to help him bring a historic championship in the 2016 Cleveland uniform, but Kyrie had a reasonable off-archery shot that allowed LeBron to trample his way to the ring without An additional shield will overwhelm the paint.

Russ's shooting is mediocre on a good day and is presumably absent most days of the year.

His percentages from the three-line have been scratching 30% in the last three seasons, so LeBron's 'drive and kick' desperately needs his side is unlikely to happen.

The prevailing opinion of most commentators in the US is also more skeptical that the team between the two will be able to produce enough basketball to reach the top. "I see no possibility that this connection will work," Bill Simmons stated in his podcast. They do not complement each other in any way.

That connection is illogical. "

Fragile, crumbles easily

On to the rest of the star team.

Davis?

After a disappointing season he promised to come in top form, but the problem with him was and remains his time on the floor.

There are more durable porcelain dolls than it and you can bet we will see it on citizens at least thirty games a year.

Not only that, although he has resented it quite a bit in the past, Davis will have to play the role of chin for most of the season, which certainly will not add to his burnout and mood.

True, there is Diandra Jordan in the team but there is a reason why the man continues to be thrown out of almost every club since his "Love City" days in the second team that inhabits the Staples.

His defensive presence is really not what it used to be, he reacts late to "pick and roll" and on offense he is good for how many Halley bake in the game but it is not something you can go to the bank with, what is also a 50% penalty sling, no chance of seeing him on the floor In the decisive minutes.

Anthony, Davis and James, Photo: AP

Carmelo?

Oh really, even the lovable rejuvenation he won in Portland after a long challah can not forget that this is a 36-year-old former star who surprised with an effective percentage of the three last season (almost 41 percent), but it is difficult to mark him as the real replacement for Coldwell-pop Shrinks.

Melo's relative slowness is another oppressive tier to Vogel's vision, who fantasizes about a fast-paced game that will probably be hard to come by when his roster is the player who ran the least in the league last season according to the data.

Another past resident the team fans are sure to miss is Alex Caruso who found a hot spot in the Bulls.

Kennedy Nan and Malik Monk who came to fill the void are at least on paper looking like good signings, but still, there is a reason why Miami and Charlotte gave them up so quickly in the summer.

Monk, choosing a lottery a few years ago was already on the safe track for landing in Europe until last season he decided to reveal some of the potential.

Now we see him withstood the pressure of a team under the spotlight regularly aiming for the championship.

Nan was a pleasant surprise in Miami a few seasons ago but he may be fit to be the ninth best player in rotation on a team that has rushed to the championship.

You can bet against the king

The obvious conclusion is that LeBron will surely settle everything and that there is no way to bet against the king.

A correct statement perhaps for 2018, but we have to be honest: although the man spends on his body every year sums of money the size of several local councils in Israel, he is already 36 years old and enters his 19th season in the league, and his decline will begin at some point.

What’s more, in his three seasons at the Lakers he was injured for long periods for two years, including an injury that ended his opening season with the team.

A year later he may have played in 67 of 73 games in the bizarre Corona season and given a fine and standard playoff to his standards all the way to the championship, but let’s not forget the forced break before moving to a bubble that allowed him a few months to rest.

AD and King James, Photo: AFP

This is definitely a fateful season for LeBron and he too knows that this may be his last attempt to get a fifth ring that will equate him to Kobe and Magic and may revive the debate over the greatest identity of all time.

Spoiler: It's hard to believe that even winning his championship would change the world order again, so that Michael could smoke the cigar at ease.

Anyone who really wants to add exclamation marks on the statement is welcome to take a break from watching "The Squid Games" and search for "The Last Dance" on Netflix, there are rumors that this is a great docu.

So for the sake of apprehension we will retreat and say that it is clear that the season has not started yet and the whole team has not played one "real" game together, and chances are that thanks to a light game at the beginning of the season the gloomy forecast here will look comical in a month, but it is definitely not the start of the season Land.

There is something in the connection and staff of the team and of course in the advanced age of its stars, which seems more like a recipe for success while playing in 2K or fantasy, but feels like an awkward exit in the first round.

We'll see.