The Lakers are the top pick in defense and the top scorer with positive and negative values! The Lakers are hiding 2.06 meters and forwards averaging 15+9 per game: Should we keep him?

The Las Vegas Summer League started, the Lakers lost to the Mavericks 85-87, and the two protagonists Flagg and Brownie felt bad in this game. CBA veteran Dalius Bazley became a highlight of this battle. He started for 23 minutes, made 3 of 6 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 1 of 4 free throws, scored 8 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, with plus or negative value +16 being the first in the game.

Bazley entered the palace for the Guangdong Men's Basketball Team last season. He was given up after playing for a while at the beginning of the season. He went to the Development League to play, and later the Guangdong Men's Basketball Team signed Bazley back. Bazley did not perform as expected in the CBA, after all, he did not get enough playing time, and scoring was not his strength.

This summer, Bazley competed in the Summer League for the Lakers in order to win an NBA contract with her performance in the Summer League. In the California Summer League, Bazley became one of the best players in the Lakers Summer League team.

The first game of the California Summer League, the Lakers lost to the Warriors 84-89. Bazley played for 24 minutes on the bench, made 2 of 8 shots, 0 of 3 three-pointers, and 6 of 6 free throws, scoring 10 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 3 blocks, and the plus and negative value is +2.

California's second summer league game, the Lakers beat the Heat 103-83. Bazley played for 19 minutes on the bench, made 4 of 6 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers, and 7 of 10 free throws, scoring 16 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks, with a plus-negative value +21 highest in the team.

California Summer League third game, the Lakers defeated the Spurs 89-88, Bazley played for 25 minutes on the bench, made 8 of 10 shots, 1 of 1 three-pointers, and 10 of 12 free throws, scoring 27 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, plus or minus + 9 first in the team. In this game, Bazley's scoring and rebounding were also the best in the team. In three games in the California Summer League, Bazley averaged 17.6 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game, showing a performance of both offense and defense. If the Las Vegas Summer League games are included, Bazley averaged 15.3 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.3 blocks in four summer league games.

Bazley is the positive and negative value king of the Lakers Summer League team. In 4 summer league games, whether the Lakers win or lose, his positive and negative value is positive, and the total is +48. His average plus or negative value reached +12, which means he won 12 points per game.

Baizley's ability is indeed quite outstanding in the summer league. Bazley is a player produced by the Thunder. As we all know, Thunder general manager Presti has a very vicious vision in the draft.

Baizley was selected by the Thunder with the 23rd pick in the 2019 draft. He became the Thunder's starting striker in the 2020-21 season, averaging 13.7 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 0.5 blocks per game. Bazley is in good health, but has shortcomings in shooting. He was traded to the Suns by the Thunder in the 2022-23 season. In the 2023-24 season, Bazley played for the 76ers and the Jazz respectively. In this game against the Mavericks, Bazley got the chance to start and became one of the Lakers' choices to defend Flag. Flag made 5 of 21 shots in this game, 0 of 5 three-pointers and 0 of 1 free throw, scoring 10 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 1 block. Zeng Lingxu, a former national player and current basketball commentator of the Chinese men's basketball team, commented on the game between the Lakers and the Mavericks. He especially praised Bazley's defense and believed that the Lakers should keep Bazley: "In addition, the old CBA player Bazley, defending Flag today is really good. Almost all of them are defending. Can the Lakers have a choice? After all, there are not many people in the existing lineup!"

Bazley's performance also caused heated discussion on Twitter, and many people praised him for restricting the Mavericks' No. 1 pick Flag. One of the netizens named Ralph Mason said: "Frager was not worried about his shooting at all in his first game. Having said that, Dalius Bazley performed very well on the defensive end, and so far, he has performed well in every game in the summer league." Some netizens also suggested that the Lakers keep Bazley.

Bazley focuses on the power forward position, but unfortunately there are shortcomings in the three-point shooting, otherwise he would be a 3D forward player and would not have to worry about his next player at all. For the Lakers, Bazley can indeed provide some contribution in the second team. Lakers general manager Pelinka may consider keeping him.