The Lakers have proposed three changes to the squad to shake up the team again and for the players to react. Danger until classification for him play-ina step prior to playoffsand the public of the Crypto Arena has grown tired to the point of booing his boys. Rob Pelinka, captain general in the sports area, moves several pieces like last option after being stopped at the closing of the transfer market (which is why a tug-of-war has been unleashed with, above all, LeBron James, in which even his son has been involved).
The first movement is known thanks to information from Shams Charania. A new base arrives and it was the one they wanted as a substitute for two years, before the coronavirus pandemic broke out. DJ Augustin, who has played for the Rockets this season and was now a free agent, will sign for Los Angeles. Passed the train of Goran Dragic, who ultimately chose to go to the Nets, and this 34-year-old veteran game manager. He will provide outside shooting and good control of attacking situations, if he is given the power to create. In Houston they let him go as they had Wall already in reserve and a Schröder who will finally test until the end of the season in the Texas city. Augustin began his career with the Bobcats and has mainly stood out there and with the Bulls, Nuggets and Magic. In the NBA he has played 993 games so far and in the regular phase he averages 9.3 points per game.
The second, less important, is a change of cards in the interior area. It is expected that DeAndre Jordan, one of the experienced players who is passing without pain or glory by the team this year, will be honored with an exit to be free. The franchise best positioned to take it away, According to Adrian WojnarowskiIt is the Philadelphia 76ers, who have a gap to fill due to the departure of Drummond to support Embiid with fresh minutes. That signing will be considered once Jordan leaves LA and it will be seen if he can sign completely free or it would be necessary to hunt down his current contract so that they do not escape. On the other side, that of the Lakers, they want to sign a dual contract with Wenyen Gabriel, a 24-year-old power forward of South Sudanese descent who this season has been employed by the Nets, Pelicans, Clippers and the Bucks affiliate in the G -League. Signing raised in short-term terms.
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Gabriel’s participation should be anecdotal, although he could have a few minutes without Jordan and still with the loss of Davis in tow. The one who does enter to play is Augustin.
Vogel has Westbrook as the starter at No. 1 and three combos that can double as manager: Avery Bradley, Malik Monk and Talen Horton-Tucker. None of them is a pure point guard, as DJ is. He will have to distribute the ball with the aforementioned, LeBron James and, if he also coincides, with an Austin Reaves that he is capable of generating with a bounce and in shots to the basket. Bradley is injured in the knee and Nunn, a summer signing, has not even been able to make his debut as he has not recovered from his injury, also to his knee.
