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The New England Patriots may need to scout a guard as its veteran Robert Gallery chose to not participate in the training part and announce his retirement. Given his challenge of recuperating from a torn groin muscle, Gallery determined that it would be difficult for him to address training camp and the physicality of a full season. This has now become a dilemma for the Patriots as some of its guards are suffering from injuries heading towards the season.
Looking closely, Gallery came into this difficult decision after pondering if he can still commit to playing football after the operation of his torn groin muscle. However, he decided to not pursue anymore due to the potential recurrence of the injury as well as the inability to handle training camp.
For the Patriots, this remains to be a problematic exit coming from Gallery, who was signed last March, due to the depletion of its offensive line to help Tom Brady make the necessary plays. These include Logan Mankins, who is undergoing rehabilitation from his ACL, Brian Waters who has not yet reported to training camp, and Matt Light who also chose to retire last April.
Looking back at the career of Gallery, he began his professional days as a number two pick from the Oakland Raiders back in 2004. Though he began his days as a tackle, his career shifted in 2007 to become a guard. After being with the Raiders for four seasons, Gallery decided to try Seattle Seahawks in 2011. After spending a season with this team, he took part with Tom Brady and the Patriots last March 2012. Overall, Gallery’s career has been hampered by injuries. These were both apparent during his times with the Seattle Seahawks and Oakland Raiders. In total, he missed 24 games during his career with the three teams.
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Leandro Barbosa For Los Angeles Lakers
Several free agents have been in connected to the NBA team Los Angeles Lakers for quite some time now. According to the GM Mitch Kupchak who has explored various options in the free agency, the Los Angeles Lakers are still to planning to sign in one more free agent for the backcourt of the bench. There has been a report that the Lakers has their eyes in one particular player which they would like to hire and this is the veteran guard who is Leandro Barbosa. This is according to Marc Stein who is working in ESPN.com.
Barbosa is considered as one of the best free agents who is still available and very open for those who want to sign him in their team. Barbosa has really been performing great for all the NBA years that he had which is why the Lakers is very much interested in him. Barbosa is also one of the fastest guards in the NBA today which is a very important skill for an NBA player. Together with the offensive capabilities of Barbosa, he and Steve Nash has a very memorable history back when he was still in the Phoenix Suns. Both of them were also strong defensive players and are threats for those who are holding the ball.
Also, the Lakers team has experienced the strong teamwork of the Phoenix Suns especially when it comes to both of these players although the Phoenix Suns never had the chance to be the NBA champion. The latest reports say that Barbosa still remains on the top of the list of the guard players that the Lakers would want to have. Moreover, Barbosa is also the considered as the best option that the Lakers have if they want to get the championship trophy again. Now, the decision is still not announced yet.
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