Has the Christian Wood experiment ended for the Lakers?

[HotRocks34]

I don't watch the Lakers game by game but I see that Wood has 3 DNP's in the last 5 contests and he played a total of about five minutes in the other two games.

Is Wood out of the rotation for good? Was it his defense that got him in trouble if he's having problems?

Wood's defensive challenges really hurt him in Dallas and Kidd never seemed to be a huge fan of Wood even when he was playing, IMO.

[GreatWhiteStiff]

I've just pulled up some stats and going on nothing else, but based on the ppg and mpg he's averaging, it appears he's not getting the same offensive opportunities he had in Dallas. He should probably be on a team where he gets an offensive role when he plays. I'm not sure what other issues there might be but i can imagine, maybe.

[baldur]

I dont understand why teams signs the guys with clear flaws and weaknesses expecting they will contribute and they find out in a few months they are the old same themselves and they give up on them.

what a ridiculous circle this is. obviously you cant teach a 30 year old veteran how to play defence, can you?

[djw]

I've just pulled up some stats and going on nothing else, but based on the ppg and mpg he's averaging, it appears he's not getting the same offensive opportunities he had in Dallas. He should probably be on a team where he gets an offensive role when he plays. I'm not sure what other issues there might be but i can imagine, maybe.

Thing is though, if you‘re offiensive contribution is not good enough to provide value to a team competing for the playoffs and there‘s nothing else you can contribute, why should a rebuilding team give such a role to you instead of a young developing player.

At this point Christian Wood is what he is: made to put up stats at teams that don‘t intend to win.

[Sofia]

Wood should be backing up Dwight for the Taipei Taipans or whoever the **** he plays for

[knicksNOTslick]

I dont understand why teams signs the guys with clear flaws and weaknesses expecting they will contribute and they find out in a few months they are the old same themselves and they give up on them.

what a ridiculous circle this is. obviously you cant teach a 30 year old veteran how to play defence, can you?

Because they think that Lebron will magically make him better

[baldur]

I dont understand why teams signs the guys with clear flaws and weaknesses expecting they will contribute and they find out in a few months they are the old same themselves and they give up on them.

what a ridiculous circle this is. obviously you cant teach a 30 year old veteran how to play defence, can you?

Because they think that Lebron will magically make him better

he should make jaxson hayes better first. the guy has zero basketball iq and awareness.

[kane0801]

If you are PF/C that can't play def,you can't play big minutes

[HotRocks34]

I dont understand why teams signs the guys with clear flaws and weaknesses expecting they will contribute and they find out in a few months they are the old same themselves and they give up on them.

Teams never seem to want to keep Wood around, despite his abilities.

An NBA reporter for ESPN who does a lot of coverage on Dallas said Wood's defense was terrible and I think the reporter said Wood didn't know the defensive schemes.

I cautioned people on here about Wood at the start of this season and is looking like he has worn out his welcome again.

[WillyJakkz]

I dont understand why teams signs the guys with clear flaws and weaknesses expecting they will contribute and they find out in a few months they are the old same themselves and they give up on them.

what a ridiculous circle this is. obviously you cant teach a 30 year old veteran how to play defence, can you?

These semi useful guys are salary filler for trades due to contract and can occasionally give teams spot mins where they have a nice game every now and then.

May even fetch a 2nd for example the Knicks sure could use a body to backup Hartenstein.

[Ayt]

I've just pulled up some stats and going on nothing else, but based on the ppg and mpg he's averaging, it appears he's not getting the same offensive opportunities he had in Dallas. He should probably be on a team where he gets an offensive role when he plays. I'm not sure what other issues there might be but i can imagine, maybe.

He doesn't bring enough offensive value to be worth playing given all his other flaws. He isn't playable on good teams, and there is no reason for a bad team to give him minutes at this point since he's 28.

[JRoy]

I dont understand why teams signs the guys with clear flaws and weaknesses expecting they will contribute and they find out in a few months they are the old same themselves and they give up on them.

what a ridiculous circle this is. obviously you cant teach a 30 year old veteran how to play defence, can you?

Because they think that Lebron will magically make him better

I think it is more knowing you have nothing but vet min and shining up whoever is signed to make it seem like finding a gem as opposed to what he really is.

[GreatWhiteStiff]

I've just pulled up some stats and going on nothing else, but based on the ppg and mpg he's averaging, it appears he's not getting the same offensive opportunities he had in Dallas. He should probably be on a team where he gets an offensive role when he plays. I'm not sure what other issues there might be but i can imagine, maybe.

Thing is though, if you‘re offiensive contribution is not good enough to provide value to a team competing for the playoffs and there‘s nothing else you can contribute, why should a rebuilding team give such a role to you instead of a young developing player.

At this point Christian Wood is what he is: made to put up stats at teams that don‘t intend to win.

Agree agree agree. But I just figure he has less value if you're not even going to feature or use him much offensively as the lakers have done (or have not done?). Like it's just a guaranteed fail at that point.

I used to be a CWood fan like several years back, but now I'm the opposite. He hurts more than helps. Like he's a lot worse than the Canadian Center Dallas has that no one bothers to ever mention.

[GreatWhiteStiff]

I've just pulled up some stats and going on nothing else, but based on the ppg and mpg he's averaging, it appears he's not getting the same offensive opportunities he had in Dallas. He should probably be on a team where he gets an offensive role when he plays. I'm not sure what other issues there might be but i can imagine, maybe.

He doesn't bring enough offensive value to be worth playing given all his other flaws. He isn't playable on good teams, and there is no reason for a bad team to give him minutes at this point since he's 28.

Yet still the lakers tried it and didn't even give him that offensive role. I agree that his offence probably isn't worth it at all, yet the lakers have, and maybe another nba team will give him a chance.

[Buckeye-NBAFan]

I dont understand why teams signs the guys with clear flaws and weaknesses expecting they will contribute and they find out in a few months they are the old same themselves and they give up on them.

what a ridiculous circle this is. obviously you cant teach a 30 year old veteran how to play defence, can you?

Who should the Lakers have signed to a minimum contract to be their 14th roster spot if not Christian Wood? Also, how many minutes is the 9th guy off the bench supposed to play? Not many teams roll with 14 man rotations, even in the regular season.

[dockingsched]

End of the roster vet minimum players are not “experiments” , they’re just guys at the end of the bench

[AussieCeltic]

Laker fans told us he was a good signing pre season despite wearing out his welcome on 8 teams in as many years.

He is who he is. He’s a good scorer who doesn’t know how to pass or play defense. He’s as selfish as they come and your team will be better off with him on the IR.

[GreatWhiteStiff]

End of the roster vet minimum players are not “experiments” , they’re just guys at the end of the bench

I mean in games he's played he's just under 19 minutes a game. And that includes a few recent games where he's played very few minutes. So he was getting decent run for a not quite very end of the bench guy, yuh know? He's no Thaddeus Young.

[FrobeBryant]

I was hoping he would be a decent offensive player given his defensive issues, but he’s been neither while looking like he’s the oldest player on the team with the way he moves on the court. This might be his last stop for a while.

[HotRocks34]

End of the roster vet minimum players are not “experiments” , they’re just guys at the end of the bench

I agree, I never felt Wood would end up impactful this year even when he was getting more minutes.

I think Kidd gave up on him about halfway through last year but I think he had to play him more because of injuries.