The Spurs failed to score a last-minute layup and lost to the Grizzlies 111-112, which also allowed the Lakers to reap the benefits and return to the tenth position in the West.
But whether the Lakers can hold this position depends on whether they can grasp it, the next game will be against the Jazz, once they lose again, the tenth position will be handed over again. This season, the Lakers are still very disappointing, and the management has frequently made mistakes in the selection of personnel, and what was thought to be the best reinforcement has become the worst.
In the offseason, the Lakers got Westbrook through a trade and successfully formed a big three lineup, which also locked in the team's salary space, and then reinforced only through the veteran's base salary, and a middle-class contract. And this middle-class contract will also be the best way to reinforce, and in the end they chose Nunn to sign a two-year, $10.2 million contract with him. At the beginning, the outside world was still very optimistic about the signing of the Lakers, thinking that he could become the sixth person of the team and serve as a substitute for Wei Shao.
However, the result was a bit of a punch in the face, and after Nunn played the preseason, he had a bone injury, which also kept him in the process of recovering. I thought he could return early, but the injury has not progressed, he has not been able to come back, and the last thing to wait is the season reimbursement. Lakers guard Nunn underwent an MRI check this week and is expected to miss the rest of the season, according to Famous Haynes. I thought that this middle-class contract could bring help to the team, but in the end it became the worst reinforcement.
This season,Nunn's salary is $5 million, the regular season did not play, that is, for the team 0 contribution, but also sit on the field to cheer, applause, this job we can also be competent, do not use $5 million, give $50,000 also do it. The Lakers really lost a lot of money this wave, thinking that they could bring enough help, but in the end they could only sit on the field to recuperate. In the offseason, he also has a $5.2 million player option, and from the current situation, he will definitely choose to execute, depending on whether he can play next season.
Nunn's injury is only a microcosm of the Lakers' poor season, a season down, did not usher in the full play, a series of injuries appeared, but also made Vogel unable to find a stable starting lineup. A small lineup, a large lineup, the players themselves have no bottom, it is in such an environment, the Lakers can not find the state. At present, the Lakers are still ranked tenth in the West, but whether they can hold this position depends on themselves, and only by winning the next game can they take the initiative in their own hands, rather than looking at others' faces.