After weeks of rumors that he would join the Los Angeles Lakers, it is official: Christian Wood has signed a two-year contract with the Purple and Gold.
He certainly comes with risks. Many have pointed out his defensive ineptness and outsized opinion of himself and his offensive value. But he can certainly help the team, especially on the offensive end, where he is a proven scorer and accurate 3-point shooter.
Buy Lakers TicketsIf Wood works out with the Lakers, he will give them something close to an embarrassment of riches, joining LeBron James, Anthony Davis, D’Angelo Russell, Rui Hachimura and the fast-emerging Austin Reaves.
Across X, formally known as Twitter, fans reacted with emotion.
lakers just got christian wood on a vet min, give rob pelinka his flowers 🥹pic.twitter.com/U0BXykJpAJ
— cavan (@sincerelycavan) September 6, 2023
Christian Wood last year:
• 16.6 PPG – 51.5% FG – 37.6% 3pt
• 7.3 RPG
• 1.1 BPGExtremely talented offensive player, Excited to see what the Lakers can do with C-Wood 🔥🫡 pic.twitter.com/s5IYU6CR2z
— 🌟Fake (@LALeBron23) September 6, 2023
Christian Wood against the Lakers on Christmas (🎥 @LALeBron23)
• 30 points
• 8 rebounds
• 7 assists
• 4 steals
• 2 blocks
• 12/17 FGNow is the backup Center behind Anthony Davis 👀🔥pic.twitter.com/jvD8xPGA2R
— The Laker Files (@LakerFiles) September 6, 2023
league is done 😭🔥
— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) September 6, 2023
Bron really finna get his 5th🥹 pic.twitter.com/iyt7vCb3Lu
— 𝑽𝒂𝒓𝒊.✍︎ (@LockInVari) September 6, 2023
Lakers have a superteam, no excuses
— 🏀 (@VelocityDimes) September 6, 2023
Lakers are DEEP.
— Josh Rosen (@Joshimpressions) September 6, 2023
Now if you are a Laker fan, let’s face it, you are excited. pic.twitter.com/57i2LwA3aj
— Hubie Talks Hoops (@HubieTalksHoops) September 6, 2023
If he can accept his role he'll be great.
— Toasted (@Toasted_6) September 6, 2023
Lots of offensive fire power! If he can integrate on the defensive end next to AD this could get scary. Our roster is COMPLETE.
— AO (@worldofao) September 6, 2023
Champions!! https://t.co/aWdkPEgvZm
— Dom (@Underrated_Dom) September 6, 2023
I love it. Amazing help at power forward to make sure everyone has a great backup plan and help for LBJ, AD and Reaves.
— Rami Hanna (@WhoElseButRami) September 6, 2023
This allows AD to play his natural position and abuse mismatches in a less crowded paint. This allows more driving lanes and facilitating opportunities for bron , dlo, and reaves. This is the spacing we were missing. Pulling other teams bigs out of the paint. This is huge
— Moon (@ssjmoonnn) September 6, 2023
Lakers championship incoming. pic.twitter.com/zNYC7BZ0iB
— Clint Eastwood (@samm_bo_27) September 6, 2023
CHIP #18 IS OURS 🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/zJc2QUNScb
— Jay 🎋💰🇯🇲 (@TheRealestJayT) September 6, 2023
