This is a swingman who, as he got older, primarily played as a power forward. Despite the Lakers already having 12 players and plenty of frontcourt players, he still chose to sign with the Lakers at such a low salary... No one seemed to find this news strange.
After signing the veteran inside substitute, the general consensus was that the Lakers would look for a veteran on the outside as well. However, the Lakers only signed Lumir Robinson, the 10th pick of 1990, with a contract totaling $164,000 USD with only $32,000 USD guaranteed, and then shifted their focus to signing players for training camp contracts...
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Once the 12-man roster was complete and the remaining scenes of Ultraman were reshot, Zhang Hao fully immersed himself in an undisturbed training mode.
He didn't even bother about who the Lakers might recruit next.
It would definitely be signing veteran players to prevent injuries, there were no other options.
