From the day that the Lakers acquired Dwight Howard I said that I would not want him on my team. Everyone told me how wrong I was, how he was the best center in the league, and how the Lakers would be going to the NBA Finals and were the unanimous favorite to win the west. But then something amazing happened, the season actually started.
Right off the bat you could tell that Howard wasn't going to work with Kobe on this team. Howard wants to be the guy and when someone else is the guy he gets selfish and upset. That compounds by him deciding he doesn't want to rebound and play defense. He's like a moody woman when he doesn't get his way on the court.
Once the whole saga happened in Orlando with him getting Stan Van Gundy fired and saying he wanted out everyone had to know the serious character issues with this guy. It all culminated yesterday. In an elimination game for the Lakers Howard pulled a move that only a selfish guy would pull. He lost his cool and got ejected with his team already shorthanded and on the verge of going home. The Lakers played the entire second half without him because Howard is all about Howard.
If you're an NBA GM and you saw what happened yesterday and you watched him play the entire season would you give him max money? I certainly wouldn't. You can't pair him with anyone else because he wants to be the guy all the time but he's not good enough to carry a team by himself to the title. Especially in this league now that's evolving into an outside shot, three point shooting league. Howard is a locker room cancer who's selfish and only cares about himself and his stats. Someone will pay him max money, but if you're that team you're in for a nice divorce. It's a train wreck waiting to happen with him.
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