just now: Former Cavaliers wing player sign with lakers

Former Cleveland Cavaliers players are familiar with the Los Angeles Lakers.

After spending time in Cleveland, Taurean Prince is a vital member of the rotation currently. They signed Tristan Thompson for the playoffs the previous season and used him in a few crucial situations. After moving through Cleveland, Isaiah Thomas, J.R. Smith, Channing Frye, and Luol Deng have all recently joined the Lakers.

Of course, before moving to Los Angeles, LeBron James may have passed a brief moment of his career in Cleveland. He is still, very likely, one of the league’s finest players at 39 years old, and he is leading the Lakers in scoring this season.

This year, the Lakers need aid.
LeBron is no longer sufficient, which is the Lakers’ issue. Anthony Davis, who is fit and performing exceptionally well this season, is also not. The supporting cast has been erratic and ill-fitting around those two stars, which has been the problem.

The Lakers advanced to the Western Conference Finals the previous season and, following a busy offseason, started this season with high expectations for another postseason run. Rather, the Lakers are stuck at.500 and are fighting just to make the In-Season Tournament, despite LeBron and Davis being healthy and despite a run to the In-Season Tournament Championship.

Darvin Ham, the head coach, has come under fire recently for his incapacity to select lineups that maximize the potential of this club. For the past 20 years, it has been clear what the recipe is for LeBron: place a rim protector behind them, then surround him with perimeter defense and shooting.

The Lakers’ and Ham’s issue is that the players they have access to have wildly disparate talents and shortcomings. Although they are soft spots on defense, D’Angelo Russell and Christian Wood are floor protectors on offense. The defensive alternatives Jarred Vanderbilt and Cam Reddish disrupt the Lakers’ spacing. Rui Hachimura has reverted to his unimpressive form from his lottery selection days, prior to his recent explosive play in Los Angeles. Gabe Vincent’s accident keeps him out of commission.The Lakers may have just inked a guy to a two-way contract who could be the answer they’ve been looking for if they’ve exhausted all of the possibilities on the starting roster. It’s a name recognizable to fans of the Cavaliers: Dylan Windler.

Dylan Windler merits a chance.
In the 2019 NBA Draft, Windler was selected by the Cavaliers with the 27th choice; however, his career was severely hindered by injuries and he was unable to establish himself. For a team willing to take a chance on the two-way potential he displayed in college and during impressive performances in the G League, he always appeared to be a plausible “second draft” prospect.

The Lakers were drawn in by yet another strong G League performance. A week earlier, Windler set a G League record with 33 rebounds and 23 points in a game against the Westchester Knicks.