The Los Angeles Lakers beat the New York Knicks 117-87 at home, winning six straight games. LeBron James, who was ill in the game, played an outstanding role. He contributed 31 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. The total number of steals in his career reached 1984, which surpassed Allen Iverson to No. 13 in the NBA history.
Although James set another milestone and led the team to continue the winning streak, Anthony Davis's injury still haunted the Lakers. Davis tried to cover Julius Randall in the third quarter when he lost balance and fell heavily to his sacral bruise, so he left the game early. According to Lakers official news, Davis's X-ray results were negative, no structural damage, and he will have an MRI later to confirm the injury.
In fact, Davis's injury has undoubtedly brought the Lakers a wake-up call, that is, their team's fault tolerance rate is too low; James is present and not present, the Lakers are two teams at all. But some people always think that the Lakers don't need to strengthen as long as James is in position 3. This is a naive idea. Although James can still play strength that doesn't match his age, the Lakers hope that the 30 year old can spend the season healthily more than the influence at the beginning, so the team has to find a replacement for James in the next place Players, and igodara is definitely the right person.
Although Grizzlies insisted that they would not buy out igodara's contract before, and preferred to get a first round signing through trade, no one would like to be the "wrong boss" from the current situation; in addition, according to the famous NBA reporter Ryen russillo, the source said that igodara and his team have put pressure on the Grizzlies, and he is expected to be bought out by the team in early February, His family is undoubtedly the Los Angeles Lakers.
Now igodara is 35 years old, and next season will be the last year of his three-year contract of 48 million US dollars, with an annual salary of nearly 17.2 million US dollars, which is not a small fee for many teams, which is also the reason why Grizzlies were not willing to buy out the contract in advance; however, in February this year, according to the regulations of the league, Memphis Grizzlies only need to pay 80% for igodara's contract 0 million, which is a good time when we can't trade.
For the purple and gold army, despite igodara's old age, he is a smart player who knows when to play his own energy. What's more, igodara will play a very obvious role in the playoffs. Any championship team needs such experienced veteran. He is definitely a reliable helper beside James, and can make up for the lack of the front line strength of the Lakers Foot weakness.