Absent from the courts for almost a year due to a serious knee injury and now third choice in the hierarchy at post 5 behind Kristaps Porzingis and Daniel Gafford, Thomas Bryant knew he was deadlocked at the Wizards. Arrived at the end of his contract with Washington, the interior will try to revive the Lakers. He signed for a year.
Life is just an eternal restart, isn’t it? So what could be more logical for Thomas Bryant than to return to his first franchise, the one that had drafted him in 42nd position in 2017? The choice of the heart, no doubt, since other GMs were nevertheless on the bridge in order to acquire the 24-year-old interior. But Raptors, Jazz, Bucks or Celtics will not have succeeded in convincing Bryant who, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, signed a one-year contract with the Lakers. No amount has yet been communicated.. In the City of Angels, Thomas Bryant could well come and recover the place of pivot holder. We know that Anthony Davis will play there in sequences but he does not want to settle there full time and since there is only Damian Jones as another choice in the rotation, this opens up a great opportunity for Bryant. Before his injury, as a starter in the capital, Thomas Bryant saw his statistical production increase each season, becoming an essential cog in the workforce of the Wizards. At the start of the 2020-21 financial year, Bradley Beal’s ex-teammate compiled 14.3 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.5 assists and almost 1 against on average at 65% shooting including 43% from the parking lot in 27 minutes of play! X factor? Mr.Clean ? The future looked bright for the former Indiana college player. Since his return, Bryant has started only nine times for 27 games played, with “only” 7.4 points, 4 rebounds, 0.9 assists at 52% shooting including 29% from afar in 16 minutes. This new move to the Lakers could therefore allow him to relaunch completely.
Free agent Thomas Bryant has reached an agreement with the Los Angeles Lakers on a one-year deal and will be given opportunity to win starting center position, league sources tell @YahooSports: https://t.co/J6Rg5ECNuf
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) July 6, 2022
Cut in 2018 by the Californian franchise after a season of 35 wins for 47 losses and where he will have played only fifteen times, Thomas Bryant will find the Lakers coming out of a season in… 33 wins for 49 losses. However, the situation is far from being similar. After a disastrous season from all points of view, LA will want to redeem itself with its fans. Led by a Thanos LeBron James on whom time has no fucking hold anyway, the team could potentially be strengthened by the arrival of a certain Kyrie Irving, while continuing to count on an Anthony Davis whom we always hope will be the less injury possible. After Lonnie Walker IV, Juan Toscano-Anderson, Troy Brown Jr and Damian Jones, it’s a new player in the prime of life who arrives in Los Angeles and the policy of players in retirement homes seems to be put in the closet by Rob Pelinka. What does GM have in store for us next?
Returning during the season, Thomas Bryant has so far failed to approach the very promising level at which he was evolving before his injury. A year is therefore the time that the Angelinos leave him to prove himself again. No doubt if that were to happen, Bryant would become a highly coveted free agent in 2023.
Source texte : Chris Haynes / Yahoo Sports