Going up is either a mistake or a foul! The Lakers inside star still has to continue working hard in the preseason?

In a previous NBA preseason game, the Phoenix Suns defeated the Los Angeles Lakers who played at home 103-81, achieving a good start in the preseason, while the Lakers suffered such a crushing defeat in their first preseason game.

In this game, the Lakers' substitute inside star Christian Koloko's performance was simply a mess. Kroko played 9 minutes and 53 seconds in the game, made 0 of 1 shot, failed to score 1 point in the game, contributed only 5 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block, and had 4 turnovers and 6 fouls, with a plus-minus value of -5. Kroko made a lot of mistakes on the offensive end, wasting a lot of ball rights, and he was unable to exert his scoring ability. He did perform too poorly, and it could be said that he completely dragged the team down. On the defensive end, Kroko was able to use his advantages in physical talent and athletic ability to cause some trouble for his opponent, but he also had obvious problems in foul control. Overall, Koloko's performance is obviously a bit worse, and it is also a big gap with everyone's expectations of him.

In the NBA regular season last season, Kroko played 37 times for the Lakers in 82 games, averaging 9.2 minutes per game, averaging 2.4 points, 2.5 rebounds, 0.4 assists, 0.2 steals and 0.4 blocks, and 0.3 turnovers and 1.2 fouls, with a shooting percentage of 60.6% and a free throw percentage of 71.4%. In the NBA Development League last season, Kroko played 12 times for the Lakers' subordinate team, Nanwan Lakers, with averaging 29.6 minutes per game, with averaging 14.5 points, 7.9 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 0.6 steals and 3.2 blocks, and 1.8 turnovers and 3.5 fouls. His shooting percentage was 54.5%, his three-point shooting percentage was 17.9%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 73.3%. In the previous NBA 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%.

Koloko got a two-way contract from the Lakers this summer and got the chance to stay in the team. The Lakers' choice to let Trey Jemison, another inside player last season and keep Kroko, which also shows that they are very optimistic about Kroko's potential. Kroko does have great potential to explore, and he does have the opportunity to grow into a good inside player, but all of this is a big unknown. In the next preseason, Kroko has to work harder, otherwise he will have to stay in the NBA Development League for a while after the start of the new season.