Infighting is common in NBA franchises, and it’s all the more true at the Lakers, who were a veritable basket of crabs for a long time before Jeanie Buss really took control of the club.
Nevertheless, it should be remembered that the first months of the current owner were not easy, with in particular the internal squabble between Magic Johnson and Rob Pelinka. And with the current upheavals, internal dissensions seem to be reappearing, which undoubtedly contributes to destabilizing Frank Vogel’s position.
More and more in the hot seat, the trainer must thus do with Kurt Rambis, special adviser to Jeanie Buss, of which he is very close, with his wife Linda. The Los Angeles Times reports that the four-time NBA champion (1982, 1985, 1987, 1988) has so far participated in meetings with the coaching staff by videoconference. A sign that the pressure is mounting for Frank Vogel, the former right-hand man of Phil Jackson is now present in person…
Above all, he would be against the use of the “small ball” by the Lakers, with LeBron James as pivot, and would therefore push for the use of more “classic” combinations, with DeAndre Jordan and Dwight Howard.
What further complicate the task of Frank Vogel, yet not a follower of the “small ball” but who is looking for solutions, with a workforce that lacks defenders, to find a balance while awaiting the return of Anthony Davis. Still, he must still be in position when his interior returns to the pitch.
| Tirs | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 | 0.5 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
