There is a type of player in the NBA who cannot gain the trust of the head coach because of his lack of ability, sits at the end of the bench every game, and will only be remembered by the head coach when garbage time or no one is available, this type of player is collectively called "water dispenser administrator".
Today to talk about the former Lakers star Robert Thackeray, 2012 draft, the Lakers in the second round of the 60th pick selected Thackeray, with such a high pick Thackeray will undoubtedly sit on the Lakers bench, after all, the Purple and Gold Army has never lacked stars, Thackeray such a pie-eating center, shooting is not allowed to rebound is not good or fast, no one is optimistic about his career.
Thackeray averaged only 4.2 points and 3.1 assists per game in his career, and he also gave Thackeray a chance in the game when the Lakers encountered a serious employment crisis, but unfortunately he did not grasp it, and when the Lakers lineup was slightly aligned, Thackeray had no chance to play at all. Such a mediocre player, the Lakers have every reason to give up him, but Thackeray stubbornly renewed his four-year contract with the Lakers, so he had to admire Thackeray's other stunt, the bench waved a towel.
According to incomplete statistics, Thackeray can wave a towel for his teammates 20 times per game to hand water to his teammates 20 times, because Sachs' passion and exaggerated celebration action on the bench have brought a different experience to the fans, many Lakers fans like Thackeray, everyone calls him "Saki stone", and some fans call him the first center in the universe!
When watching the Lakers game live, I was very envious of Thackeray, I could watch the game so closely, and I could get a towel for $1 million a year, and my cousin enviously said "Give me $100,000 a year, I'm more hi than he shakes."
In any case, in the Lakers' toughest and darkest period, Thackeray's appearance gave the Lakers fans a unique hope, when teammates fought on the court for 48 minutes, Thackeray will always support teammates on the bench, whether it is celebrating goals or handing out towels, Thackeray has shown a positive attitude.
In 2013, the boss was injured and Thackeray was with him all the time, and finally the boss who was torn apart by the Achilles tendon was also one of the few times to see Thackeray with a serious face and a look of disappointment and regret in his eyes, which also touched the Lakers fans.
In 2016, the boss retired, the Lakers did not leave Thackeray, Saqishi had signed with the Pelicans, but it did not take long to be laid off, in the NBA no ball to play Thackeray chose to go to the Japanese league the following year to play, since then Saqishi has also stayed away from the fans' sight, only once to see his news, or to see Sakishi's figure in the Japanese league dunk contest.
In 2019, Thackeray announced his retirement, and just as I was searching for what to do after Sakky stone was retired, a search result popped up, and Thackeray is now a qualified excavator driver!