The atmosphere inside the Lakers was harmonious and injuries could not knock them down.

But the team's management is helpless. The Lakers are on the road to the championship, but too many injuries are plaguing the team, which is not a good phenomenon.

The regular season can be achieved by relying on personal performance, but the playoffs are not only the field for stars, but also require team basketball as a base.

The weakest link of the Lakers is the inside line. Chandler, who has the highest defensive efficiency, has relapsed due to his old injury. Although he has the first-class ability to protect the basket at the basket, after all, at the age of 36, playing 20 minutes per game is already the limit.

Wagner and Zubac are full of energy, but lack experience. The playoffs are not the training ground for new recruits. As long as they are on the court, they will become the breakthrough for their opponents.

Wagner and Chandler have been plagued by injuries, and now the Lakers need to find a way to solve the problem immediately.

In this way, they must strengthen the inside.

There are no center players available in the free market today, and they are making deals with other teams?

First of all, the Lakers do not have the right bargaining chips. As long as they want to get a center with a little ability, the Lakers must use their current lineup.

Secondly, the Lakers are ahead of their stride this season, which makes many teams jealous, especially when they selected superstars like Lam Feng at the 60th pick.

Team managers who have second round picks in the summer have long regretted it. How could they give your center to you again?

In Pelinka's office, Elvin Johnson and Jim Bass were sitting.

The three of them seemed to be incompatible with each other, because Pelinka and Johnson were both Jenny's confidants. Jim had already been undermined by his sister, and only retained the empty titles of shares and deputy managers.

"Sir, I'm glad you've come to my office. Regarding that proposal, I think everyone needs to sit down and talk about it seriously."

Pelinka is very polite. It is logical that he and Jim Bass should be incompatible with Jim. Because in the Lakers coup that year, it was Jenny who took office to dismissed Kupchek, who had a good personal relationship with Jim, and helped Pelinka and Johnson straighten up.

Jim wore a Dodgers playing baseball cap and cotton shirt and jeans, which was very "Silicon Valley elite style".

"To be honest, I didn't plan to interfere in team management, but Jenny talked to me a lot yesterday and she said the team still needs me."

Jim spread his hands, obviously, he could not compete with his sister in terms of fighting for power and profit.

This time, Jenny took the initiative to propose that Jim return to the team's management, and Jim didn't know the real purpose behind the eldest sister.

In fact, because of the rapid momentum of the Lakers, they have returned to the championship ranks. The originally divided Bass family is moving towards unity.

Jim's return to management is a big signal. As the person with the most shares in the Bass family, he originally had the most say.

Pelinka and Johnson have read the proposal. The two had a brief discussion half an hour ago, thinking that it was definitely a gambling.

"Sir, Dwight hasn't played for nearly half a year, and he has had an unpleasant relationship with the team before. I believe that no Lakers fan wants to see him put on our jersey again."

Pelinka spoke very seriously and had a serious expression.

Jim, 53, smiled and then churned the document in his hand. "To be honest, I have always kept in touch with Dwight. Now he is not the big boy he was six years ago. He has really changed, losing weight, actively training, and all of which are what he is doing."

Jim continued, "That guy was disappointed in the Lakers, but that was the past. You can't always look at the problem from an old perspective. I'm right? Gentlemen."

Dwight Howard, nicknamed "Warcraft", was once the league's number one center. He has been unemployed at home after being cut by the Nets in the summer.

Because Howard's previous attitude towards basketball was to laugh, he had a very unhappy relationship during the Lakers working with Kobe.

"Black Mamba" Kobe is the kind of person who wants to compare who drinks coffee first, even if he drinks coffee, and Howard believed in happy basketball back then, and it doesn't matter if he wins or loses, as long as he is happy.

The Lakers were on the eve of the handover of power. Jim, who controlled the team at that time, messed up the team. The Lakers scored a bottom-line with a star lineup, which made the team complain.

Howard hurried to Houston after spending three seasons at Space City, and almost disappeared from the league after spending three seasons.

Howard is now at home, and no team dares to take this locker room bomb. Moreover, there is no projection in the era of small balls, and the Warcraft that cannot open up space is not suitable for most teams.

It is also a pity that the former league's number one center has fallen to this point.

Jim Buss, the first thing he did after returning to the Lakers management was to propose that the team consider giving Howard a basic salary contract when the team lacks the ability to protect the basket on the inside.

After all, for the Lakers, they can no longer strengthen an excellent inside player.

Pelinka and Johnson fell into silence and welcomed Howard, the former locker room bomb?

It was undoubtedly a crazy move. At the end of his career as "Los Angeles Hero" Kobe Bryant, his appearance completely hurt the team and the hearts of fans.

Now the team is booming, ranking second in the West, and will soon return to the championship ranks. If the team is in trouble because of Howard, then Pelinka and Johnson will undoubtedly become the target of public criticism and even lose their jobs.

Johnson took a long breath, "Sir, this is a really risky decision. Dwight is a problematic person. To be honest, there are no people in Los Angeles who have a good impression of him."

Jim smiled. He always seemed very calm. Perhaps the power struggle with his elder sister a few years ago made him look dull.

"It was true that a few years ago or even last year. But Dwight has reformed himself. He is training every day now, and he has lost 22 pounds to cater to the times. Is it hard to imagine? I think he should be given a chance."

"And Dwight spent a lot of time practicing shooting from mid-range and shooting at a pretty good rate. It seems that he is planning to learn from Brooke Lopez and try the role of the space-type five."

"Besides, judging from our current lineup, in the playoffs where the defense is stronger and the weaknesses will be infinitely magnified, the Lakers, who lack the ability to protect the basket in the inside, are destined to go far."

Jim said a lot about himself. As the team president, Johnson didn't know why Jim, who had disappeared from the team, was suddenly recruited by Jenny, and he recommended Dwight Howard as soon as he came up.

In the end, Pelinka compromised with Johnson, who believed that this matter must be discussed in a formal meeting and communicated with important figures in the team.

After all, it's not as simple as introducing players. The person they are discussing is not someone else, but Dwight Howard.
Chapter completed!