The NBA regular season is in full swing, and off the court due to a number of players triggering safety agreements can not play for the team, before Harden, Aldridge, Howard, Munch and other players are absent, the Nets lineup once only 8 players can play, the team can not apply for the use of difficult exceptions, sign other players, today the NBA league again came out of the news, Lakers Westbrook and Bradley triggered the safety agreement again, the Lakers lineup directly missed 5 players, the team can only enable difficult exceptions, It is reported that the Lakers will sign Thomas Jr. to deal with the shortage of personnel.
According to US media reports, the NBA has 63 players can not play because of the trigger safety agreement, the entire Month of December in just 17 days have 47 players missed, compared to the absence of players, there are 3 teams of head coaches also missed the game for this reason, the US media is more in the official social media said that the current NBA can play 3v3 basketball. It can be seen that the current NBA is facing increasing pressure on players.
Among the 30 teams, the Nets are the most difficult team, there are currently 9 people in the squad who can't play, including the core hardening of the team and Aldridge, in the last game against the Raptors, the Nets only 8 people have the qualifications to participate, the team can only rely on Durant and Mills's strong outbreak, it is difficult to win the game, Durant played 48 minutes, three players played more than 40 minutes, it can be said that the Nets have suffered the worst employment shortage since the season, the team has no one to use, plus salary pressure, The Nets have been struggling to support, but seeing Durant playing time, facing the dilemma of injury at any time, the team has no choice but to sign former Suns player Galloway, although he only has a salary of $100,000, but because of this 100,000, the Nets have to pay an extra luxury tax of 500,000.
If the Nets suffered a shortage of people, then the current Lakers are equally difficult, in yesterday the Lakers big three all played, Westbrook, James, Davis combined to score 67 points, the team through overtime narrowly won the lack of Doncic's lone ranger, the ranking rose to the 6th place in the West, the original team is strong, want to impact a higher ranking, but just today, Westbrook and Bradley once again triggered the security agreement, plus the previous Munch, Tucker Jr., Howard. The team directly missed 5 important rotation lineups, and in such a difficult situation, the Lakers could not learn from the Nets, submitted a difficult exception to the league, and signed a free agent to prepare for the game against the Timberwolves.
It is reported that the player signed by the Lakers is the guard Thomas Jr., for him, many fans are very familiar, the Lakers almost signed this former All-Star guard in the offseason, because Rondo was bought out, the Lakers selected Rondo and gave up Thomas Jr., and now the Lakers have more than three players missing, they have met the NBA labor agreement provisions, can make up a player, signed Thomas Jr. to replace Wei Shao's position, so that the team guard line is more competitive, after all, although Thomas Jr. has not played in the NBA League for a long time, But he has been active in other leagues, maintained very good form, and his arrival can directly make his own contribution to the Lakers.
What do you say about the Nets and Lakers now? Can they get through the team's trough?