Dylan Windler has signed with the LA Lakers. The Cleveland Cavaliers picked him 26th overall in the 2019 NBA Draft, so NBA fans may know him from that pick. This is the fourth straight loss for the team, which has made people wonder about the rest of their season. The team did win the first NBA Cup, but they have had a lot of problems since then.
The team has lost four games in a row, and many people are ready for things to get better. As Austin Reaves said this week, the team’s mood is very bad because they are having a hard time. It has been said that coach Darvin Ham could be fired because of the team’s recent losing streak.
The teacher said that he gets along well with Lakers owner Jeanie Buss and GM Rđť–”b Pelinka, but something needs to change. In light of this, Adrian Wojnarowski, a well-known figure in the NBA, said that the team has signed Dylan Windler in an effort to make things better.
The news came after Dylan Windler had one of the best games of his career in the G League, where he scored 23 points and grabbed 33 boards. Because of this, the team waived Alex Fudge to make room on the squad for Windler.
Looking back at Dylan Windler’s high school record, it’s interesting to see how well he did at Perry Meridian High School in Indiana, where he now plays for the LA Lakers. College recruiters paid a lot of attention to him after he was picked to play for the Indiana Elite AAU (travel basketball) team.
Before he went to college, Windler was the best player in the state in both points per game (27.3 or more) and boards per game (10.2 or more).
An story from 2019 on NBA.com says that 15 Division 1 basketball schools offered him scholarships before he chose to sign with Belmont. There, he made big jumps in his game from one year to the next, going from scoring 4.3 points per game as a freshman to 21.3 points per game as a senior.
That same year, he went from averaging 4.5 rebounds per game to 10.8 rebounds per game and shot 42.9% from beyond the line, which was the best percentage of his career. As a result, he quickly rose up draft boards across the league. In an interview with NBA.com, his college coach praised his skills and his desire to win:
“Not only is he a great athlete, but he also knows how to win.” He plays ping pong better than anyone else on our team. He plays the whole outfield in softball, covers it all, and hits it a mile. You could make up any kind of game and tell Dylan how to play it. He would be the best at it.”
Windler was chosen by the NBA, but his rookie year he hurt himself so badly that he couldn’t play again, and it has been hard for him to get better. Dylan Windler has been playing great in the G League up until this weekend. It will be interesting to see if he can show that he can fighđť”± with the best.