Dwight Howard kicked and screamed his way out of Orlando
last night, (doesn’t happen to that city very often). He was finally given what he wished; to play
with Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Can we PLEASE stop talking about him?!
The best center in the NBA just got traded to play with one
of the best and most decorated basketball players of all-time, oh, and Kobe
Bryant. The fact that Kobe and Dwight
are finally on the same team isn’t that special to me. Um, hello?!? Have we not learned anything
from the past experiences from Kobe and all-star centers? He ran Shaq (one of the greatest) right out
of L.A. He ran Andrew Bynum, who had
plenty of promise, out of L.A. Who’s to
say he’s not going to “click” with Dwight?
Kobe wants his shots, and will complain and ball-hog until he gets his
way. And for the last two seasons all we’ve
heard from Dwight is, “I want to be traded, I want my coach fired, I want more
touches, wahh, wahh!”
So now, we have two of the biggest babies in the NBA playing
on the same team. L.A. has a lot of egos
in that town, but I’m not sure The Staples Center can hold these two egos at
the same time.
Here’s another thing to think about, why isn’t Orlando
making a bigger deal of this? Cleveland
was furious and outraged when LeBron James left. Burning jerseys in the street, ripping down
billboards, etc. and that was LeBron’s HOMETOWN! But, Dwight Howard, Orlando’s franchise
player, leaves town (in a childish way) and there’s no aftermath? What does this tell you? Maybe Orlando was ready for him to go? Maybe, LeBron was just that much better?
He’s what I’m most excited to see from the Lakers
off-season; Stephen John Nash. The
one-time, back-to-back MVP of the league and one of the best point guards of my
lifetime will be dishing to Dwight Howard and Kobe Bryant. How much fun will this be to watch?
Bottom line is, here is the Lakers starting line-up:
Steve Nash
Kobe Bryant
Ron Artest (refuse to say his ironic other name)
Pau Gasol
Dwight Howard
Yikes!
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