Former Lakers Guard Looking Forward to ‘Revenge’ Game Against LA

The Los Angeles Lakers will play the Memphis Grizzlies for the second time this season on Wednesday. LA lost their first meeting against the Grizzlies on the road last week.

The Lakers ran out of the gym and lost that game 131-114.

LA was in the middle of this in the first half, but things started to get out of hand in the second half, and that was mainly due to the play of former Lakers guard Scotty Pippen Jr.

Pippen was exceptional in his 26 minutes of action in that game, recording 14 points on 55 percent shooting from the field, six rebounds, four assists, one block and one steal.

Pippen took the game personally, and that is no different as he will play against his former team on Wednesday.

Pippen said Mark Medina of Sportskeeda that he is looking forward to playing in LA and that this match is ‘circled in his diary’.

“I’ve definitely circled it on the calendar. But I approach it the same way I approach any other game. I’m going to play hard out there and let the game be the game.

Pippen signed with the Lakers as an undrafted free agent and played in six games during the 2023-2023 season. He started the 2023-2024 season with the G League team, the South Bay Lakers.

However, Pippen subsequently signed a two-way deal with the Grizzlies in January and ultimately signed a four-year contract with the team in October.

Pippen is showing that he is an NBA-caliber player, and he says the biggest reason for that is his clarity, something he didn’t do with the Lakers.

“I didn’t really know what they wanted from me and what they expected from me,” Pippen said. “Once I left there, I felt like they didn’t want me there and that I had no future there. I didn’t really get much dialogue about why I wasn’t there.”

The 24-year-old was impressive, averaging 12.1 points and 6.5 assists while shooting 52.1 percent from the field and 43.8 percent from three-point range.

Memphis will be without superstar Ja Morant for a while, giving Pippen a wider belt and LA could have its hands full with the former Laker.

He will want to play well in front of the LA fans, and based on what we saw from his last game, he could warm up quickly.

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