Just after Westbrook played a proof-of-fact game, he immediately triggered the quarantine of the health and safety protocol. Other Lakers triggers for the deal are Bradley, Tucker, and Howard.
The Lakers' guard line, which was still relatively surplus, suddenly became stretched, so the Lakers used the difficult exception to sign a 10-day short contract with a guard, who is everyone's old acquaintance, Thomas Jr.
Just yesterday, Thomas Jr. just frantically finished in the development league with 42 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, and at that time I knew that Thomas Jr. returned to the NBA this season is a high probability.
As the pandemic continues to spread in the NBA, the lack of major generals on the team has become the norm, so as long as Thomas Jr. proves that he still has this ability to score, then he has a chance to return to the NBA, no matter how he comes back.
He also signed to the Pelicans on a short ten-day contract last season before playing just three games before leaving again. This time in the Lakers I am afraid that the prospects will not be too good, the Lakers guard line is full of personnel, thomas jr. is just to serve as a firefighter.
The Lakers are also unlucky enough this season, it was two consecutive years of lineup changes, because the injury has not been able to play all the time. The run-in of the lineup seems to be going on all the time, and then because of the epidemic, there will always be a shortage of manpower, which has just won three consecutive wins and a large shortage of people.
Thomas Jr. returned to the league this time, coincidentally connecting with James and the Lakers again. When he was abandoned by Boston, the next stop was James' Cavaliers, but it wasn't too good an experience.
Because of Irving's departure, the Cavaliers were crumbling, and Thomas Jr. was injured for the first half of the season. Before he could play, he was blamed for not filling Irving's role, and when he came back, he became the trigger for the explosion in the Cavaliers' locker room.
Thomas Jr. and several players questioned Love's motives for retiring from the game due to illness and leaving the arena early in a dressing room meeting, and the Cavaliers locker room collapsed. Thomas Jr. was treated as a locker room cancer and quickly traded away, and the next stop was the Los Angeles Lakers.
Thomas Jr. in the Lakers was doomed to failure because it was a Team of Lakers designed to rebuild, contrary to Thomas Jr. He was very unhappy with his role and thought he deserved more opportunities and the ball.
So after 17 games with the Lakers, Thomas Jr. finally chose to undergo hip surgery that should have been done perhaps 10 months ago. As we all know, that choice to fight with injuries completely rewrote the trajectory of his career.
Then came the Nuggets, Wizards, and Pelicans, who shot 41 percent from three-point range and scored 12.2 points, thinking he could gain a foothold in Washington, but was abandoned.
In the four seasons since leaving Boston, Thomas Jr. has played just 87 games, shooting less than 40 percent from the field and 34.3 percent from three-point range. The curve of his career began with a slow rise, then an epic peak, and finally a fall at the speed of light.
Thomas Jr. was labeled "Mr. Insignificant" when he entered the league in 2011, and he was left at the end of the draft. Ten years on, he still seems to be the "mr. insignificant."
But he proved that he still has some effect, at least to help the Lakers through this difficult time, as to whether he can stay or not depends on his performance.
This summer, Thomas Jr. scored 81 points in a semi-professional game. After the game, Thomas Jr. sat on the ground with his back against the wall of the dressing room and cried bitterly, crying and shouting: "They gave up on me, they gave up on me!" ”
He didn't go by a day without thinking about coming back, and I knew that many people would say that little Thomas was a poor man and that there must be something hateful about it. But at the very least, thomas jr. has always respected me, and he tells the world a truth:
"Never, ever, never give up on your dreams."