Free market has been open for five days, eighth-time All-Star player Dwight Howard , currently still a free agent.
This season, he played 60 games for Lakers . He averaged 6.2 points and 5.9 rebounds per game, and shot a 61.2% shooting percentage.
Although many data hit career lows, Howard can still provide a role for the team on the court.
The last three games at the end of the season, he averaged 13.6 points and 9 rebounds per game, and played Jazz and scored 21 points and 12 rebounds.
is also the substitute center of the Lakers. Jordan Jordan , who is in worse condition, recently signed a basic salary contract with Nuggets .
But what is puzzling is that Howard, who has a more positive attitude, has not yet sent an olive branch for him.
Even the Lakers, who are short of soldiers in the interior, do not plan to sign Howard back.
team reporter Darryn Albert reported that after the Lakers signed Lonnie Walker, the only space left in the free market is the basic salary.
Given that Anthony has also become an unrestricted free agent, it is unlikely that Howard will return to the team again.
Because compared to Howard, the Lakers prefer to get a scoring striker like Melon to relieve the pressure on James .
After the free market was opened, the Lakers did not sign Howard, mainly because the team did not have space to be available, which is understandable.
But the question is, why are the other teams not providing contracts for the Old Warcraft?
In my opinion, the main problem is that it is a functional problem. As a character player, it seems a bit like a four-dimensional player.
First of all, Howard, at the age of 37, will directly persuade a large group of suitors to withdraw.
Secondly, as a defensive center, he is short in height and has no shooting ability, and is actually not as popular as imagined.
There are Jordan Jr., younger than Howard, Jones, and more than Howard, and there are many people who can vote.
Putting aside fame, Howard actually doesn't have many advantages in the free market that can attract other teams except for experience.
Last season, his defensive efficiency was 115, ranking 330th in the league, almost at the bottom of the same position.
Under Howard's defense, the shooting percentage of opponents will increase by 1.6 percentage points, up to 50.6%.
will increase by 4.5 percentage points if it exceeds six feet range. In short, it is almost impossible to guard against it.
The reason why fans stand up for Howard is that they have a bonus for their feelings, and the other is that they work hard enough to play.
But in competitive sports, hard work alone is useless and can bring substantial help to the team, which is far better than the so-called ineffective efforts.
free market has been opened for many days. No teams have snatched up or expressed their ideas for signing. In fact, it can reflect Howard's current popularity. Maybe he can still get a basic salary contract in the future, but it is highly likely that he will not be a top-level team.
In this era, veterans who can dominate the ball are much more popular than functional blue collars.
