[Music] hey guys let's get more news about Lakers but first don't forget to subscribe and leave your like Lakers big man undergoes me surgery out several months report Los Angeles Lakers Center Christian would has intentions on returning to NBA floors in top condition next season but a recent procedure is going to slow his progress Shams chirania of the athletic reported on Monday September 9th that would underwent knee surgery and will be out at least 2 months which means he will miss time at the beginning of the regular season Lakers say Christian would underwent surgery on his left knee and will be re-evaluated in 8 weeks chirania posted to X Christian would of the Los Angeles Lakers handles the basketball during an NBA game against the Miami Heat in January 2024 Dave McManaman of ESPN explained that would had arthoscopic surgery on his left knee the Lakers big man had the exact same operation on the exact same joint in March Los Angeles Lakers F christianw will undergo an arthoscopic procedure on his left knee and is expected to be sidelined for several weeks Adrien W narowski of ESPN reported March 18th the Lakers final regular season game is April 14th W played 50 games for La last season earning just a single start he averaged 6.9 points 5.1 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 17.4 minutes per night the playing time and production from wooden Los Angeles dipped significantly from his campaign with the Dallas Mavericks the year prior and two seasons before that as a member of the Houston Rockets would average 21 points and 9.6 rebounds per game and finished fourth in voting for the NBA's most improved player award wood who will turn 29 years old later this month picked up the roughly $3 million player option on the second year of his two-year 5.75 million contract over the summer that he did so indicates the center didn't feel the market for his Services was better than that anywhere League wide or he didn't want to take that risk at least playing in a contract year would gave public voice to his intentions to return in the 2024 to 25 campaign and have a career Renaissance while backing up star big man Anthony Davis posting while using the story feature on his personal Instagram account would wrote on August 24th I'm back y'all and I'm coming back next season with a Vengeance unfortunately for wood and the Lakers he will need to table that Vengeance while he recovers in the meantime Los Angeles will again turn to to Davis and LeBron James with the hopes that the two longtime veterans can remain as healthy this season as they were during the last Davis played 76 games last year which is the highest Mark in his 12-year career in fact it ties the total number of contests in which he appeared across the 2020 to 21 and 2021 to 22 campaigns combined meanwhile James took the court 71 times during the last regular season the most since he played an all 82 games in 2017 to 18 during his final year with the Cleveland Cavaliers Lakers Center announces major injury setback will sideline him for 6 to 8 weeks the Los Angeles Lakers were hoping that a healthy season under new coach JJ reck and the nucleus of last year's first round exit roster will be good enough for an improvement however it seems the Lakers will head into the start of the Season under man as backup center Christian would went through an arthoscopic surgical procedure on his left knee which will rule him out for the next 8 weeks update from the Lakers Christian would underwent a successful arthoscopic surgical procedure on his left knee today he will be re-evaluated in approximately 8 weeks W reacted to the news on his social media as well expressing how disappointed he is in his setback damn I was just feeling like my old self again and was in Peak shape Min are set back for a major comeback and to my fans Don't stop believing in me wood averaged 6.9 points and 5.1 rebounds last season playing a bit part role on the Lakers last season he's a clearly talented player averaging 16.6 points and 7.3 rebounds on the Mavericks in 2022 to 23 and 17.9 points and 10.1 rebounds on the Rockets the season prior to that however defensive limitations and concerns over his attitude have held him back at almost every spot his stint with the Mavericks ended in explosive fashion with the team making it as clear as they could that they didn't want to retain him after trading for him in the 2022 off season he sat in 2023 free agency for months before signing a 2-year deal with the Lakers for the veteran minimum he didn't contribute much last season so this season is crucial in woods hope to not only have a future with the Lakers but a future in the NBA dear D rozan reveals why he chose Sacramento over Los Angeles one thing that many people don't understand about sign in trades is that the player involved in the transaction needs to agree to the deal for the Sacramento Kings that means that when he orchestrated the sign and trade that landed us dear D rozan the six time Allstar actually wanted to come to us as a small Market team with a less than Rich history it is always pleasantly surprising when someone willingly chooses to play for us however what makes this situation even more shocking is that D rozan had the chance to play for one of the teams in Los Angeles as both the Clippers and Lakers expressed some degree of interest in him not only is Los Angeles the place where every player in the NBA wants to go but it is also less than 30 minutes away from where D rozan grew up Compton California so D rozan chose Sacramento overcoming home but why on Monday D rozan made an appearance on Paul George's popular podcast podcast P during the episode George someone who spent a half decade in Los Angeles asked D rozan about why he chose Sacramento over the City of Angels here is what D rozan had to say everyone knows that I'm at a place in my career where I just want to win from there I let the cards play out in a way where I could see what landscape was going to let me win and then Sacramento came about they were showing interest like real interest D rozan told George so when I stepped back and looked at them and analyzed the team they have great players and a great team and I just always remember the last couple of years seeing them light this beam winning and all that that's something you always want to be a part of a contagious culture of an organization that wants to win when I looked at all that I just felt like Sacramento fit in his 15 years in the NBA D rozan has accomplished quite a bit however he doesn't have the playoff track record that some of his contemporaries possess up to this point D rozan has never played in the NBA finals and he's only made the Conference Finals once simply put all that there is left for Rosen to do his win and in his mind the Kings gave him a better chance to do that than the Lakers or Clippers considering we've spent years looking up at them in the standings yes even the Clippers hearing that is a cool change of pace and it continues our theme of spending the summer reflecting on how far we've come as a team and you fan what do you think of the situation of Demar D roam leave your opinion in the comments