Official signing! Leaving the NBA at the age of 27! Goodbye, Lakers old player

On July 28, another player left the NBA, and he was Thomas Bryant. According to European media reports, Greek giant Panasinaikos will sign Thomas Bryant with an annual salary of $3 million. Panasinaikos had chased Valan before, but the Nuggets refused to release him, and now Tobu has become Valan's replacement.

In this offseason, the Pacers have let go of two centers: Turner joined the Bucks for 4 years with a $107 million, and Tob directly left the NBA. The Pacers also added: using 1 second round pick + 1 second round swap, got Jay Khufu from the Grizzlies, and renewed Isaiah Jackson for 3 years and $21 million, and signed back to Wiseman for 2 years and $5.7 million.

Torbu was born on July 31, 1997 and only turned 28 three days later. He should never come back after leaving the NBA this time. In the summer of 2024, Tobu signed the Heat with a year of US$2.09 million. In December 2024, the Heat sent it to the Pacers, only in exchange for one second round of swap rights. This year Tobu followed the Pacers to the finals. In the 2024-25 season, Tobu played 56 regular season games with the Pacers, 8 of which started. He averaged 15.1 minutes per game, scored 6.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.5 steals and 0.6 blocks, and shots from three events: 51.5%, 32.1%, 83%. He averaged 5.3 minutes per game in the finals, scoring only 1.7 points, 0.3 rebounds and 0.2 assists. In the 2022-23 season, Tob played 41 regular season games with the Lakers, including 25 starts. He averaged 21.4 minutes per game, scored 12.1 points, 6.8 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 0.6 blocks, and shots in three events: 65.4%, 44%, and 74.1%. After Davis returned, Tobu was dissatisfied with his playing time and directly applied for a trade to the Lakers.

The Lakers did not force Torbu to leave. On February 10, 2023, the Lakers sent Torbu to the Nuggets, getting Davin Reed and three second round picks. At that time, Tobu still had trading value, so the Lakers did not lose. But as Tobu himself, he went to a team with less playing time, which completely made him a basic salary player and never made him come back! In the 2022-23 season, Tob played 18 regular season games with the Nuggets, averaging 11.4 minutes per game, scoring only 4.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.4 blocks, with three shooting percentages: 48.5%, 44.4%, and 72.2%. In the playoffs, Tob only played one game and no data was made, so the Nuggets won the championship did not increase his value.

If you stay in the Lakers and don't apply for a trade, you will not get a basic salary by the average of 12+6 in the summer of 2023. I can only say that one step is wrong, every step is wrong. On July 2, 2023, the Heat signed Tobu for 5.4 million US dollars in two years. In the 2023-24 season, he averaged 11.6 minutes per game, scoring 5.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 0.6 assists. In the summer of 2024, Tob refused to execute the second year's $2.8 million player option, hoping to get a bigger contract in the free market. The embarrassing thing is that he failed to find his next home and had to return to the Heat for $2.09 million in one year. Tobu was the No. 42 pick in 2017. A second round pick was able to compete in the league for 8 years, but Tobu has actually succeeded.