In the 2020 Finals, the Lakers won the championship, Howard finally lifted his dream O'Brien Gold Cup, but in the offseason, because the Lakers management did not choose to renew the contract for the first time, Howard was unhappy, and finally chose to join the Philadelphia 76ers, and as a result, a year later, he finally figured it out, or the Lakers are the best for him, so Howard returned to Los Angeles, back to James and Davis, but unlike the first time to join the Lakers, this time Howard did not have the previous treatment.
Not long ago just ended an NBA regular season game, the Lakers three points lost to the Hornets, and in this game, Howard was once again hidden by the snow on the field for zero minutes, without any technical statistics, which has become the norm for Howard this season, because now the Los Angeles Lakers want to play a small lineup, resulting in Howard basically no chance to appear, even if the Hornets sent a big inside line like Plumlee in this game, but the Lakers still did not choose to let Howard on the court.
When the Lakers won the championship, Howard also opened his own live broadcast, in front of the world's fans said that others said that he could not get the championship, and now he has won the championship, finally proved himself, and got back the damn respect that belongs to him, but just over a year later, Howard has once again become a dispensable player, becoming a scrap on the court, maybe he should really respect the veteran, he is 36 years old, but still working hard for his dreams.
Unlike the Lakers in the 2020 season, the Lakers at that time played the three-high lineup, Howard was a very important part of the Lakers' lineup, and he also played a great role in defending Jokic in the playoffs, at that time everyone knew that Howard was still the incomparable inside beast, so he gave him the nickname of Master Huo, but now Vogel did not look at him, in the past should have given him the opportunity, but gave the playing time to other short players, they were blown up by the opponent on the court, Howard wanted to play to help the players, but he couldn't get a chance.
Imagine that year, Howard single-core led the team to break the 66-16 Cleveland Cavaliers led the team to the NBA Finals, how beautiful he was at that time, but now Howard sits on the bench and is lost, looking forward to playing, but there is no chance, and how lonely, maybe this is all a veteran will go through.
Howard is bitter, he hopes to play to help the team, hope to prove himself in the Lakers again, but all this is erased by Vogel's tactics, there is no way, after all, Westbrook takes the 44 million contract, Howard has no projection ability on the court, he will block The space of Westbrook on the inside line, which is not a little good for the Lakers.
Since the Lakers aren't going to give Howard enough chances, there's no need to continue wasting him, so why not send Howard away? There are many teams in the league that need players like Howard, rather than watching Howard sitting on the Lakers bench and losing, it is better to go to another team, even if it can't win the championship, it can also exude the strength and happiness on the court, which is probably the last expectation of the fans for Howard.