The Lakers sign a big inside again, but he should be cut by the team soon?

The Los Angeles Lakers officially announced that the team has signed Kylor Kelley, an inside player who was previously in free agency. Details of the contract have not been disclosed, but according to NBA person familiar with the matter, Kelly received a bootcamp contract. With Kelly's signing, the Lakers' roster has included 21 players, which is the largest number of players a team can have during training camp and preseason.

Kelly was born on August 26, 1997. He just celebrated his 28th birthday. He is 213cm tall and weighs 104kg. He is the undraft in the 2020 NBA Draft. After becoming a undraft, Kelly played in the NBA Development League for many years. He also has extensive experience in overseas leagues. He has played in the British League, Canadian League, Balkan League and Serie A. Last summer, he signed a training camp contract with the Lakers and joined the Lakers' NBA Development League team, South Bay Lakers. He also received contracts from the Dallas Mavericks and the New Orleans Pelicans midway last season.

In the NBA regular season last season, Kelly played 11 times in total, with an average of 11.5 minutes per game, averaging 3.1 points, 3.5 rebounds, 0.5 assists, 0.1 steals and 0.3 blocks, and 0.4 turnovers and 1.4 fouls, with a shooting percentage of 63.6% and a free throw percentage of 60%. In the NBA Development League last season, Kelly played 32 times in total, with averaging 26.7 minutes per game, averaging 11.5 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.3 steals and 2.4 blocks, and 1.5 turnovers and 1.9 fouls. His shooting percentage was 68.2%, 0% of three-point shooting percentage and 51.1% of free throw shooting percentage.

Kelly is actually a player with distinct advantages and disadvantages. He has good finishing ability at the basket on the offensive end, and he also has certain passing ability and support ability. He can use his strengths in his figure to provide support for the basket protection on the defensive end. However, Kelly's functions on the offensive end are relatively limited and lacks basic independent scoring ability. He also has certain problems with moving speed on the defensive end, which will directly lead to him being targeted by his opponent on the court. In fact, the Mavericks were short of people in the inside last season. In this case, Kelly was unable to gain a foothold in the team, which also shows that his shortcomings are indeed a little too obvious. If nothing unexpected happens, Kelly will be cut by the Lakers before the start of the NBA regular season in the new season and join the South Bay Lakers again. I wonder what will happen to Kelly's performance next season. Can he win himself the opportunity to return to the NBA through his performance in the NBA Development League?