The last-minute addition of a veteran guard to an NBA roster is hardly noteworthy, however the circumstances surrounding how Avery Bradley went from the Golden State Warriors to the Los Angeles Lakers is an exception.
Bradley signed with Los Angeles on Monday, simply three days after he was reduce from Golden State. The discharge of the 31-year-old wing was a difficulty in its personal proper to some within the group, in line with a report from Marcus Thompson II of The Athletic.
The report notes that Steph Curry and Draymond Inexperienced have been amongst these advocating for Bradley on the common season roster, and thus, the choice to get him off the staff explicitly went towards the needs of the staff’s greatest stars.
Now Bradley is again with the Lakers, which isn’t solely the staff he spent the pandemic-stricken 2019-20 season with, but additionally the staff that the Warriors play of their season opener on Tuesday.
After all, the priority isn’t that Bradley will abruptly present up on the Lakers roster, make a direct impression and solidify Los Angeles as a title contenders by advantage of his presence. As a substitute, per Thompson’s report, the Warriors veterans are extra so bummed to be shedding out on a participant with a strong record of intangibles.
Bradley has a ton of postseason expertise and is a superb defender. His absence received’t be the distinction between a title and a first-round exit, nevertheless it may very well be sufficient to depart followers questioning within the spring whether or not letting Bradley return to Hollywood was name for a entrance workplace that already has confronted its fair proportion of preseason questions.
