Very interesting battle, the Hornets narrowly won 100-97 Lakers, and Ma Wei, who was returned by the Lakers, scored 10 points and 9 rebounds.

It is worth mentioning that in the game, James used a shocking dunk to teach Ma Wei, who almost became a teammate, a lesson.

James played steadily in this game, with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists, but Doncic still failed to find his best form, shooting 5 of 18 to get 14 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists, and there were 6 turnovers.

Since joining the Lakers, Doncic has averaged 14.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game, shooting 36%, 21% and 58% from three, and has a total of 12 turnovers in three gamesAlthough the sample is insufficient, there are already many people who are worried that he is the next Wei Shao......

Before joining the Lakers, Wei Shao, who played for the Wizards in the 20-21 season, averaged 22.2 points, 11.5 rebounds and 11.7 assists per game for a triple-double, and then went downhill, until now he can only earn millions of dollars in annual salary with the Nuggets.

Again, Doncic only played 3 games with the Lakers, and too few examples can't explain anything, but it should still not hinder the Mavericks' mood at this moment, as follows:

To get back to the point, for the Lakers, it's not Doncic's form and integration that needs to be worried, but a serious shortage of interior staff, with only three centers in Hayes, Koloko and Trey Jamieson, the latter two on two-way contracts.

It means that the Lakers can now use only one Hayes, who has indeed become the team's starting center, but in the past three games, he has only grabbed 4 boards, 2 boards and 2 boards, adding up to only 8 rebounds, which is not as many rebounds as Doncic or James grabbed in a game.

So the Lakers' next inside reinforcement is very concerned.

Recently, a certain voice preemptively "officially announced" the new internal reinforcement for the Purple and Gold Army, that is, the veteran Howard, who is unemployed at home, that is, the source from which they overheard under the bed.

Howard played for the Lakers for three seasons, averaging 17.1 points and 12.4 boards per game in the 12-13 season, 7.5 points and 7.3 boards per game in the 19-20 season and contributing to the team's championship, and 6.2 points and 5.9 boards per game in the 21-22 season.

The 21-22 season, which was also the most recent season in which Howard last appeared in the NBA, left his hometown to play, but he didn't eat the last meal, and played in the professional league in Taiwan Province for a year.

So Howard, who has been signed for three years away from the NBA and is 39 years old? The Lakers should not have rushed to the hospital to this extent!

Besides, after the Lakers completed the trade of sending Russell to the Nets, Howard publicly complained on the live broadcast that James "Manager Zhan" controlled everything, and this alone was enough to make his fate with the Lakers end.

Doncic is a good guy, but the Lakers' current sign and cash cow is still James, and Aunt Jenny and Pelinka still have to give him up, and no one is stupid enough to offend an outdated player who chooses to offend him.

Howard's later life was so miserable, and everyone disliked him like a rat on the street, which was directly related to his bad emotional intelligence!