Ryan Kelly, one of Kobe s two mascots in his retirement tour season

Does anyone remember Ryan Kelly? That year, Kobe retired touring season, one of the two Lakers' two mascots (the other mascot is Thackeray).

Ryan Kelly, Ryan Kelly, 6-foot-11 inches (2.11cm), plays as Power Forward (PF). He was born in Carmel, New York, USA in April 1991. He was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round of the 2013 NBA Draft 18th pick (48th pick) and officially entered the NBA since then. In his four seasons of NBA career, Ryan Kelly played for two teams, Lakers (2013-2016) and Hawks (2016-2017). He played in a total of 163 games in the regular season, including 59 starts, averaging 19.2 minutes per game, contributing 6.0 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.5 steals, and 0.5 blocks, and failed to get a playoff chance.

As a soft-touch shooting person, Ryan Kelly has excellent shooting ability, three-pointers and mid-range jump shots are relatively accurate, and has flexible steps, strong positional roaming ability, and has a good ability to pass and handle balls. However, Kelly's athletic ability and strength are seriously insufficient. In NBA-level games, his ability to confront is below the level and his defensive ability is poor. Especially as a big man with a height of more than 210 cm, his rebounding ability is very mediocre.

Although Kelly's NBA career is more often used as a mascot, he also has some good highlights. On February 5, 2014, local time in the Los Angeles Lakers' away game against the Cleveland Cavaliers 119:108, Ryan Kelly started for 42 minutes, making 8 of 16 shots (including 3 of 7 three-pointers), and 7 of 9 free throws, scoring the highest single-game 26 points in the NBA career, plus 6 rebounds and 1 steal.

On March 7, 2014, in the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Denver Nuggets 126:134 away, Ryan Kelly played for 33 minutes on the bench, scoring 24 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 blocked double-double data, of which 11 rebounds created the highest single game in the NBA career. On April 11, 2014, in the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Golden State Warriors at 95:112 at home, Ryan Kelly started for 37 minutes, scoring a double-double with 14 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, with rebounds tied the NBA career single-game record. In the offseason in 2017, Kelly, who had been stumbled for a season in the Hawks, was traded to the Houston Rockets, but was cut only 9 days later. Ryan Kelly then left the NBA and headed to the Spanish League Real Betis Basketball Club for a season. In July 2018, Kelly joined the Japanese League and met with another mascot of the Lakers, Robert Thackeray, the two Lakers' front scrap mascots, which are very popular in Japan. Thackeray has retired, and Ryan Kelly is still playing in the Japanese League.