At its peak, he averaged 21 points and 9.6 rebounds! He is just 30 years old, but is this Lakers old player going to bid farewell to the NBA?

In the past two days, the Knicks have signed several players including Shamet and Brogden, including two former Lakers players - Matt Ryan and Alex Ryan.

Compared with the latter, the former is more worth mentioning.

On November 3, 22, he represented the Lakers against the Pelicans, and dragged the game into overtime with Matt Ryan's tied three-pointer. Of course, it is this key three-pointer that allows you to know more and remember this undraft with a very single characteristic and almost only three-pointer shots.

In other words, as long as you perform well, the Lakers' super high exposure can have a very good boosting effect. Like Matt Ryan, almost this key three-pointer helped him gain a foothold in the league to some extent.

Of course, the Lakers' super high exposure is a double-edged sword. If you play poorly and fail to meet expectations, your shortcomings will be infinitely magnified, such as Langzo Ball. And of course Christian Wood.

As shown in the figure below, Wood reached his career peak when he played for the Rockets in the 20-21 season. Not only did he play as a starting game, but he averaged 21 points and 9.6 rebounds per game, both of which were the highest since his career at that time. For a moment, the title of "Little Thick Eyebrow" spread wildly.

It's just that the NBA free agent market has been in operation this summer for more than two months, but Wood has not received the contract yet. You should know that he was just 30 years old, born in September 1995. Do you want to say goodbye to the NBA? This seems very likely to me.

Offensive end

Wood has taken a total of 3,252 attempts so far in his career, of which 34.3% come from outside the three-point line, indicating that this is the main ending method. However, the three-point rate in the past three quarters showed a significant downward trend of 39% to 37.6% and then to 30.7%.

In addition, Wood also has the ability to shoot in the mid-range shot that most players at the same position do not have, of course this is also the main reason why it was once called "Little Thick Eyebrow". But like three-pointers, the past three quarters have also shown a significant downward trend of 45.5%, 41.7% and 34%. The offensive ending efficiency has dropped significantly, which is one of them.

Defensive end

So far, Wood's real positive and negative defense average is -0.3, and no season is positive, no matter when playing for the Pelicans, Mavericks, Rockets or Lakers. In short, the defensive ability is poor and even the mid-level level is not up to. Poor defensive ability, this is the second one.

Bad behavior

23 Summer Pelinka brought Wood to the Lakers for 2 years and $5.7 million. The only drawback is that due to the impact of injuries in the 23-24 season, the latter averaged only 6.9 points per game. Considering the injury, it is not unreasonable.

But what is not understood is that in 24 years, Wood repeatedly promoted that he had escaped from injuries, but the result was a season reimbursement. Especially in the middle of the season, he was still promoting that he was about to return to the arena in order to avoid the team being cut.

In fact, if Wood tells the Lakers management the truth, even if he wants to lay him off, he will basically not lose money. But the result is not the case, and of course this also made the management miss the excellent opportunity to sign. You should know that the Lakers have a very high exposure, and the potential bad behavior of Wood is basically known to the entire league. Bad behavior, this is the third one.

Overall, Wood's basic farewell to the NBA is mainly reflected in the following three points:

1. The ending efficiency has dropped significantly;

2. Poor defensive ability;

3. Bad behavior.

Relatively speaking, I think the third point is the main reason.

First of all, even if the characteristics are single, the combat power is limited, the team still has the team who wants it as Brunei had before, at least there is still a chance to perform.

But bad behavior basically "blocked" the road to death. On the one hand, this is a behavior that plays with management, and on the other hand, the NBA has a lot of players. It is already very difficult to stay in the NBA, and the combat power on both sides of the offense and defense is on the premise that the combat power has dropped sharply.