Lakers news: The Buss brothers were fired, the two generals were officially decentralized, and the substitutes ranked last in scoring

The Buss brothers were fired

Today, according to ESPN chief reporter Shams, sources revealed that the Lakers have fired Jesse Buss and Joey Buss from their management positions and will reorganize the basketball operations department. Joey Buss and Jesse Buss are the sons of former Lakers owner Jerry Buss. Over the past decade, the two have served as scout managers for the Lakers, helping the team identify players such as Clarkson, Kuzma, Nance Jr., Christie and Reeves who are more powerful than famous.

According to Shams, the Lakers fired the Buss brothers at this point in time for two reasons: 1. The Buss brothers had voted against selling the Lakers to the current Lakers owner Mark Walter for $10 billion, which made the latter quite dissatisfied; 2. The new Lakers owner Walter wanted to build his own management team and weaken the Buss family's weight and influence in the management. It is worth mentioning that currently, only the eldest sister Jenny Buss (who is responsible for the main operations of the Lakers for the next five years) is left in the Buss family. I don’t know what the old Buss in the sky will think when he sees the Lakers he built with his own hands turning into this.

Official announcement of delegating two generals

Today, the Lakers officially announced that the team has devolved last year's 55th overall pick, guard Bronny, and this year's 36th overall pick, forward Tierro, to the South Bay Lakers, the team's Development League affiliate. So far this season, Browne has played in 10 games (including 1 start), averaging 2.1 points, 0.9 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 0.8 steals in 11.1 minutes per game. Tiello has just recovered from a knee injury and has played in 2 games, averaging 3 points and 0.5 rebounds in 4 minutes per game.

Perhaps some fans don't understand why the Lakers want to delegate Bronny, who has performed quite well this season, especially on the defensive end. The author believes that there are two reasons. On the one hand, the Lakers have not played for several days, so it is better to go to the South Bay Lakers to find their status; on the other hand, the Lakers are currently all healthy and have a complete lineup. It is difficult for Bronny and Tiello to play in regular time, but it is better to seize the opportunity to practice in the Development League. For Bronny, if he wants to get more playing time and a higher team status with the Lakers, it is useless to rely on his father James. He still needs to take actual actions to prove it. The first thing is to improve the stability of the offensive end.

The bench score is last.

Today, NBA reporters posted the bench score list of each team in the league so far this season. The results show that the Chicago Bulls beat the Memphis Grizzlies to rank first, while the Lakers ranked first from the bottom with an absolute disadvantage. The specific rankings are: 1. Bulls 48.9, 2. Grizzlies 47.9, 3. Heat 46.2, 4. Mavericks 45.4, 5. Wizards 42.6, 6. Pelicans 39.1, 7. Clippers 38.8, 8. Warriors 38.2, 9. Bucks 38.1, 10. Hawks 37.7, 11. Jazz 37.2, 12, Hornets & Nets 36.9, 14, Celtics 36.5, 15, Thunder 36.4, 16, Rockets % 26 Spurs 36.2, 18, Knicks 36.1, 19, Suns 36, 20, Kings 35.9, 21, 76% 26 Pacers 34.9, 23, Pistons 34.7, 24, Trail Blazers 34.5, 25, Nuggets 33.7, 26, Raptors 33.5, 27, Timberwolves 33.1, 28, Magic 30.5, 29, Cavaliers 29.4, 30, Lakers 25.3.

It is undeniable that the Lakers starter, with three outstanding scorers in James, Doncic, and Reeves, is one of the strongest starters in the league. This allows the Lakers to take the lead at the beginning of many games, but the fact that the Lakers have the lowest bench score is really a problem that cannot be ignored. It is impossible for the Lakers' starters to produce efficient and stable output every game. Once the game feels bad and the substitutes cannot step up, the situation will be very passive. And if the Lakers rely too much on their starting performance, their bench scoring will only get weaker and weaker. For the Lakers, if they want to go further this season, they must make changes to deal with the weak scoring situation of the bench. Either make reasonable adjustments to the starting lineup and put Reeves or Rui Hachimura on the bench to lead the second lineup, or make targeted transactions to strengthen the strength of the bench lineup. Last season's Thunder proved that in order to win the championship, the starting and bench strength must be balanced.