Big controversy! Ma Wei smiled and mocked the Lakers for being eliminated, withdrew the deal and missed the opportunity to strengthen the game.

On May 1, the Lakers were eliminated by the Timberwolves in the first round of the playoffs 1-4. The Lakers were beaten by the Timberwolves' double towers in the entire series and became one of the important factors to eliminate. In Game 5, Gobert hit 27+24 and completely beat the Lakers' inside line. However, Ma Wei, who was traded to the Lakers in the middle of the season, was withdrawn from the deal, posted a smile on his face and "mocked" the Lakers.

When the Lakers got Doncic in the mid-season trade, the inside line completely collapsed after sending away Brother Davis. The Lakers soon introduced the Hornets' starting center forward through trades, and were originally optimistic about strengthening the Lakers' inside lineup. However, the Lakers later canceled the transaction because the Hornets concealed Ma Wei's injury situation, and Ma Wei's subsequent performance of fighting and stopping also proves that he does have hidden dangers of injury.

Since the Lakers discovered that Ma Wei had an injury problem after the trading deadline, after withdrawing the transaction, the Lakers have lost the possibility of continuing to introduce insiders to upgrade. The Lakers could only reuse Hayes, and Ryan, who signed the contract later, was extremely embarrassing and was even ridiculed by many fans for saying that "Ryan is not as good as Zhou Qi."

The Lakers lacked sufficiently effective inside rotation, which led to Redick's change of lineup in the fifth game. He used Finney as the starter and directly played in the five small lineup. Under such circumstances, the Lakers lost 16 points in the inside scored 40-56, lost 17 rebounds 47-54, especially the offensive rebounds 8-18, and lost 4 blocks 1-5.

The Lakers were beaten out of the inside, and Ma Wei also posted a "smiling" expression through social media, which self-evidently mocked the Lakers for not wanting him.

However, Ma Wei only played 44 games this season, missing as many as 38 games. Among them, Ma Wei played 21 games after being withdrawn from the trade by the Lakers, missed 13 games, and repeatedly played one game and took one game. It is obvious that his injury problem is a huge risk. In the three seasons of his career, he has played in a total of 106 games and missed 140 games in total. It is understandable that the Lakers don’t want him.

The Lakers have been playing for two consecutive years. This summer, Pelinka needs to find a suitable center in the trading market and need to fill the team's biggest lineup shortcomings in order to make a comeback next season to reach higher goals.