In recent times, more than 300 players in the league have inadvertently triggered health and safety agreements that have led to suspensions, which has affected the records of many teams as never before, but also given players who have been abandoned by the NBA or have never played in the NBA the opportunity to return to the NBA. As a result, there are players who have made good use of this opportunity to show their talents and get a formal contract. And some players are constantly trying to play well to get a long contract, and the 32-year-old veteran Lance Stephenson is one of them. Judging by the current performance, the Pacers are going to prepare a big contract for him.
Speaking of Lance Stephenson, compared to everyone who wants to play his move to James during his time with the Pacers, his move has also become a topic that has been circulating in the league for tens of thousands of years, and the two do not fight and do not know each other, and they are opponents on the court and friends off the court. But the fates of the two are very different, the latter after leaving the Pacers began a turbulent basketball career, and even once abandoned by the NBA team to play in overseas leagues. In order to return to the NBA this season, he joined the NBA's subordinate teams to train and wait for the call of the NBA team. Obviously, this is a great shame for the all-round front line-up who has been the team's starting team for many years, but he can't help but put down his body.
But in the 4 races back to his old club, Stephenson seems to have found the state of the year again, and his instruction manual is used correctly again. In particular, in the last two games against the Jazz and Nets, not only played the best number of the season, but also set a new career record. In the game against the Nets, it scored a team-high 30 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds on 4 of 8 three-pointers, and scored 16 points on 7-of-12 shooting against the Jazz today, while sending 14 assists, 6 rebounds and 4 steals, helping the team end a 6-game losing streak. With 46 points and 19 assists in both games, Stephenson used his performance on the court before his 10-day contract expired to tell the team that he deserved a formal contract.
It is worth mentioning that Stephenson, who scored 16 points, 14 assists and 4 steals, set two career records in this campaign, of which 14 assists were the most in a single game of his career, and 4 steals equaled the number of career steals in a single game. For the performance of the "master and brother" during the period of joining, coach Carlisle was full of praise, and it is not difficult to see from his words that Carlisle hopes that the team management can keep the all-round front.
'Reims has given the team an atmosphere that wasn't there before, he's made his team-mates more united, enthusiastic and energetic, and he's happy that the team has those factors and hopefully it will continue to be maintained.' Carlisle said after the game.