The Lakers are the giants of the NBA, but they have been a big team for many years before winning the championship last year! During this period, the Lakers continued to draw high draft picks, and they also included all the rookies they wanted, but there was no improvement. It wasn't until James and Davis came to the Lakers in the past two years that the team regained its former prestige and gained a wealthy attitude! However, the rookies that the Lakers have acquired in those years have been abandoned by the Lakers! But these rookies all exploded after leaving the Lakers! Recently, the US media released a comparison chart of the Lakers rookie before and after leaving the Lakers. Let's take a look!
First is the Lakers' 2016 second pick Ingram! Ingram's template when he first entered the league was Kevin Durant! The extremely long height and excellent wingspan make people associate with Durant! People are looking forward to the arrival of the next superstar, but Ingram's development is not satisfactory. In the first season, he averaged only 9.4 points, 4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, and his shooting percentage was only 40%. In the following two seasons, scoring has improved steadily, averaging 18.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3 assists in the last year of the Lakers, and the shooting percentage has reached nearly 50%. But for the Lakers ambitions, Ingram's performance was far from enough, and he was eventually traded for Davis.
Ingram, who has left the Lakers by leaps and bounds! In his first year with the Pelicans, he averaged 23.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 4 assists per game! In the same year, he was selected for the NBA All-Star Game! At the end of the season, he won the NBA Most Improved Player award. The Pelicans also renewed Ingram with a 5-year maximum salary of 158 million! Today, Ingram is partnering with Zion Williams in the Pelicans, progressing to a higher level, and the future is bright!
Russell was the second player selected by the Lakers in 2015! Russell also failed to meet the expectations of fans in his first year with the Lakers! Russell did not help the team improve any record, and his personal stats are quite satisfactory, averaging 13+3+3 per game. This kind of play was called parallel imports by the Lakers fans at the time. In the second year, Russell did not make any progress, averaging 15.6 points per game and the Lakers directly traded him.
Russell was traded to the Nets in the second year of a major explosion, averaging 21.1 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists per game, making Russell the 2019 Eastern All-Star! In the Warriors' short time, he averaged 23.6 points and 6.2 assists per game. Now the Timberwolves are averaging at 20+ per game.
Julius Randall joined the Lakers with the 7th overall pick in 2014! Unfortunately, Randall was injured in the first game of his career and was reimbursed for the season! In the next few seasons, Randall was able to improve steadily, but the eager Lakers gave up in 2018 when he averaged 16 points and 8 rebounds. Randall joined the Pelicans as a free agent!
In the Pelicans, Randall was able to release himself! Averaged 21.4 points and 8.7 rebounds per game, making him and Davis, who was in the Pelicans at the time, an inside twin tower! Later, Randall joined the Knicks, where he finally became a core player. This year, he averaged 22.5 points and 11.3 rebounds per game! Also send 6 assists at the same time! Not surprisingly, he will also be selected to the All-Star this year!
These players have fully released their talents after leaving the Lakers, and most of them have entered the All-Stars and signed big contracts! It seems that the Lakers are really not suitable for cultivating superstars, and more suitable for trading to get good growth superstars! Now that the Lakers have won the championship as they wished, these players are also fulfilling their talents in other teams, which is the best of both worlds!
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