Clippers fans, who are a little sour, scoff at Butler's move to the Lakers.

"Isn't it just a trade for a Butler? Those who don't know think they got Durant. ”

"Wouldn't it? There won't really be Lakers fans who think that they can beat the Warriors with the combination of Wang Feng + Butler's two All-Stars, right? ”

"The Warriors' Curry, Durant, Thompson, Green and Cousins were all All-Star players last season, who else can the Lakers push out other than Wang Feng and Butler? Rose? How many more 50+ points can he play? ”

"Ingram? It's the third season of his career, and I don't see a bit of a trend toward Durant. ”

Having said a lot, there is only one thing that Clippers fans want to express, the Lakers are completely incomparable to the Warriors.

This is true, but if you look at the entire alliance...... No, even if you look at the history of the NBA, can you find even one team that compares to the current Warriors in terms of roster?

The depth of the Lakers' current roster, except for the Warriors, there is no team in the entire league that can compare, if any team has a chance to stop the Warriors this season, I am afraid that more than sixty percent of all fans who watch the game will choose the Lakers, three percent choose the Rockets, and the remaining one percent will be divided by other teams.

That's a testament to how strong the Lakers are right now.

……

On November 3, the Lakers challenged the Portland Trail Blazers away and lost the game 110-114, ending the winning streak.

Butler, who had just been traded to the Lakers, was not able to play in this game due to rule restrictions.

But fortunately, Butler will be able to play with the team in the next game.

It's just that before that, the Lakers' lineup needs to be readjusted after a change.

Although Wang Feng actually had plans and ideas in advance, he did not communicate with coach Wharton.

When Butler came to the Lakers, he could play the starting point guard position, a position he started out as a point guard when he was with the Bulls.

Ingram, on the other hand, can return to the small forward position he is most familiar with, although in the scoring guard position, Ingram will have a lot of shooting advantages by relying on his height, but the defender who is faster defensively, Ingram is a little weak.

As for Wang Feng......

"Wang, are you sure you want to play the power forward position?"

Wharton was hesitant when he heard Wang Feng's suggestion.

In the past few days, he has also been worrying about the Lakers' lineup adjustment, and he has also considered whether to let Ingram play inside, after all, from the perspective of height, Ingram can be qualified for the power forward position.

What he didn't expect was that Wang Feng would take the initiative to ask Ying to be the big forward.

In the past, Wang Feng basically played the small forward position, including when he was in the Cavaliers, it was James who played the big forward and let Wang Feng serve as the team's starting small forward.

The reason for this is that, on the one hand, Wang Feng is not proficient in interior defense and cannot defend the opponent's interior players.

On the other hand, Wang Feng's technical characteristics are also standard outside players, three-point and mid-to-long-range projection, supplemented by outside holding the ball to break through the offensive frame, and he does not have the steps and skills to attack with the ball inside.

Although there are many power forwards who are wearing the skin of interior players and doing the work of outside players, they will still be checked and balanced in various aspects.

Wharton didn't want Wang Feng to lose his efficiency by playing as a power forward, but Wang Feng was full of confidence.

This season he is not what he used to be.

90 inside defense, 90 rebounds, 90 low post offense, 90 from close range, and 66 from the back to the basket.

The improvement of these ability values has made Wang Feng have made a qualitative leap at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends of the inner line.

Although his current strength on the inside is not as good as those of the league's top interior players, the gap will not be particularly large, not to mention the big forward now, even the center has to be pulled to the outside to shoot three points, and his outside offense will not be affected too much.

"Okay, since you want to give it a try, then try it in the next game, and if you don't get used to it, you can also change back."

After thinking about it, Wharton agreed to Wang Feng's suggestion.

Scoring guard Butler, small forward Ingram, and power forward Wang Feng.

As for the position of point guard and center, there is actually no suspense, and there is no need to dwell on it.

Although Rose played well and shocked many people with his performance within 54 points in a single game, it is clear that Rondo is a more suitable player for the team to start, and the Lakers are not short of scorers in their starting lineup, but need Rondo's passing and rhythm control to lead the game.

At the same time, Rondo's defensive ability is obviously better than Rose's, even including the ability to shoot three-point shots, and Rondo in the 18-19 season is not much worse than Rose.

With Rondo starting, Rose can come off the bench and use his scoring prowess to lead the team's bench to score.

As for the starting center, after nine previous attempts, Wharton found Lopes to be a better fit to start than McGee.

Although Lopez's rim protection and rebounding are far from being comparable to McGee's, he has the mid-range and three-point range that McGee has never been able to practice in his life.

The current league has completely entered the era of small ball, and centers without three-point shooting ability have become increasingly unable to keep up with the pace of the game.

Not only McGee, but also Howard, Jordan Jr., Andre Jr. Drummond and other center forwards are facing the same situation.

When Lopez is on the court, he can pull the opponent's interior players out to the outside, making it easier for outside players such as Wang Feng to attack the basket.

Of course, if the team encounters some teams that focus on the offense of interior players, such as the Pelicans, Nuggets, 76ers and other teams, McGee can be used as a weapon to defend the thick eyebrows, Jokic and others.

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The Lakers, who have preliminarily finalized their starting lineup, ushered in Butler's debut on November 4.

Home game against Toronto Monglongs.

It wasn't a tough game because of Kawai. Leonard didn't play.

Leonard, who joined the Menglong team, is like an uncle who has been supplied, and he doesn't play back-to-back games at all, and some away games that are far away also depend on the mood.

In order to curry favor with Leonard, the management of the Menglong team won to complete the contract extension with Leonard next season, and Leonard also wanted to do so.

Facing Menglong without Leonard, how could the Lakers, who already have a perfect lineup, lose at home?

Butler finished with 24 points and five rebounds on 10-of-16 shooting in his Lakers debut, while Ingram, who returned to the small forward position, scored 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting.

And Wang Feng, who started as a power forward, faced Yin Baka's defense, shot 15 of 19 from the field, and scored 38 points and 10 rebounds with extremely terrifying efficiency.