The Lakers ushered in the combination of the Big Three in today's game, the comeback of Anthony Davis greatly increased the morale of the whole team, and today's game against the Nets achieved good results, successfully completing the revenge against the Nets on the road.
The comeback Anthony Davis played 24 minutes and 46 seconds, and the deterrent power on the defensive end was very obvious, scoring 8 points, 2 boards and 2 assists on 3-of-8 shooting, and also delivering 4 big caps and 1 steal. But in the game, an interesting scene occurred, the Lakers did not grab a frontcourt rebound in two and a half quarters, while the Nets, the team has taken off 16 frontcourt boards. The inside line has lost rebounds, which is also one of the lakers' current shortcomings, and in the games that the Lakers have lost, there are many games that have lost on the inside line of scoring and defense, which has become a problem that the Lakers need to solve at the moment.
But now that Anthony Davis has returned, the team's interior line has relatively some guarantees, but it is not enough to rely on Anthony Davis to maintain the inside line, let alone let James play the team's fifth position, which is absolutely undesirable. Looking at the Lakers' interior, the only players who can play the fifth position are Anthony Davis, DeAndre Jordan and Dwight Howard. But of the three, only Davis played most of them, and the other two players played a stable time of less than 15 minutes.
During Davis' injury time, the Lakers even let LeBron James play the fifth place on the team at one point, and Howard and Jordan Jr. were hidden by the head coach. In today's game against the Nets, the Lakers have lost 16 consecutive frontcourt rebounds, but even so, coach Vogel still insisted on not letting Howard play, even if it was 1 second.
According to the Lakers reporter reporter, James believes that Howard can give the team the defense it wants, and has repeatedly suggested to Vogel that Howard can be used in the game to increase the team's defensive intensity and rebounding competition. But Vogel himself was very adamant about his idea and rejected James's offer.
To put it bluntly, it is to let you Howard not use, rather let James play the fifth position than reuse your Howard. According to the reporter, the reason given by Vogel is that the team needs Westbrook to drive the attack, and Howard's presence on the field will shrink the lineup space, which in turn will affect Westbrook's handling of the ball. In other words, Howard and Westbrook can't be on the court at the same time, and if You want Westbrook to play comfortably, you Howard can only sacrifice playing time.
Such a situation has made Howard also fall into the transaction rumors recently, according to the US media "Lakeshowlife" news, there have been three potential transactions around Howard. Trade plan one: The Lakers send Howard and get a 2023 second-round pick from the Hawks; Trade Plan Two: The Lakers send Howard and get a 2024 second-round pick from the Nuggets; Trade Plan Three: The Lakers send Howard and get the 2026 second-round pick from the Bulls.
Instead of not being reused in the Lakers, it is better to leave for another team. This sentence is most appropriate for Howard, and with the return of the thick eyebrow brother, Vogel will only compress Howard's playing time to give the thick eyebrow performance even more. In fact, many fans can see that sometimes the effect of using Howard will be better, so we can only hope that Vogel can wake up as soon as possible and send Howard at the right time to help the team break the siege.