Malik Monk has Dwight Howard calling him 'The Lethal Microwave' during postgame interviews, so it appears the Lakers guard is making an impact on the team.
Malik Monk led the Lakers with 15 points and Talen Horton-Tucker, DeAndre Jordan and Dwight Howard all showed glimpses of their talent in a preseason-opening loss to the Nets.
“Um, they call me that, so I take the nickname,” Monk said. “I don’t give myself nicknames. But, yeah, I think it fits well. I think it fits well. Perfect. Yeah.” That sort of scoring outburst, Monk said, is what he and Lakers coach Frank Vogel defined as the shooting guard’s role this season.“Coming in and doing what I did today. That’s my role and that’s what everybody expects from me and that’s what I’m going to do,” Monk said. “We talked about it. It’s no need to talk about it each and every day. Once he tell me one thing, I’ll get it and I’ll know what my role is.
Monk and Howard were teammates for one season in Charlotte, during the 2017-18 season, and the veteran center saw the shooting stroke first-hand.Carmelo Anthony, who came off the bench for the first time last season in Portland, says he isn’t worried about whether he starts for the Lakers.
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