The Los Angeles Lakers failed in the mission to defend their title in the first round to the Phoenix Suns. Big Man Montrezl Harrell has now complained about his own role.
Harrell had recently turned critically in the direction of the Lakers Twitter uttered now he has over Instagram refilled. Harrell only had four appearances over 9.8 minutes in the playoffs, after being considered one of the most important newcomers in the previous offseason.
A follower wrote to Harrell that this was due to the fact that he was not in demand as a rather small center (2.01 m) in some matchups. “The shit is not real,” said the 27-year-old. “Matchup situations are excuses.”
The Lakers had brought Harrell from the LA Clippers in the last offseason, where he was also no longer happy at the end. In the course of the season, the reigning champion also brought Andre Drummond for the center position, so there was a lot of competition for Harrell with Marc Gasol, Anthony Davis and Drummond.
Although he played a decent regular season (13.5 points in 22.9 minutes per game), he was no longer in demand in the playoffs against Phoenix. Now Harrell is facing a landmark decision: The Big Man has a player option for the coming season ($ 9.7 million). It doesn’t seem like he sees his future with the Lakers anymore.
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