Due to the epidemic, the NBA League issued difficult regulations some time ago, allowing many NBA teams to rely on the difficulty regulations to sign some players with short-term jobs for 10 days, so many players who had no ball to play before have once again been given the opportunity to be "reborn" in the NBA. For example, Stephenson, who returned to the Pacers, after returning to the NBA, Stephenson is constantly refreshing his "career best", and he has returned to his homeland as if he has become a point-snatching machine in the Pacers' rotation lineup. For the much-anticipated Lakers, the addition of Stanley Johnson has undoubtedly reinvigorated their aging front group, and according to the current situation, the Lakers are likely to renew their contract with Stanley Johnson until the end of the season.
Just as the so-called "some people are happy and some people are worried", not every player who returns to the NBA can find his own foothold in this land again like Stephenson and Stanley Johnson. On January 10, Beijing time, Little Thomas updated his social media, posted a rather meaningful photo, in the picture, a comic image of a black teenager with firm eyes, and his side is full of various temptations, while Little Thomas also posted: "Let me take a break from this social media, sometimes I think these things are like illusions." ”
There is no doubt that the pressure from social media has made Thomas Jr. feel a little helpless, especially during the time of the Lakers, which once made Thomas Jr. fall to the bottom. After joining the Lakers, Thomas Jr. played a total of 4 games for the Lakers, averaging 9.3 points, 2 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game, but his shooting percentage was only 30%, and the three-point shooting rate was even more miserable, only 22.7%, after Thomas Jr. joined the Lakers, the Lakers did not win a game. Especially in the game against the Spurs, Thomas Jr.'s flaws on the defensive end were infinitely magnified by the scheming Popovich, and the young guard group and the forward group took turns to play Thomas Jr., and the scene once became very embarrassing.
But very fortunately, after leaving the Lakers, the Lone Rangers provided Thomas Jr. with a ten-day short-term contract, and in the first game of joining the Lone Rangers, Thomas Jr. scored 6 points, but unfortunately, in the following period of time, Thomas Jr. missed the next four games due to triggering a health agreement, so after the expiration of the 10-day contract, Thomas Jr., who had been eager to stay in the NBA League, once again became a full free agent, and at this time, No NBA team is willing to throw an olive branch for Thomas Jr.
Since he turned down a four-year, $70 million contract extension, Thomas Jr.'s career seems to be on the decline. At his peak, Thomas Jr. was once a sharp blade on the offensive end, and in the most brilliant season of Green Kai, he averaged 28.9 points per game, but on the defensive end, Thomas Jr., who was only 175 centimeters tall, was always difficult to make a great contribution to the team. At that time, the Green Army led by Thomas Jr. was once a strong team in the East, but the reason why the Green Army was able to achieve an offensive and defensive balance and drown the shortcomings of Thomas Jr. was entirely due to the defensive system of the entire team, whenever Thomas Jr. was targeted at the defensive end, the other players of the team could rely on the bag clip and the way of defense to share the worries for Thomas Jr. But after leaving the Green Army, Thomas Jr.'s shortcomings were once again infinitely magnified.
From the perspective of feelings, I believe that many fans still hope that Thomas Jr. can stay in the NBA. But the reality is often very cruel, in the current state of Thomas Jr., he is indeed difficult to find a foothold in the NBA league, this separation, may also be the end of Thomas Jr.'s NBA career.