Live Bar, May 24, according to the report of “Tokyo sports in Japan” quoted by Beiqing sports, the Lakers player baicun Kui is likely to miss the basketball World Cup jointly held in Indonesia and Philippines in Japan this year.
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The Japanese player who played well in the NBA playoffs is likely to miss the basketball World Cup jointly held in Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines this year. Since after the end of this season, the 25-year-old eight village members need to solve their limited free agent contracts, which is of great significance to his development in NBA in the next four years. So he is likely to give up representing Japan.
In the regular season this season, the eight villages played 63 games, with an average of 11.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 0.9 assists, field goal percentage, 48.6%, and a three-point hit rate of 31.9%.
In the playoffs, the eight villages played 16 games, with an average of 12.2 points, 3.6 rebounds and 0.6 assists, field goal percentage and 55.7 percent, with a three-point hit rate of 48.7 percent.
This season is the last year of the eight-village contract, and he will become a restricted free player during the offseason. According to woj’s previous report, the Lakers will match his contract with Rives.