That summer was hot in the City of Angels. After a crappy 2020-21 fiscal year, the Lakers reacted during the offseason by organizing a large garage sale on Hollywood Boulevard. Forgotten the Kyle Kuzma, Montrezl Harrell, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Dennis Schroder, Alex Caruso… and as it is not certain that LeBron is organizing a meeting of the 74th promotion of the Lakers, it’s time to check their news.
A little freshness in this paper. Without any mention dedicated to Russell Westbrook, Carmelo Anthony or Anthony Davis, we are interested in those who took the opposite path by packing for Los Angeles last summer. For many, this departure was well felt with a first ten successful matches under their new colors. The trio of former parties in Washington is the first example. With a record of 9 wins for 3 losses and the throne of the Eastern Conference, Kyle Kuzma, Montrezl Harrell and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope have absolutely nothing to envy to role players remained squatting the old All-Stars in California. The first named, twenty-seventh choice of the 2017 Draft and too quickly placed under fire from the projos, holds his revenge with a start of the year at 15 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.9 assist at 43% of which 38% from nowhere. It’s clean and it swallows more bounces than usual, even if the Kuz is still a little zouave on Instagram. He is fortunate to still evolve alongside Montrezl Harrell this season, a bodybuilder and devoid of talent who slams 18.3 puntos and 9 rebounds per game. The last musketeer of this trio of foils, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope struggles offensively but brings everything the Wizards wanted, namely spice defense. “Aren’t you ashamed to echo a man who’s been in jail?” “, will ask Nico. When he brings such good things, not really.
Russell Westbrook (5.1) is averaging more turnovers than Kyle Kuzma, KCP and Montrezl Harrell COMBINED (4.2). pic.twitter.com/AOFEDpvZKs
— StatMuse (@statmuse) November 11, 2021
Set off with a view to relaunching himself away from the Angelinos barouf, Dennis Schroder is starting to show good things with the last four high-level performances. A 38-point exit on the Deers of Janice Hanté Dokoumepo, last Saturday, even granted him the right to have a clean jersey for each new match. A luxury that he had not enjoyed for 182 days now, when LeBron took away this right and cut off the hot water in his hut. Perhaps Dennis Schroder is digging himself – like in the Thunder days – a real hole in Massachusetts, oscillating between the major five and the bench exit. All things considered, the form is in any case the same for Alex Caruso who, despite a last 2/11 shooting against the Clippers, has a lot to do with the Bulls’ energy. His average 8/3/4 is very correct, but it is above all his 2.5 interceptions that make him the third best leather thief in the NBA, just behind Marcus Smart and Chris Paul. Even if sometimes dizzy, still, Andre Drummond is meanwhile the fourth rebounder in the League. Sent to chop wood on the Philly bench in the offseason, he is currently doing the job without managing to settle offensively. We set one up for Markieff Morris who plays quite a bit with the Heat, even if his video which turned out the most is the one where he eats a shoulder of Charolais in the back of his neck.
Devontae Cacok (free agent), Jared Dudley (Mavericks assistant coach), Kostas Antetokounmpo (ASVEL), Marc Gasol (between Barcelona and Iberian ham restaurants), Wesley Matthews (free agent), Alfonzo McKinnie (free agent) and Ben McLemore (Portland Trail Blazers), we haven’t forgotten you (who is Devontae Cacok?).
Dennis Schroder’s 38 POINTS lead the @celtics to victory in OT! ☘️ pic.twitter.com/hhCzj3XRdQ
– NBA (@NBA) November 13, 2021
They are doing well, for the most part, and picking up colors far from a gloomy horizon, sometimes harmful due to its status and its ambitions. All have regained a consistency that we no longer sought on certain sequences of the purple 2020-21 edition. Even in Washington, that’s saying.
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