After the NBA introduced new signing rules, a number of teams completed multiple signings overnight to alleviate the current employment crisis, including the Lakers. They have signed two players in a row, increasing the depth of the squad, but the current weakest interior position has not been introduced, which can not help but raise questions.
According to Shams, the Lakers have signed small forward Gemerio Jones and guard Mason Jones who played in the development league, and the team's backcourt depth has been further improved. At present, the Lakers have a total of 6 players to trigger the health and safety agreement, namely Horton Tucker, Munch, Reeves, Bazemore and Howard, as well as the injured thick eyebrows and Nunn, a total of 7 people can not play, the team rotation is stretched, the lineup configuration is extremely uncoordinated, and the absence of multiple outside players may be an important reason for the management to sign these 2 people consecutively.
Gemélio Jones is 1.96 meters tall and weighs 91 kilograms, and played briefly with the Lakers in the 18-19 season, playing in six games for the team, averaging 4.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.8 blocks in 23.8 minutes per game, but shooting only 36% from the field and only 20% from three-point range. And this season, Jones in the development of the league averaged 6.5 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.2 steals, 1.5 blocks, shooting 52.4%, shooting only 11.1% from three-point range, and only 42.9% from the free throws.
Another new signing, Mason Jones, played for the Rockets and Philadelphia last season, and was known to many fans for his excellent 3-point shooting during the Rockets period, but because of the rocket's large number of young players, Mason Jones ultimately failed to stay, and he was signed by the Philadelphia team, but he only played 6 games before being abandoned. Last season, Mason Jones played 26 games for the Rockets, averaging 5.8 points, 2 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 11.8 minutes and shooting 36 percent from three-point range. This season, he plays for the Lakers' subordinate development league team, averaging 30 minutes per game, contributing 18.2 points, 6.1 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 1.2 steals, and shooting 42% from 3 points, which belongs to the star players of the G League.
The Signing of the Two Players by the Lakers reinforces the backcourt, and their functions are obvious, signing Gemelio Jones is about his defensive ability, and signing Jones is about his 3-point shooting, and he is a point guard who can share the pressure of James and Westbrook when needed. However, the Lakers have signed 2 backcourt players in a row, but there is no reinforcement action in the current weakest interior position, but many fans have questioned.
Because Howard is still unable to play, thick eyebrows and injuries for a long time, the Lakers' inner line is only a small Jordan, the defense has become a loophole, they need more is to introduce a big man, alleviate the current internal crisis, but signed 2 consecutive backcourts, but did not introduce a big center, so that many fans questioned: "The Lakers are too many veterans, lack of stable shooters, want to play small ball lineup is not feasible", "the inside line of the old old, injured injured, why not find someone to protect the box?" ”