This Could Be The End of Christian Wood…

This Could Be The End of Christian Wood…

Never had any problem on a team maybe besides Houston and that was that was for defending a teammate I looked at it just now I didn’t me it came off a certain type of way I didn’t mean it that I think there’s a lot of false narrative out there that was about me

Christian Wood has been on a remarkable journey of redemption he was once expected to enter the NBA as a first round pck but surprisingly went undrafted Christian Wood had to battle his way onto NBA rosters constantly jumping from Team to team in both the G league and NBA he would sign a

Life-changing contract in 20 20 and just a few years later would sign a veteran minimum contract with the Los Angeles Lakers one of the NBA’s most popular teams in a year with serious expectations but this season has been a rough ride for the big man inconsistent

Playing time a cryptic tweet and a knee injury have defined his season on the court but off of the Court a recent situation involving his child threatens to Define his season outside of basketball so before we get to the content make sure you drop like subscribe and turn on our notifications

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Class of 2013 he committed to instate UNLV but quickly showed that he had a ways to go before developing into a finished product he averaged Just 4 and A2 points points per game mostly coming off of the bench as a freshman however in his sophomore year he became a

Starter and legitimate NBA Prospect he averaged over 15 1 12 points 10 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game a strong second season made his decision to enter the 2015 NBA draft a no-brainer going into the draft he was expected by some to be selected in the first round but there

Were some major concerns with his effort intensity on court Antics body language defensive liabilities and the lack of Team chemistry those red flags were enough for Christian Wood to not only fall out of the first round of the NBA draft but to completely go undrafted and one of the most dramatic pre-draft Falls

In recent memory for such a talented Prospect it led to one of the saddest photos in NBA draft history with this image of Christian Wood going viral after he realized he wouldn’t be hearing his name called not by Adam Silver and not by Mark Tatum to make matters even

Worse Christian Wood’s girlfriend left him after he went undrafted as she goes to him after he dropped her off at the airport so after a tough wakeup call after the draft Christian Wood began a long Odyssey to get his life and career back on track but in order to do this

He’d have to eat some Humble Pie Christian Wood joined the Houston Rockets for the 2015 summer league where he averaged 6.5 points per game in limited playing time the only team that would commit to Wood after the summer was the Philadelphia 76ers who were in the doldrums of the process and crafted

The roster to be intentionally terrible Philly signed wood to a 4-year non-g guarantee deal although he had a second chance at the NBA after his horrific draft night his rookie season featured limited action and plenty of ups and downs the Philadelphia 76ers waved Christian Wood in early January of that

Season to bring back Elton brand who they believe would be an effective Mentor for the young roster he’d probably get signed to the Delaware 87ers Philly’s affiliate in the formerly named D-League where he had already played during multiple inseason assignments wood played well enough with the 87ers that Philadelphia brought him

Back on a 10-day contract before eventually signing him for the rest of the season wood only played in 17 games with the 76ers in limited action but he excelled with more playing time in the D-League averaging 17 points and over nine rebounds per game as a result he

Got another chance with the 76ers in the 2016 Summer League where he averaged over 15 points per game in six games that led to his next opportunity in Charlotte when the Hornet signed him to a 2-year contract with the second year serving as a team option but his second

Season played out eerily similar to his first Christian Wood hardly appeared with the Hornets logging just 13 games in limited action instead he was assigned to the Greensboro swarm in the D League multiple times where he played in 18 games and averaged nearly 20 points and 10 rebounds per game after

The season the Hornets declined their option on Christian Woods contract leaving his basketball future in limbo once again he ended up playing on two teams during the 2017 Summer League the Suns and the Dallas Mavericks and Christian Wood even helped Dallas win the Orlando Summer League Championship

The NBA still didn’t seem too eager to sign him Christian Wood seemed like he was destined for China after signing with the Chinese Basketball Association but never ended up playing for them after his team waved him and instead came back to join the 87ers for a full

Season and this is where things would completely turn around for Christian Wood in the newly named gie Christian wood would dominate in 45 games he averaged 23 points and 10 rebounds while his three-point percentage finally cracked 30% that led to his next opportunity with the Milwaukee Bucks

During the 2018 Summer League where he was a walking 20 and 10 double double while averaging over two blocks per game after making his case once again to further his career with first team honors in the summer league the Milwaukee Bucks signed him to their roster but wood still couldn’t break the

Cycle of events that limited his time in the NBA to that point he had only played in 13 games as a buck averaging less than 5 minutes per game while once again dominating in the G league with the Wisconsin herd this time averaging 29 points per game and 14 rebounds per game

Wood bounced between the NBA and G League teams throughout the season until the Milwaukee Bucks waved him in March with the need to sign another guard amidst a flurry of back court injuries Christian Wood’s work ethic actually received praise from The Greek Freak himself but what he really needed more

Than anything else was an opportunity and that opportunity would come shortly after the New Orleans Pelicans would claim Christian Wood off of waivers immediately adding him to their roster at the time the New Orleans Pelicans had some drama of their own Anthony Davis had recently demanded a trade and the

New Orleans Pelicans were refusing to trade him to the Lakers the uncertainty of ad’s ability towards the end of the season opened up minutes for Christian Wood and it would only take him eight games to show why he should be done with the G league for good Christian Wood

Averaged nearly 17 points in eight rebounds per game he had the best NBA performances of his career with big scoring nights and would even get his first two career starts even though New Orleans would wave him for that off season he had made a big enough impression that the Detroit Pistons

Moved quickly to claim him off of waivers with the NBA roster spot secure Christian Wood didn’t play in the summer league for the first time since he began his pro career while mostly coming off of the bench for a bad Pistons team wood was playing pretty well and seemed to

Really be hitting his stride with the best stretch of his career once he became a starter in early February Detroit had traded Andre Drummond Blake Griffin had to undergo surgery for his knee and wood was putting up big numbers as a starter it looked like he cemented his career turnaround as the new

Featured big man for the Pistons despite had coach Dwayne Casey being warned to stay away from wood because of his character concerns Christian Wood had a career-high 32 points in a win over Philadelphia before the world would completely shut down in mid-march of 2020 Christian Wood became one of the

First NBA players to test positive for covid-19 which led to the season suspension and with the Detroit Pistons not being invited to the NBA bubble it also ended Christian Wood’s magical season wood ended the season averaging 13 points per game and six rebounds per game while shooting over 38% on threes

Would parlayed his emergence into a life-altering contract agreeing to a 3-year $41 million deal with the Houston Rockets it was truly one of the most inspirational stories in sports he had come a long way from his horrific draft night but he still had some hurdles to overcome playing on another bad team in

Houston Christian Wood posted the best statistical season of his career averaging 21 points over nine rebounds and one block per game while shooting over 37% on threes he even finished fourth in voting for most improved player but he only played in 41 games and part because of an ankle injury that

Forced him to leave the game in a wheelchair an injury that ultimately costed him 17 games he came back the next season to lead the similarly bad rockets in scoring in rebounds averaging almost 18 points and 10 boards per game he had some big nights including a massive 39-point game which included

Wood shooting eight of n from three in a comeback victory over the Washington Wizards he finished the season shooting 39% from downtown which paved his way to his next NBA home but he was also suspended for a game during the season in an incident that also played a role

In his departure from Houston despite starting from nearly the entire year wood was benched for a game as a punishment for failing to show up for the team’s daily covid-19 testing which caused the team shoot around to be delayed when coach Steven Silas called on him to check into their next game he

Didn’t seem too keen on entering the game which caused Silas to move on to other players the coaching staff confronted wood at halftime challenging him to be the veteran to set the standard for the young Rockets team during the 2022 off season the Houston Rockets would give up on Christian Wood

Altogether trading wood to instate rival Dallas in exchange for four players plus the 26th overall pick in that year’s draft his expiring contract and ability to shoot gave Dallas a good low-risk front Court option to pair with LCA donic averaging 16 points and seven rebounds while also hitting over 37% of

His threes would filled much of his expected role in Dallas mostly off of the bench but it was a disappointing year for the Mavericks who missed the playoffs just a year removed from getting to to the Western Conference Finals Christian Wood fractured his thumb in January and he wasn’t the same

Once he returned plus he was anep Defender with one Dallas Mavericks employee eviscerating his defense as not bad but fing terrible it took a while for wood to find a team that offseason before the Lakers finally gave him a chance in early September the deal was a

Far cry from the one he had once signed in Houston 2 years for 5.7 million doll with the second year as a player option A lowrisk but High reward move the Lakers added a play player who could be effective though the character concerns remained during the Lakers media Day

Christian Wood said he was ready to prove everyone wrong I think there’s a lot of false narrative out there that was about me um you know whether whether you look at it or not I put up I think it was 17 and N or something like that

And I signed for a vet minimum you know i’ seen a lot of talk of why is he going for the vet minimum and maybe it’s character issues maybe it’s this maybe it’s that but when when you really look at it I’ve never had any problem on a

Team maybe besides Houston and that was that was for defending a teammate and if you ask me I’ll probably I would probably do it again um but other than that I’ve never had any problems with any team never had any locker room problems um every coach that I talk to

Is has L me um I still talk to Silas and Casey and all those guys you know to this day you know you know they root for me um Darin hamsb rooting for me he’s a guy that’s always been in my corner rooting for me so um I would say I have

A lot to prove and um this will probably be one of my most motivated Seasons since being undrafted just like much of the Lakers rotation Christian Wood had received inconsistent playing time for much of the season in 50 games he’s averaged about seven points and five rebounds in 17 minutes per game his

Lowest since he was signing 10-day contracts just to stay in the league his three-point percentage has gone down the drain hovering just above 30% he’s also had a rough stretch since the New Year in late January the Lakers were missing Anthony Davis with a hip injury giving wood the opportunity to start however

Coach Darvin ham went with Jackson Hayes instead minutes after the starting lineups were announced Christian Wood tweeted LOL I meant to quote something but I didn’t have the quote I thought I did and I just pressed send and I couldn’t check my phone before cuz we

Had to we had to go out but it was it was an accident so that didn’t I didn’t mean I think I looked at it just now I didn’t mean it came off a certain type of way I didn’t mean it that not basketball related definitely not basketball related but things were about

To get way worse for Christian Wood in late February the Lakers announced that he’d miss the next few weeks with swelling in his left knee since his absence from the lineup wood had been involved in an off Court situation that could make his rough season even worse shortly after he began his injury

Absence a Woman by the name of Tamara kissen posted a video of wood as well as screenshots of text messages exchanged between the two kissen claims that she was babysitting Wood’s 8-month-old son when Christian showed up at her house early in the morning holding a shovel

Looking for him she said she had never met him and didn’t know who he was also alleging that he had threatened her life after she had already given his son back to his mother which was Instagram model Yasmin Lopez she went on to threaten legal action expose him to the Lakers

And own her Genie bus but Christian Wood’s sister posted a different account of the story on her Instagram she claimed that Christian went over to kiss’s house and an attempt to get his son back because Lopez got arrested for vandalizing his property she also claimed the shovel he was holding was

Already there in the way of the door and Christian simply moved it that same day a video came out on social media showing Yasmine Lopez jumping over Christian’s fence to vandalize his car in early March TMZ obtained court documents that showed Christian Wood had obtained a restraining order against Lopez for

Causing emotional and mental stress as well as Financial damage to his property this is something wood claimed the day before his Tex and video of him went viral Lopez trespassed his California home by climbing a fence which can be seen in the subsequently released video and scratched the hood and doors of his

Mercedesbenz he accused Lopez and kissen of making allegations against me and M misrepresenting facts to the media to gain favor W highlighted other instances of her vandalizing his property such as spray painting as Lamborghini and said he believed Lopez is using his publicized basketball schedule to track his location and vandalize his property

He requested joint legal custody and primary physical custody of his son as part of the restraining order Lopez must stay at least 100 yards away from wood obviously this isn’t an easy situation to be in especially with a lot of footage showing that Christian Wood is dealing with a very toxic situation

Christian Wood has to focus on his basketball career acclimating to a new role with the Los Angeles Lakers acclimating to the fact that he has to take significantly less money to play for the Los Angeles Lakers while also dealing with a very toxic personal issue that involves his child but if anything

Has shown as historically it’s that Christian Wood has the power and the mental capability to overcome any obstacle that’s thrown his way and it also goes to show that you never truly know why a person is the way he is and what he’s going through behind closed

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