No one wants it at the age of 24! The former Lakers champion switches to Europe, with an annual salary of $1 million

The Los Angeles Lakers have trained many young players with stars or potential, and they also have good competitiveness when they go to other teams, such as Russell, Randall, Clarkson, Ingram and Lonzo Ball.

On other teams, these players have played important roles and become core figures. Although their respective survival is not ideal now, they have all become stars on the court at some point. But there is also a former Lakers player, who is not doing well, his name is Horton Tucker.

At the 2019 NBA Draft, Horton Tucker was selected by the Lakers with the 46th overall pick in the second round, quickly becoming a very popular player for the team. I still don’t know why the Lakers like Tucker Jr., but they really gave Tucker Jr. a lot of opportunities to train him.

Tuck is not bad at all, 193 cm tall and has a 217 cm wingspan, which is very exaggerated. In 2022, Tucker Jr. renewed his contract with the Lakers for a three-year, $30.78 million contract, and has a player option in the 2023-24 season.

However, Tucker's subsequent development was not ideal enough, and he was eventually abandoned by the Lakers and turned to the Utah Jazz. In the Jazz, Tucker Jr. got more opportunities. He scored 41 points in the game against the San Antonio Spurs in March 2023, and was extremely powerful.

But the Jazz also want results and do not want Tucker, a game-like gamer, to continue to stay in the team, so they completely lowered his playing time and ball rights in the 2023-24 season. Tucker Jr. nearly lost his job in the summer of 2024 and eventually got a contract with the Chicago Bulls, but also performed mediocrely.

This summer, Tucker Jr. was completely unemployed and could only accept a one-year $1 million contract from the Turkish team Fenerbahce men's basketball team, saying goodbye to the NBA at the age of 24.