On December 17, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, but the impact of the epidemic on the league in recent days is still very large, the Bulls have postponed 2 games, and the two powerful Nets and Lakers have encountered trouble at the same time, and the two teams have triggered health and safety as high as 12 people. To make up for the shortfall in the squad, both teams completed a signing.
The Nets played at home against the 76ers today, but they are still missing major generals this time, and there are up to 7 people in the team to trigger the health and safety agreement, all in isolation, namely Harden, Aldridge, Bemburi, Johnson, Brown, Millsap and Carter, all of which are the main rotation players of the team, directly losing the depth of the lineup. Coupled with Harris' injury, Irving was unable to play, and only 8 players in the last game of the whole team could play, which was exactly the minimum number required by the league.
To this end, the Nets also used a difficult exception, choosing to sign free agent Langston Galloway, and the two sides reached a short 10-day contract. When the quarantined players return, he is basically abandoned, and unless he has an efficient performance during this period, it is difficult to stay. Galloway played for the Suns last season, playing 40 regular-season games, averaging 4.8 points and 1.1 rebounds per game and shooting 42.4 percent from three-point range. After signing Galloway, the Nets lineup finally has 9 players to use, including 4 rookies, who played well and the team won the game.
The Lakers at the beginning of tucker jr., Howard and Munch took the lead in triggering the health and safety agreement, and thus missed yesterday's game with the Lone Ranger, but today Westbrook and Bradley triggered again, also entered the isolation, suddenly 5 less rotation players, plus Ariza and Nunn are still absent due to injury, the Lakers are also in a shortage of employment. The Lakers have really had many disasters this season, and are currently winning 3 consecutive wins, the momentum is good, but they have been "attacked" by the epidemic, and the backcourt is seriously short of manpower, so the team chose the former All-Star - Thomas Jr.
Thomas Jr., who previously signed with the Development League, made his debut yesterday and played very well with 42 points. Perhaps it is this that attracts the Lakers and can directly help the team, after all, he has been playing games and can quickly adapt to the rhythm. This opportunity is also very rare for Thomas Jr., who has been waiting for it before, and now he has finally arrived. This is also the second time he has worked with James, before the Cavaliers, it is up to him to see if he can seize the opportunity this time, show his form, and prove that he can still stay in the NBA.