On April 9, Beijing time, the Lakers have now suffered 8 consecutive losses and have missed the play-offs early, which still disappointed everyone. After cutting Ariza yesterday, the Lakers made another decision to officially turn 25-year-old Gabriel, and then announced that James was reimbursed early for the season, and many of Westbrook's internals were also revealed.
The Lakers have officially announced that the team has converted forward Gabriel's two-way contract into a formal contract. According to the follow-up report of Shams, the Lakers signed Gabriel to a two-year contract with a team option for the 2022-23 season.
The cut of Ariza's quota is just used to turn Gabriel, the 25-year-old forward, signed after the Lakers cut Jordan Jr., originally thought it was just to make up for the gap in the inside. But in the face of the opportunity, he seized it very well, showed his own characteristics, and finally stayed as he wished. He has played in 17 games for the Lakers this season, averaging 5.7 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.
Another multiple-choice question also has an answer, James will not return today for the sake of the scoring king, the Lakers officially announced that James said goodbye to the season early due to an ankle injury.
Soon James also updated social media, writing: "Grateful for all the love everyone has for me, I would have liked to end this season with a victorious posture, this season, when I was on the court, I have given everything I have!" Guys, see you in the fall. ”
James has played in 56 games this season, averaging 37.2 minutes per game, 30.3 points, 8.2 rebounds and 6.2 assists. He currently ranks second in the league in terms of scoring, but with his last two games out of play, he has no hope of winning the top scorer. But even so, James has set a number of records this season, and his data this season, coupled with a shooting rate of more than 50%, is the second player in history to achieve this data, the first is Jordan in the 88-89 season.
Not only is James not going to play today, But Westbrook, Davis, and Anthony will not play, and now Westbrook's life is not very good, and many problems are pushing at him.
According to the famous Ramona Shelburne, Wei Shaoyi has been in a dark corner all season, and the Lakers do not know who to believe and who to trust, which directly makes him lose confidence and play extremely unconfident on the court, which has never been seen in previous seasons. In the end, Westbrook averaged 18.5 points, 7.4 rebounds and 7.1 assists per game, the lowest score in the past 12 seasons, only higher than the first 2 seasons of his career; rebounds were the lowest in the past seven seasons. The combination of last summer may have been a mistake for Wei Shao and the Lakers.