On November 11, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, but the Kings sent out such a message - according to the Kings and team reporter Sean Cunningham, the Kings player Bagley refused to play in the game against the Suns a few days ago, when the game went through the second half, head coach Walton wanted to send Bagley to the court, but Bagley refused.
Then today, Walton was interviewed, and when asked about it, his response was: "This is an internal problem of our team, we will deal with it, I think what really matters is the performance of the team, we will continue to move forward." ”
So far this season, Bagley has only played once in the second game against the Jazz, that game he played 10 minutes, 2 shots, 1 of 2, 2 points and 4 rebounds, and in all the games since then, Bagley has not played again, he is not injured, he is simply hidden by the snow.
The truth is also that even before the start of the regular season, the Kings informed the Bagley team that there was no place for Bagley in the team's future plans. Speaking about Bagley's lack of opportunities to play, the King general manager said: "You know, it's the manager's decision, we already have Tristan Thompson, Ryan, Holmes on the inside, Bagley has to always try to be ready, if his name is called, he should play. ”
As you can see, Bagley is in a pretty bad position right now.
After all, the Kings have indeed given him a lot of opportunities in the past three years, but Bagley has not improved, averaging 14.1 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game last season, shooting 50.4% from the field, 34.3% from three-point range and 57.5% from the free throw line.
Looking at the data may not be bad, after all, the offensive efficiency is still guaranteed, but Bagley's playing style belongs to the type of game that eats the ball, drags the rhythm, and he is not good at defending - similar to Okafor, who can get the data, but the impact on the team is negative.
Coupled with the fact that the Kings' current roster has been fixed, the team is basically a big four small play, Bagley can not be used as an interior guard, as the third and fourth positions and do not have enough three points, naturally it was abandoned by Walton, but I did not expect that this time the abandonment was so thorough, directly did not give the opportunity to play.
It should be said that the Kings management has undergone a big change of blood last year, and the current management and the management led by Divac have a completely different thinking, and the current management is clearly to keep the best from the rookies selected, they have selected Mitchell this year, and traded to Thompson, which also indirectly led to Bagley having no ball to play.
In general, the team will choose to trade, but the Kings are not, according to espnon reports, the Kings have not actively sought trade for Bagley this season - to be honest, you can't blame the Kings entirely, after all, they have been seeking a trade for a whole year last season, but Bagley has no one to ask, and also suffered an injury before the trade deadline.
But in any case, in terms of results, the King is wasting Bagley's talent, although Bagley is a little bit of a dish, but the team is either cultivated or sold at a low price, and now he can neither grow the price nor improve the level, which is not good for anyone.
If this continues, Bagley will really become a parallel cargo.
As the leader of the 2018 Draft, Bagley has long been left behind by Doncic, Trae Young and others - this summer, more than half of the 18th Lotto shows have been extended in advance, and Ayton and Milesbridges, who have not been renewed early, will also get big contracts sooner or later.
But what about Bagley, let alone the next contract, he can't even play the ball now, he even refuses to play when he has the opportunity, his temper is there, but what will other teams think about it? You know, Bagley is only 22 years old, no one wants to be nailed to the name of parallel goods, I hope he continues to refuel.