Dwight Howard has spoken candidly about his greatest remorse throughout his time with the Lakers.
The Lakers tried to make an excellent staff in 2012 comprising of three-time DPOY winner Howard, Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and Metta Sandiford-Artest.
LA made it to the playoffs, however had been swept by San Antonio and Howard left after only one season and signed with Houston.
Trying again on it now, it’s one thing he regrets doing.
“That’s one factor that I want I might return and be like, ‘Let me make this choice properly and weigh the whole lot out,’” Howard stated on his podcast Above The Rim With DH 12 podcast of his choice to signal with the Houston Rockets in 2013 (h/t theScore). “I don’t suppose I weighed my choice actually, very well on the time. I feel my feelings received one of the best of me as a result of I used to be on this emotional low already from having to go away Orlando, then coming to the Lakers, and us not succeeding.”
The massive man additionally went on to specific remorse about not appreciating Bryant as a teammate extra.
“It was like, dang, if I used to be affected person. If I used to be a bit of bit extra affected person, and I simply trusted the method,” Howard stated. “I sit again and appear like, dang, if I’d’ve actually cherished these moments with Kobe as a teammate, and what it might’ve been if we might’ve had two, three, 4 years collectively taking part in basketball and the way significantly better I’d’ve received.
“Simply all various kinds of issues might’ve occurred. I do know I did make up for it by profitable a championship, however I feel it might’ve been a unique story.”
Howard resigned with the Lakers within the 2019-20 season on a vet’s minimal contract and received a championship.
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