The African Cup was a bit difficult! How did he enter the rotation lineup with the Lakers?

In a group match between the men's basketball team Group C in Group C in the men's basketball team, Guinea defeated South Sudan 88-80, making a good start.

In this game, the performance of Wenyen Gabriel, a former NBA player of South Sudan, was shocking. Gabriel played 12 minutes and 35 seconds in the game, made 2 of 3 shots, 1 of 1 from outside the three-point line, 1 of 4 free throws, scored 7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, and 1 foul, with a plus-negative value lower than -12. Gabriel does not have much presence on the offensive end, he does not have a stable scoring ability, and he cannot provide enough support to the team in this regard. Gabriel should be a player with good defensive skills. Judging from the actual situation, his performance on the defensive end is not satisfactory and has not had a good effect. Gabriel's performance is indeed a little worse than everyone's expectations for him.

Gabriel was born in March 1997 and is 28 years old, 206cm tall and weighs 93kg. He was the undraft in the 2018 NBA Draft. Gabriel has played for the Sacramento Kings, the Portland Trail Blazers, the New Orleans Pelicans, the Brooklyn Nets, the Los Angeles Clippers, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA. He has played 150 games in the NBA regular season, averaging 12.9 minutes per game, averaging 4.4 points, 3.4 rebounds, 0.5 assists, 0.4 steals and 0.4 blocks, and 0.7 turnovers and 2 fouls. He has shot 52.4% from the field, 31.1% from three-point shooting percentage and 60.6% from free throws. Among them, when playing for the Lakers, Gabriel's performance was once quite prominent, and he once became a regular in the Lakers' rotation lineup.

Last summer, Gabriel chose to switch to the European arena due to failure to obtain a contract from the NBA team. He first joined the Israeli League giant Tel Aviv Maccabi, and in December last year, he joined the Greek League team Panasinakos. In the European arena last season, he played 53 times in all competitions, averaging 16.9 minutes per game, averaging 6.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 0.6 assists, 0.5 steals and 0.8 blocks, and 1.2 turnovers and 2.7 fouls. He shot 61.2%, 0% from three-point shooting percentage and 45.5% from free throws. Gabriel's performance in the European arena is actually quite average, and he has not shown the level of an NBA rotation player. His performance in the African Cup is also somewhat average, which also makes us doubt his ability. How did he enter the rotation lineup with the Lakers?