Leaving the Suns and returning to his old club, Hornets, next season is the last chance for the inside veteran to prove himself

According to ESPN reporter Shams Charania, a league source revealed to him that Mason Plumlee, who was previously in free agency, reached an agreement with his old club Charlotte Hornets, who received a one-year contract from the Hornets with a total amount of $3.6 million. Shams also said that next season will be Plumley's 13th season in the league, and the Hornets have also increased the team's lineup depth in the frontcourt after completing this signing.

In the NBA regular season last season, Plumley made a total of 74 appearances for the Suns, 21 of which were the starters, with averaging 17.6 minutes per game, averaging 4.5 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 0.4 steals and 0.6 blocks, and 0.8 turnovers and 2.1 fouls. His shooting percentage was 61.9%, 0% from three-point shooting percentage and 64.8% from free throws. Plumley performed well at the beginning of last season. His offensive efficiency and scoring ability at the basket are still good. His passing and support ability are also worthy of recognition. However, as the season deepens, his performance can be said to have been declining. His influence on the offensive end is becoming increasingly limited, and his playing time is also decreasing.

may also be because the performance in the second half of the season is not ideal, and it is indeed difficult for Plumley to gain the trust of playoff-level teams, and his market in the free market is obviously not ideal. In the end, he also joined the Hornets with some helplessness. In fact, the Hornets are still short of people in the interior. They sent off the team's starting center Mark Williams on the day of the draft, and sent away Jusuf Nurkic in the previous transaction. At present, the team's only young player Moussa Diabate, who has a non-guaranteed basic salary contract, is left in the interior. In this case, the old minister Plumley who signed back to the team can be regarded as maintaining the team's lineup depth.

The current situation is that Plumley is already a 35-year-old veteran, and it seems that his condition is declining very significantly. As he grows older, his shortcomings in athletic ability and movement speed have been further amplified, and for most powerful teams, Plumley's value is indeed very limited. For Plumley, joining the Hornets should also mean that he can still get a lot of playing time next season, which is also very critical to his future career development. If he cannot prove his strength in the new season, he may not be far from leaving the NBA arena?