Dennis Schröder and Thomas Bryant finally available for the Lakers

Boost to come for the Lakers. Dennis Schröder and Thomas Bryant are now announced as “probable” for their participation in the game next night, at home against the Pistons.

” It is more than likely that they are on the ground. But we’ll see. They had another positive day. They chain the good days, we are happy to find them “, enthused Darvin Ham yesterday.

Both recruited during the offseason, the leader and the pivot have not played a single minute this year. In question, an injury each to the thumb which imposed an operation on them in mid-October.

Their return will expand the rotation of a team that is flirting with the last place in its conference, with an ugly record of three wins for ten defeats. We are waiting to see what the return of Dennis Schröder will imply in relation to the use of Russell Westbrook, who has been off the bench for the Lakers for three weeks.

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We are also waiting to see if the integration of Thomas Bryant will push Darvin Ham to review his starting five, by shifting Anthony Davis to position 4. For the time being, the coach does without a natural pivot since Damian Jones, with whom Thomas Bryant could find himself in competition, is used intermittently.

According to their coach, the two men have done well in training. ” Dennis played a lot of pick-and-rolls today and he made the right calls. Obviously there were also a few loose balls trying to get the right reads, trying to find the rhythm of the game. Thomas is energetic, physical… They both played very well today “, has even described Anthony Davis.

Meanwhile, LeBron James, embarrassed to the adductors, is less certain to be in shorts than the other two. ” It will be listed as ‘uncertain’ but we’ll see how the rest of the day and the day tomorrow (today) will run until the game “, thus described his coach.