In the last game against the Lone Rangers, Westbrook, who just assisted Reeves to hit a three-pointer, but triggered a health and safety agreement earlier, in the team already has Munch (which was released earlier), Howard, Bradley, Tucker Jr. are in the state of the agreement, the Lakers had to pass the difficult exception, with a 10-day short contract to sign Thomas Jr., and yesterday for the Nuggets Development League to usher in his season debut, he just cut 42 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, Being able to return to the NBA is really inspiring.
As early as the 17-18 season, Thomas Jr. had briefly played for the Los Angeles Lakers, and before he joined the Lakers, the team he played for was exactly the Cavaliers led by James, and he was able to renew the frontier with the old Zhan, which is also a fate in the dark, but the fans do not seem to buy it, because the two of them did not have a good time in the Cavaliers, so what happened to these two in the Cavaliers in 18 years?
Time back to the summer of 17, when the request for the maximum salary of thomas jr., and finally exchanged with the Cavaliers' Owen, came to Cleveland, but in fact, before this, he had been plagued by hip injuries, and the state of the Cavaliers was also greatly reduced, but even in this case, he still wanted to be treated in the system of the previous team, still wanted to be the boss of the team with a goal in hand, and repeatedly publicly expressed dissatisfaction with the Cavaliers tactical system, plus there were many veterans in the team at that time because of their age and injuries. Did not participate in team training, Thomas Jr. could not find his previous state when he was the starter, often appeared "800 kills, 1000 self-losses", in the case of occupying a very high usage rate, the effect is not as high as Wade with a substitute.
And in order to help Thomas Jr. find the state, at that time has been firmly in the top five in the history of the league, and is at the peak of his career, James, but willing to be the so-called role player, do some no-ball running, catch the ball and shoot the "eat pie" play, and on the defensive end is also actively help little Thomas "wipe his ass", but the two do not call, Thomas Jr. in the Cavaliers in the 15 games, the average of only 14.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, shooting percentage as low as 36.1% at the same time, The three-point shooting rate is only a pitiful 25.3%, compared to last season's All-Star performance, there is a cliff-like decline.
At the trade deadline, the Cavaliers also began a big purge, trading Thomas Jr. to the Los Angeles Lakers, and as a result, this down-and-out giant in the reconstruction stage, at that time, Ingram, Clarkson, Randall, Kuzma all needed to attack with the ball, and the state has long been no longer the courage of the year, Thomas Jr., also gradually fell out of the star altar, It is true that the book data can still hand over 15.6 points, 2.1 rebounds and 5 assists, but it has no substantial effect on the team, after the end of the season, the Lakers did not choose to renew him, and no one cared about Thomas Jr., also joined the Nuggets with a base salary, and then successively switched wizards, pelicans and other teams, completely became the homeless man of the league.
The displeasure in the Cavaliers and old Zhan is still a knot in the hearts of cavaliers and James fans, if Thomas Jr. can find the previous team's skills, the Cavaliers have the opportunity to attack the second championship in team history that season, and this time back to the Lakers, join forces with James again, thomas Jr. is also time to redeem himself.