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There is a problem with the attitude! The Lakers starting center actually played such a disaster-level performance?

4:19am, 20 July 2025【Basketball】

In a previous NBA Las Vegas summer league game, the Denver Nuggets defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 106-84. After this game, the Nuggets' record in the summer league increased to 2 wins and 3 losses; while the Lakers' record in the summer league fell to 1 wins and 4 losses.

In this game, the Lakers' starting center Christian Koloko's performance was very disappointing. Kroko played 8 minutes and 18 seconds in the game, made 0 of 3 shots and 0 of 1 from outside the three-point line. He did not score 1 point in the game, and only contributed 2 rebounds and 3 assists. He also had 2 fouls, with a plus-minus value of -3. Kroko has no touch on the offensive end and has not shown his due scoring ability at all. He has not created any threats in the opponent's inside. Kroko has shown certain passing ability and support ability, but it is obvious that this cannot change the fact that he has caused a huge negative impact on the team on the offensive end. Kroko's performance on the defensive end is not ideal. He should have been an excellent inside defender, but his characteristics in this regard are also not being shown. Kroko's performance in this game is indeed unsatisfactory, and there is a big gap with everyone's expectations. During the summer league, Kroko played 5 times for the Lakers, averaging 17.5 minutes per game, averaging 7.2 points, 4 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.2 steals and 2.6 blocks, and 0.8 turnovers and 4 fouls. His shooting percentage was 57.7%, a three-point shooting percentage of 20%, and a free throw shooting percentage of 55.6%. In fact, Kroko performed well in the previous games. He was able to get some points when he didn't take many shots on the offensive end, and he showed quite good frame protection and inside defense ability on the defensive end. Koloko's performance cannot be considered particularly outstanding, but this is also related to his limited playing time and low tactical status. He can actually show his value. However, in this game, Koloko's performance was indeed a bit too bad, and it seems that this is closely related to his attitude towards this game, which is even more worrying.

Koloko's contract with the Lakers has actually expired, but since the Lakers have provided him with a qualification quote for a two-way contract, he is currently in a restricted free agent state. We can understand that Kroko wants to get a standard contract, but the current situation is that his market conditions are not ideal and he is still in a free agent state. What Koloko should do at this stage is to win more attention through his performance. His performance like this at this time is not of any benefit to his career?