Not so fast: Dwight changes his mind?
Per ESPN Dwight Howard is on the fence (50/50 between the Lakers and Houston)
what a drama queen, get over yourself Dwight, don't make news till you really make news.
This is turning into another PR disaster. What a flake...
He's a kid! He's allowed to change his mind! When we were 18 we were changing our minds all the time! Wait, he's 27? Oh my...
imagine going to a restaurant and watching dwight order food. it would take 3 hours
To be over at this point Bleacher Report is reporting that he is indeed a rocket
He apparently is a big admirer of Brett Favre.
....the Lakers GM, just a little bit ago (HERE):
"We have been informed of Dwight's decision to not return to the Lakers."
That was put about about 30 minutes ago, so I am assuming - for the time being - this is where we stand in Dwight Howard Visionquest.
who's saying that Dwight is on the fence. Everybody else is saying he's sticking with his decision to stay with the Rockets.
Two words for Dwight Howard: Roy Hibbert. Hibbert, a far less athletic big man, demonstrated against the Heat what hard work in the off season can do for a center, and looked ten times better in that series than Howard ever has.
Howard is the most overrated diva the NBA has had in a long time.
Exactly what system do you think Houston runs? It is very similar to what D'Antoni runs. Fast paced, 3pt shooting, and dominated by a scoring wing. The Rockets have Lin at PG who will get eaten alive by Westrbook, Parker, and Paul. Their only other big, Asik, has demanded a trade. Only Asik and Lin have such awful contracts they are going to be difficult to trade.
Their was a rumor of flipping Asik to NO for Ryan Anderson... only NO has no interest and Asik and Howard and Anderson don't like each other.
Now with Houston he'll be able to run P&R's with Harden similarly to how he did in Orlando with Hedo. Also, Houston actually has a system in place that surrounds Howard with 3pt shooters that will allow him to max out his post game potential. Oh yeah, and in Houston he'll receive instruction from McHale/Yao/Hakeem.
Did you actually watch Rockets last year? Apparently not. You think Harden doesn't play with the same mindset as Kobe. He does. He dominates the ball, that's why he came off the bench in OKC.
And that 3 point shooting. They waived the guy who led them in 3pters last year to sign Dwight. There point guard can't shoot to save his life or guard anyone. Their only good defensive player, Omar Asik, has demanded a trade. Their next best big , Thomas Robinson, was traded to sign Dwight.
Receive instruction from McHale or anyone for that matter? Because Dwight has done such a great job of listening to who exactly.
Everywhere Dwight goes its always the coach's fault.
They are an abomination defensively and before you say Dwight will fix everything he sure didn't fix the Lakers' D.
Dwight is soft. If I'm gonna pay someone 22 million he better be a good leader and make the others players better. He is inching closer to my wasted talent list.
Nice job on making "The Decision" look like a brilliant PR move.
Howard isn't a bad guy. He's being vilified because of inept ESPN reporting. They were trying to be the first to lunch and showed up too early. Why shouldn't he take his time in figuring out where he wants to play and potentially finish his career? Now the Orlando deal was pretty crappy. He was rated the most efficient center in the NBA by far using one of those advance metric thingys so he isn't as bad as some think. LA w/ Kobe and Gasol and Peace to All was a horrible fit. Houston will be much better.
You do realize that ESPN WAS NOT the organization that first reported his decision.
Howard got one GM and two head coaches fired in less than twelve months. Why on earth would any GM hire him, and why would any head coach vote in favor of it? If I was a GM, I wouldn't offer Howard the minimum NBA salary to ruin my team's chemistry and try to get me fired the minute things didn't go his way.
I am still flabbergasted that teams want to throw $25 million a year at him.