On December 17, Beijing time, due to the five players in the team triggering the health and safety agreement and were isolated, and Ariza and Nunn were still recuperating, the Los Angeles Lakers will sign Thomas Jr. with a ten-day short contract; although the Lakers have not yet officially announced, But Thomas Jr. himself has confirmed the joining of the Lakers, forwarded the news of signing the Lakers, and tweeted: Thank the Lakers for giving me this opportunity to prove that everyone is wrong, let's start working!
Yesterday in the NBA development league debut, Thomas Jr. played 42 minutes 30 shots 16 of 30, three-point 14 shots 5 slashed 42 points, 6 baskets and 8 assists and 0 mistakes in the whole game, a crazy game let the outside world shout that he still belongs to the NBA; now Thomas Jr. confirmed that he returned to the Lakers, after 8 months, he can finally return to the NBA, and return to the Lakers to join forces with James again.
Thomas Jr. will return to the Lakers to attract heated discussions, Lavin tweeted: My brother returned to his place; Lakers old Clarkson tweeted: yes, sir, welcome the killer back; US media NBA onTNT photo tweet: he is back.
Thomas Jr. played 17 times for the Lakers in the 2017-18 regular season, averaging 15.6 points, five assists and 2.1 rebounds per game; the last time he played in the NBA was on April 13, 2021, when he played three games for the Pelicans last season, averaging 16.0 minutes per game, 7.7 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists.
The biggest reason for the Lakers to sign Thomas Jr. is that Westbrook, Horton Tucker, Munch and Bradley four guards are isolated, the guard line is too short, the Lakers can only apply to the league for difficult exceptions, and then sign Thomas Jr. to fight the fire; at present, the Lakers only have 10 players to play - James, Thick Brow, Rondo, Anthony, Jordan Jr., Reeves, Ellington, Bazemore, Khuff and Brown Jr., Thomas Jr. is expected to return to the NBA after the official signing.