NBA veteran Dwight Howard has seemingly had a change of heart and now wants to play professional basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers. Howard played for the Lakers for one season in 2012-13, and even though Kobe Bryant and others tried their best to keep him aboard to try for a championship, he ultimately took his talents to the Houston Rockets.
He has since played for the Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Hornets and Washington Wizards. He was limited to just 9 games last season because of a back injury that required surgery before he was sent to the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Grizzlies are likely to waive Howard and if he gets his choice of his next team, he wants to go back to Los Angeles, whether it’s the Lakers or Clippers.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I do love L.A.,” Howard told the Los Angeles Times. “Staples Center is going to be rocking this season. When I played there it was rocking every night.
“The atmosphere is crazy, not just for the Lakers but the Clippers too. I just think all the hard work they’ve put in is paying off now. They’ve always been viewed as the Lakers’ little brother, but they decided to stand out and be different and you have to thank guys like Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan and Chris Paul for laying the foundation for this team, and then what Doc [Rivers] has done has been great. This is just all that hard work paying off.”
Howard coming off the bench for either team could prove huge all season, especially if he’s healthy and during playoff time.
Howard still thinks highly of the Lakers, despite his short stint with the team.
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“It just wasn’t the right fit for me at the time,” Howard said of his first season in Los Angeles. “But the Lakers have been doing something right for a long time because they have the most fans in the world and the most championships over the past 40 years. You’re not going to win a championship every year, but they’re back and will compete for a championship next season.”
