As the league with the highest basketball level in the world, although the NBA has become more and more commercial over the years, but then again, all this is based on strength, there is not enough ability, and everything else is empty talk. In this league, the competition is fierce, maybe you had a top salary contract two years ago, and after two years there is no one to play, no ball to play. As the regular season approaches, the roster formation of each team has also ended, and basically all teams have begun to reduce the squad, reducing the roster to the league's 15 players, and their chances are very slim for those who have not signed and are abandoned. Refusing the Warriors' two-year contract, now being abandoned by the NBA, wasting the opportunity given by the Lakers, sometimes the choice is indeed greater than the effort.
In the case of frequent layoffs of various teams, it is more difficult to find opportunities for the remaining players in the free agent market, including Aldridge, Rondo, Anthony, Cousins, Bradley and other veterans who still seem to have the strength to play in the NBA have not signed so far, and many of them will fade out of the NBA directly and never return to the NBA stage. In addition, some players who have previously signed contracts with NBA teams are not in a strong position, and young players may seek to develop their league play at a time of mass layoffs, but for some veterans, their opportunities are really not much.
Earlier, according to NBA reporter James Ham, the Kings have officially cut two guards, Bazemore and Quinn Cook, who signed a one-year completely insecure contract with the Kings before the start of the season, and now the two have also been cut together and left the NBA together. In the preseason that has ended, Bazemore played the first two games for the Kings. In the road game against the Lakers, Bazemore played 8 minutes, shooting 2-of-5 from the field, including 1-of-3 from three-point range, and had 5 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal. In the next game against the Trail Blazers, Bazemore got 10 minutes of playing time, he hit 1 of 2 shots, 0-of-1 from three-point range, 1-of-3 from the free-throw line, and contributed 3 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.
Bazemore is the quintessential example of his miserable self, and when he is mentioned, almost all fans think of his experience of missing the championship. Compared to being traded by the Warriors to the Lakers in the 13-14 season, missing the Warriors' championship trip the following season. After the end of the 20-21 season, Bazemore's decision to leave the Warriors on his own cost him almost irreparable. In the Warriors' second consecutive playoff season, Bazemore became a relatively consistent and offensive and defensive point around Curry. He averaged 7.2 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 steals per game in the 20-21 season while shooting 40.8 percent from three-point range.
After Wiseman was reimbursed for the season and Bazemore was promoted to the starting lineup, the Warriors rushed from tenth in the West to eighth in the West in the final stages of that season. Truth be told, Bazemore was the Warriors' better role player that season, and the fact that he was placed in the starting lineup at the end of the season speaks volumes. However, when the Warriors were ready to keep the guard who had contributed a lot to them with a two-year contract with a salary greater than the base salary, Bazemore refused. In his opinion, the Lakers have a better chance of competing for the championship than the Warriors, and in order to join the Lakers, Bazemore accepted the Lakers' one-year veteran base salary, and he went to another team in California with a shorter, less-paid contract.
The next story, fans are very clear, it's not that the Lakers don't give a chance, it's Bazemore really didn't seize it. This past season, Bazemore was the Lakers' starting guard at the beginning of the season, and he served as the starting number two position around the trio of James, Thick Eyebrows and Will Shao. If Bazemore stays with the Warriors, he is unlikely to enter the starting lineup with Klay returning, and in this regard, the Lakers have given Bazemore plenty of opportunities. It is a pity that he did not seize such an opportunity. Defensively, Bazemore's overly impulsive upward grabbing habit puts the Lakers' interior under tremendous pressure, and the main reason for him falling out of the rotation is offense.
On the offensive end, in addition to Bazemore's failure to shoot three points, his several quick layups gradually made Vogel lose confidence, and in the end, he fell out of the Lakers' rotation. Bazemore spent almost all of the offseason with Curry, posting about training with Curry whenever he had the opportunity, and he also attended training camps hosted by Curry to coach young players with Curry. This gave Bazemore more exposure and was subsequently signed by the Kings. Unfortunately, Bazemore's performance in training camp and preseason form did not impress the Kings, and this time he was cut, and Bazemore could only wait patiently if he wanted to find a job in the new season.