Lakers news: Analysis of details of James injury, the possibility of Xiaoli leaving the team increases, and the rookie is moving

On May 10, three news came out of the Los Angeles Lakers, fans who care about the Lakers should not miss it.

Jack James' injury details analysis

Yesterday, Lakers star LeBron James said in the fifth episode of the second season of the podcast program "The Brain of the Field" he founded that he accidentally suffered a second-degree sprain in the medial collateral ligament of the left knee in the fourth quarter of G5 due to a collision with Divincenzo. James revealed that this was the first time he had suffered a knee injury in his NBA career in more than 20 years, and the doctors told him that he would need to recuperate for at least one month. Some fans have deeply questioned this result. After all, Divincenzo is more than one level away from James in terms of height and weight, and James returned to the court and played for more than 7 minutes after being injured. How could he suffer such a serious injury? Many people even think that James is using the injury as an excuse for the team to be eliminated.

Today, Nav Singh Badesha, a well-known American sports medicine doctor, released a video of James' injury analysis. Badesha said: "When James was about to rush to the outside defense, he did not notice that Devinchenzo came from the side. At that moment, James' left knee was directly hit by a lateral impact, which caused the knee to rotate inwardly and excessively stretching the medial collateral ligament. Fortunately, James' left foot was completely fixed when the impact occurred, which allowed him to avoid serious injuries such as torn ligament or structural damage in other parts." When asked why James could return to the field again, Badesha said that adrenaline could temporarily cover up the pain after the injury and allow the player to return to the field briefly, but after 24 hours, he could not tolerate the pain and discomfort caused by the injury. It is obvious that James was really injured this time, and his subsequent action of playing with injuries for the team's honor and disgrace is even more worthy of recognition. In any case, I wish James can get out of his injury as soon as possible and return with full blood next season.

The possibility of Xiaoli leaving the team increases

Today, according to the US media Sports llllustrated, sources revealed that the Lakers plan to provide team guard Austin Reeves with a four-year early contract renewal contract of nearly $9,000 this summer, but the outside world generally believes that Reeves will choose to refuse and jump out of the contract in the offseason next year to seek higher salary. In this year's regular season, Reeves made an amazing performance, playing in 73 regular season games, averaging 20.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.1 steals per game; however, in the playoffs, Reeves' performance declined across the board, playing 5 games, averaging 16.2 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists per game, and made 14 turnovers.

Sensually speaking, the Lakers should keep Reeves with all their strength. After all, he was trained by the Lakers and had a sufficient fan base. At the same time, Reeves' all-round skills and golfers are both relatively scarce on the league's back line, and it is difficult for the Lakers to find a better replacement at the same price. But rationally speaking, Reeves is difficult to maintain offensive stability in the high-intensity playoffs due to his mediocre physical fitness, and he has many problems on the defensive end, which is easy to become an unlimited point for opponents. The Lakers do not need to spend too much money to stay at Xiaoli, which will only make future development more difficult. Judging from the current situation, if Reeves really refuses to renew his contract early this summer, the Lakers may choose to send him away before the closing date of next season's trading to avoid the risk of vain.

Rookies are moving

Today, Lakers teenager Kneckett was interviewed and reviewed his rookie season. Kneckett said: "It was a crazy year. I was traded, but then I came back. I'm very lucky that I always have excellent veterans around me, allowing me to learn from them, such as James, Davis, Russell, Vanderbilt, Reeves, etc. Especially James, I have been observing how he trains, recovers his body and prepares for the game, and I have benefited a lot from it." This season's regular season, Kneckett played 78 games, averaging 9.1 points and 2.8 rebounds per game, with three shooting percentages of 46.1%, 37.6%, and 76.2%. In the playoffs, Kneckett didn't get much chance, played 2 games, averaging 2.5 points and 1.5 rebounds per game.

When asked whether it would disappoint and angry if I was traded by the Lakers and not getting enough playing time in the playoffs, Kneckett said: "I felt a little overwhelmed in the early stages of the deal, but soon I realized that the NBA is a business circle and the team will make the best decision for them. As for how many opportunities to play in the playoffs, I can understand it because my ability did not meet the coach's requirements. I will train hard this offseason and return with a stronger attitude next season." I have to say that Kneckett's speech is really touching and also allows us to see the broad mind that a successful person should have. It is foreseeable that as long as Knector maintains his humble and positive attitude, there will always be a day of generous and brightness.