Two Jones are coming to the Lakers!
According to Shams, the Lakers will sign a short 10-day contract (as with Thomas Jr.) with difficult exceptions and development league Wisconsin Deer Forward Gemellio Jones;
Gemélio Jones, 26 years old, 196cm tall, weighs 92kg, plays as a forward, has a brief Lakers resume, and has played in 6 games for the Lakers in the 18-19 season, averaging 4.5 points, 8.2 boards and 2.2 assists per game.
At the same time, the Lakers also signed a two-way contract with Mason Jones of the South Bay Lakers.
Mason Jones is 23 years old, 196cm tall, weighs 90kg and plays as a defender. He has played in the Rockets and Digital Man, and has played 32 NBA regular season games so far, averaging 5.3 points, 1.7 boards and 1.3 assists per game. Mason Jones' performance in the development league is still quite impressive, with 17.8 points per game, 7.1 assists and 6.5 board data, and the three-point shooting rate has reached 41.2%.
Since he signed a two-way contract, this means that the Lakers will lay off either Chandy Brown or one of the Khufs.
From the latest episode of the Lakers documentary "Behind the Scenes of the Lakers", we know that Pelinka has been looking for helpers for old Zhan to share the problem of physical exertion, so they introduced Wei Shao;
This time, two more ball carriers were added after the signing of Thomas Jr., mainly due to the team's safety agreement and injury problems.
Tomorrow will be a game with the Suns of the Cannon Brother, and the Lakers also updated the team's injury report today:
Six players, Bazemore, Reeves, Munch, Tucker, Howard and Bradley, will miss the game due to triggering a health and safety agreement, while the injured brow will not play like Nunn, and the elder Jan and Ariza will play with a high probability.
After being repulsed by the Bulls in the last game, the Lakers' record reached 16 wins and 15 losses, ranking seventh in the West. The performance of the team's struggle this season makes fans look heart-wrenching, to put it bluntly, the three words of the championship have gradually drifted away from the Lakers this season;
As the burden of Lao Zhan's body increases, the future of the Lakers has also become confusing; so far this season, Lao Zhan has averaged 37.2 minutes per game, a new high for individuals in the past 5 seasons!
In addition, In the documentary mentioned above, Pelinka also talked about Ariza and Nunn, which roughly means that if the two do not enter the Lakers lineup, they will not be able to fully assess the real strength of the Lakers.
However, this always sounds a bit self-deceptive, according to the current situation of the Lakers, whether it is Ariza and Nunn, or the two upcoming Jones, it is a drop in the bucket;
The biggest problem with the Lakers now is that the practice of sending away a lot of instant combat power in exchange for Wei Shao in the offseason and letting the thick eyebrows gain weight to try the fifth position is the wrong choice.
As of yesterday's game against the Bulls, Westbrook has made mistakes in 400 consecutive games, which is also the longest record in the NBA.
Although Wei Shao's sincerity has impressed the Lakers, the current situation is that he has not played the value of more than 40 million US dollars in annual salary, which is not necessarily Wei Shao's problem, but it is really inappropriate.
Looking at the thick eyebrows after the weight gain, not only has he lost his previous activity in the fourth position, but injuries have also struck frequently, and because the peak thick eyebrows are handy in the fourth position, people will always mistakenly compare him with some fifth position players.
But after this complete transformation, I found that the most suitable for thick eyebrows is still a big forward, he can rely on the advantages of bouncing and height to make a cameo in the fifth position to play a small ball, but once the weight is gained, the whole person's state is placed there, everyone can see, I can't bear to repeat it.
In short, the current Lakers, it is difficult to have as much room to operate as in the offseason, all the pressure, once again came to Pelinka...