This season's schedule is more than halfway through. The Lakers are the team that has been the most strongly recruited since the end of last season. So far, the state of affairs has not been satisfactory, and even many players in the team have been abandoned by Vogel. Although the Lakers made a large-scale reinforcement after the end of last season, four players have now been abandoned by Vogel. One of the most regrettable is Bazemore. Bazemore has only played a dozen games this season before being deprecated by Vogel. Now he has been completely marginalized in the Lakers and has no rotation time at all.
Bazemore has averaged 3.7 points per game in 14.6 minutes this season. Keep in mind that last season at the Warriors he averaged 7.2 points per game and shot 41 percent from three-point range. After the end of last season, the Warriors wanted to keep Bazemore and offered him a relatively generous contract. But Bazemore declined the Warriors' contract extension and instead joined the Lakers on a base-paying contract.
At that time, Bazemore thought that he would get more opportunities after coming to the Lakers and would be more valued by the head coach. What he did not expect was that he was not valued by the head coach. He was already abandoned by the manager early in the season, and now he has completely lost his place in the team.
If Bazemore is allowed to choose again now, then he will certainly not choose to join the Lakers, which is inevitable. If Bazmore remains with the Warriors today, he can at least guarantee his playing time. Cole is a very enlightened manager, so he uses a lot of people to play every game. Bazemore is very balanced between attack and defense compared to Anderson. Bazemore has a very good three-point shooting ability, and he is more suitable for the Warriors' system than Anderson. So if Bazemore is on the Warriors right now, he can at least guarantee his playing time.
With Bazemoor being abandoned by the Lakers, his career may go downhill in the future, and it is even possible that his decision will end his career. Bazemore hasn't had a steady playing time for half a season, and he's likely to run out of balls after the season is over. Whether there will be a chance to join other teams in the future is also a huge unknown. So his original decision was extremely irrational.