CBS Report: Howard Almost Traded to Rockets in 2012

[Johnny Castaway 31]

Ric Bucher:

 

Talks with various people close to the situation make it clear there were two prerequisites for Dwight Howard to

remain a Laker: fire Mike D'Antoni and amnesty, or at the very least muzzle, Kobe Bryant.

 

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[Johnny Castaway 31]

Ric Bucher:

 

Howard,in the final conversations before leaving for Houston, didn't specifically tell the Lakers that if coach Mike D'Antoni was fired he'd stay and the Lakers never made the offer to do so if it would convince Howard to re-up. Did Dwight have issues with his role in Mike's offense? Yes. Was he enamored with playing for Phil Jackson? Apparently. But the fact is he's headed to the Rockets, who run -- or have run -- practically the same pick-and-roll offense that D'Antoni employs and, as Jeremy Lin insinuated recently and I've observed firsthand, Kevin McHale can be as publicly ascerbic as D'Antoni or any other coach assessing a player. While there are those who insist the Lakers had the wherewithal to keep Howard, the feeling is not unanimous: some involved believe he never intended to stay.

 

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