Disappointing this season, Russell Westbrook fails to return to his best level with the Lakers. The franchise is thinking of sanctioning him, but the player is not very receptive to this message. According to Adrian Wojnarowski himself, tensions are present in the City of Angels.
While the Lakers have just come out of 4 straight losses, thanks to LeBron James for that, the franchise is not out of the woods yet. After all, tensions exist within the roster, which fails to live up to expectations in the West. We will however have to wake up, at least to validate a place for the play-in, which could still escape Frank Vogel’s men.
Frank Vogel, weird stuff the Russell Westbrook !
More than ever, the coach is under pressure, he who must find ideas to chain victories. The solution is simple for some staff members: bencher Russell Westbrook, very bad since his arrival in Los Angeles. But for the moment, according to Adrian Wojnarowski, the coach refuses to make this choice…
ESPN Sources: There’s an increasing push among many in the Lakers organization to demote nine-time All-Star Russell Westbrook from the starting lineup, but so far coach Frank Vogel has resisted bringing him off the bench: https://t.co/2CyO729oZW
– Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 6, 2022
More and more people at the Lakers are looking to demote 9-time All-Star Russell Westbrook from the starting lineup, but so far Frank Vogel has resisted the idea of bringing him off the bench.
Why this choice of Vogel? Because like his last season with the Wizards, he hopes that Russ will manage to recover. With 20 points and 4 assists against the Warriors, he was also correct, but it will take much more to convince the staff of the Angelinos, as well as the supporters. In addition, tensions are present in the locker room, which is perhaps irreparable:
The coaching staff and Westbrook have had differing visions on how best to utilize him and that has partly accounted for some tense moments between Vogel and Westbrook in the past several days — including during a team film session Friday, sources said.
– Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 6, 2022
The staff and Westbrook have different views on how best to use him, which partly explains the tensions between Vogel and Westbrook in recent days – including a film session this Friday.
As we said, things are heating up between Russell Westbrook and the Lakers. Both sides disagree on his use, while some are pushing in order to get him off the bench. A decision will have to be made, but in any case, hard to imagine the star staying in Los Angeles for long.
