Unless...
Trade season is still open, they can change their roster if they like. I believe Austin Reaves is their real future and I won't exchange this guy for anyone.
Just witnessing how he hustled for two consecutive games makes me wonder why they are not giving him more minutes. Let him be a starter, let the phase run thru him with speed and to drag everyone in that Lakers team in his defensive aggressiveness. He is like Covid, contagious. He can easily make the team and the fans go wild with all his hustle plays.
Him and Dwight Howard combined makes a strong defensive line.

If the coach is the problem then he could have been fired already. The management respects him as he brought a championship with the Lakers, so I think he will be given a chance to prove himself and if the Lakers will not succeed, they might trade or acquire other players but the coach will remain unless Lebron will influence the management to fire the coach.

But we all know that sooner or later if the coach can't bring the old glory then he could be fire. Of course we don't want that to happen to Vogel, but maybe the management is really thinking very hard on what to do next specially after the all star break because it is going to be critical for the Lakers to even make the playoffs.

So we will see, I'm sure Lakers fans are also undecided as to who is really to blame to their season this year as in paper they look to be championship level in the beginning.

Maybe we as fans expecting too much to 30+ guys who are mostly not in their primes, though it may sound subjective but that's just my opinion. Most of the star athletes on the team are 30+ already and I think that's the reason? Maybe the chemistry thing again.

No doubt on LBJ, he can do that but they should act as a team and win as a team too. It feels like he's not stopping and just getting hungry for more but if the performance as a team doesn't meet, that's not really fine at all.

It's the two rookies that played the starting core with the big three that made the real difference. Day'Ron Sharpe and Kessler Edwards.
They did well at both ends of the floor, especially Sharpe who dominated under the rim even if he only played 22 minutes. None of them are wasted, all of those minutes are used perfectly.
Then, there's Derrick Jones Jr. who was injured at the first minute of the game by rolling his ankle. Wish him good health. Maybe it will be a different kind of game if he was around.

Lebron James is making a strong case for his all around ability as a basketballer this season playing center. Another great night for the king but resulted in another loss. The main failure of lebron this season as compared to other season is his inability to get the very best out of Russell Westbrook.

Frank Vogel needs to recognize that Westbrook can't be on the floor on the fourth quarter. Furthermore wise Avery Bradley playing so many minutes, this was the same last season where Vogel have more minutes to him to the likes of curoso and kcp. Give more minutes to the likes of Austin reaves and Ariza.

There is a great game tonight. Milwaukee Bucks are playing a home game against Golden State Warriors. I can't wait to watch this huge game as I'm going to be able to watch Klay Thompson too. And I know that he is still trying to adapt again but it won't take too much time hopefully. If he starts playing close to his performance before his injury, then we could watch a more amazing game tonight. And they could win the game too in that case.

Damian Lillard's injury would blow Portland chances. He will be out for at least two months, that's pretty long time. He would come back in play-offs but it's a big question which place they will be in there.
NBA All-Star Voting is still going on and second results of fan vote just announced. It looks like starting lineups are ready, there is big vote difference for top 5 and others. The only competition is for third frontcourt player in Western conference. Wiggins and Paul George have very close votes, that may change. I don't expect other players to change.

I saw it on official website: https://www.nba.com/news/second-fan-returns-nba-all-star-voting-2022
You can also follow official communication twitter: https://twitter.com/NBAPR/status/1481687564079845378

Remember fan vote have %50 weight, other %50 will come from players and media. Starting lineup may change after other %50 votes.

Western Conference

Frontcourt
1. LeBron James (LAL) – 4,386,392
2. Nikola Jokić (DEN) – 3,016,380
3. Andrew Wiggins (GSW) – 1,829,733
4. Paul George (LAC) – 1,773,447
5. Anthony Davis (LAL) – 1,342,294
6. Draymond Green (GSW) – 1,295,848
7. Carmelo Anthony (LAL) – 886,014
8. Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) – 851,033
9. Rudy Gobert (UTA) – 419,853
10. Deandre Ayton (PHX) – 344,688

Guards
1. Stephen Curry (GSW) – 4,463,426
2. Ja Morant (MEM) – 1,633,313
3. Luka Dončić (DAL) – 1,410,605
4. Klay Thompson (GSW) – 749,038
5. Devin Booker (PHX) – 648,317
6. Russell Westbrook (LAL) – 576,512
7. Chris Paul (PHX) – 561,896
8. Donovan Mitchell (UTA) – 441,247
9. Damian Lillard (POR) – 364,217
10. Anthony Edwards (MIN) – 224,293

Eastern Conference

Frontcourt
1. Kevin Durant (BKN) – 4,088,334
2. Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) – 3,808,458
3. Joel Embiid (PHI) – 2,357,404
4. Jayson Tatum (BOS) – 1,155,591
5. Jimmy Butler (MIA) – 978,889
6. Jarrett Allen (CLE) – 341,885
7. Bam Adebayo (MIA) – 282,512
8. Pascal Siakam (TOR) – 244,042
9. Miles Bridges (CHA) – 230,586
10. LaMarcus Aldridge (BKN) – 216,216

Guards
1. DeMar DeRozan (CHI) – 2,973,854
2. Trae Young (ATL) – 1,596,301
3. Zach LaVine (CHI) – 1,442,571
4. James Harden (BKN) -1,433,217
5. LaMelo Ball (CHA) – 694,446
6. Kyrie Irving (BKN) – 561,103
7. Derrick Rose (NYK) – 373,039
8. Fred VanVleet (TOR) – 350,806
9. Darius Garland (CLE) – 227,813
10. Jaylen Brown (BOS) – 217,463