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Coach killer in Orlando, coach killer in LA. Will be coach killer wherever he goes!

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We have to live through another summer with this idiot whining about where he wants to go.
The guy is not a great player, not a great teammate and IMHO totally overrated. He is the perfect example of an overpaid athlete with some skills who thinks he is gods gift. He is no Akeem, No Wilt, No Russ, No Patrick, No Jabbar etc. A 10 year old can hit more than 45 percent of his foul shots.
I m in my 60's and I think I can hit 70 percent with a few hours of practice.
This is a HUGE JOKE he is as talented as the Khardashians!!!!
 

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Dwight Howard Picking Rockets Over Lakers?

By Shahan Ahmed | Yahoo!

COMMENTARY | Los Angeles has the massive market, superstar celebrities, engrossing endorsements and wonderful weather, but Houston, honestly, offers a better chance at winning a title for Dwight Howard. If Howard leaves L.A. and joins James Harden in Houston, is that really a downgrade?
No, Harden is not Kobe Bryant, but the Houston Rockets' supporting cast of Jeremy Lin, Chandler Parsons, Aaron Brooks, Carlos Delfino, and Francisco Garcia looks a heck of a lot younger, healthier, and more athletic than the Los Angeles Lakers' aging cast of Pau Gasol, Steve Nash, and Metta World Peace. Also, Omer Asik will likely be worth something as a backup, twin tower, or a movable piece if Howard decides to don Rockets' red.
Add Howard to Harden, and that is two-thirds of the way to a championship-caliber combination. Provide Howard with three-point shooters, and he will provide them with open looks. In Houston, Howard would have better shooters than Los Angeles: fact.
In most scenarios, Howard's Rockets would likely beat Howard's Lakers.
Ignoring possible Gasol trades, World Peace amnesty scenarios, and major roster shakeups, wouldn't Howard have a better chance to win with the Rockets than with the Lakers?
After all, Bryant would enter the season returning from a torn Achilles, and his optimistic hope to return at the start of the 2013-14 season appears to be possible, but his conditioning would be a major concern. He would be unable to perform serious athletic activities for the better part of six months, and that is ignoring the fact that his overall mobility may be significantly diminished permanently due to the injury.
Also, Gasol undertook a procedure involving stem cells to help repair tissue in his worn out knees. This non-surgical procedure was meant to alleviate an issue Gasol struggled with all of last season. The procedure also required the Spaniard to take a couple months off, so Howard would not exactly look at the Lakers' roster over the summer and confidently believe the injury nightmare was over.
Added to that, the Lakers provide Howard with two more years of Nash. No doubt, the Canadian will go down as one of the greatest point guards in the history of the game and possibly the greatest shooter ever. However, Nash will be 41-years-old when his contract expires, and he looked every bit of his 39-years by season's end. Further, nerve damage is never a positive sign for an aging athlete, and Nash's nerve issues were a bit, well, unnerving.
World Peace may be a casualty of the amnesty clause if he does not decide to opt out of his contract. Unfortunately, even the leaner and healthier World Peace was unable to avoid a torn meniscus and knee issues at the end of his 14th year in the NBA.
A generation away, the Houston Rockets had an average age of 23.7 and were the youngest team in the NBA during the 2012-13 season. In contrast, the Lakers were the fourth oldest team last season, and the argument for the value of experience found itself on the trainer's table when the playoffs finally came around.
Off the court, Howard would be crucified in Los Angeles if he bailed on the city. However, the local and national criticism would be ephemeral and would likely subside if the Rockets raised a banner with Howard as the centerpiece.
Alternatively, if Howard played five years without winning a title in Los Angeles, which is plausible considering the Lakers were a far cry from championship caliber the last couple seasons, he would earn every cent of his $117.9 million max contract in the press. If Howard stays and fails to win a title, he will continue to be verbally beaten, battered and bruised for all five years of his max contract.
With the Rockets, Howard would be able to coast through four years at $87.8 million with a better team on the floor and less pressure off it. However, he would lose about $30.4 million in guaranteed money for the extra year by rejecting the offer to stay in Los Angeles, or would he?
Given Texas has no state income tax, Howard would actually net an extra $1.1 million over the first four years of a max contract in Houston. Ultimately, he would earn an extra $26.7 million in his fifth year in California but also pay another $1.4 million in state income tax.
Essentially, the decision to go to Houston would hurt D12 for about $25.3 million for one season. However, Howard would be 31-years-old after four years in Houston and eligible to sign another long-term contract for max money at that point. So, in reality, Howard would earn salary in that fifth year, and he would likely not lose out nearly as much--if any--money as the Lakers would have everyone believe.
Houston would still need to create some cap space to sign Howard, but if he wants to go, the Rockets will probably find a way to make it work. If he moves to Texas, Howard would probably take a financial hit with endorsements and instantly become one of the most vilified figures in the history of Los Angeles sports. However, in strictly basketball terms, Howard's reported interest in leaving the Lakers for the Rockets should not shock anyone.
 

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