Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 10:45 am Post subject: Dwight Howard opens up on his LAL Season: "I came here injured but I wanted to show Lakers fans..."
Dwight on being traded to the Lakers: "I came here injured, I wasn't supposed to play a whole season, I played with a torn labrum... but I waned to show Lakers fans I love the game. I came back in 4 months, I played with a torn labrum."
Dwight on any beef with Kobe: "No, not at all. We were just at 2 different points of our career... he was on his way out, and I wanted to be that guy for that team for this city. I told him, I didn't come to LA thinking about taking over... I wanted to learn from him, from Steve, from Pau... and I'm like I can take that and leave the next generation of Lakers player."
Dwight on any regrets: "Looking back, I should've came out and said my peace, but I'm thinking let me just go out here and play... when I play for the Lakers, when you look at the highlights, I had the most fun, I was on the court every night... so I was looking forward to coming here every night and being a part of the atmosphere." _________________
Dwight gets a bad rap.
But I think trading away Bynum for Dwight was the right call.
Fortunately for us, Dwight did not re-sign with us.
shoulda traded bynum for Iguodala and Holiday
In hindsight.
But you can say that about a lot of trades.
At the time, we were giving up the 2nd best center in the league for the best center in the league.
And was Holiday good at that time? I don't recall.
But we were going after CP3 right? Didn't need Holiday if so.
And we went the vet route with Nash.
What's funny about Dwight is he is so focused on trying to always say the right thing and portray himself as an innocent, but if he was just honest about stuff people would respect it a lot more. _________________ 14-5-3-12
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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:38 am Post subject:
Every time Nash gave him a bounce pass out of the pick and roll, a little part of me died. Nash and MDA treated him like Amare.
Meanwhile all Dwight wanted was an oop or a high pass. _________________ "Every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you better”
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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:46 am Post subject:
Big Game James wrote:
venturalakersfan wrote:
The biggest blunder that Jim and Mitch made
Mozgov and Deng say "Hello."
No, the plan was to not pursue FAs and let the kids grow up. Howard was brought here to win a title but it isn’t in his DNA. _________________ RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023.
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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:53 am Post subject:
venturalakersfan wrote:
The biggest blunder that Jim and Mitch made
In disagree. In hindsight, it really wasn't. It was seen as pretty brilliant, quote the opposite. With Nash, Dwight, Pau and Kobe - that was a top 2-3 team in the west.
Nash was coming off a double double season (yes, the Lakers paid too much for him), Dwight wanted out of Orlando (for Bynum with glass knees)...
Nash got hurt immediately
Dwight came back too fast from injury...
That's what happened but I don't think they were bad moves...
No, the plan was to not pursue FAs and let the kids grow up. Howard was brought here to win a title but it isn’t in his DNA.
They could have done that by just not using their cap space. Or signing one year deals. Which would be preferable than crushing their cap for 4 years.
The Dwight trade at least allowed us to get out of the Bynum situation at the perfect time. And him leaving allowed the Lakers to tank and be at the bottom which is why we even have kids to grow. We tanked so well that the Dwight trade didn't even cost us a 1st rounder.
The Moz/Deng signings are the reason the Lakers have had to trade their kids. I definitely rank that way worse than Dwight for a year.
Kobe said he should be his own Tyson Chandler... but Dwight wanted to be "Hakeem".. the fact that he thought of himself as the Dream was pretty admirable... I give him that. _________________ "Now, if life is coffee, then the jobs, money & position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold & contain life, but the quality of life doesn't change. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it."
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