By the way, the way you guys follow football is the way I follow basketball. More trips to New Orleans for basketball games than anything else. Made more than a few enemies in NO when I told people that CP3 was going to be traded to the Lakers, which was true before Gilbert and Cuban threw such a fit that Stern vetoed it. Also told people Howard would be a Laker (this was in 2010).
lol what? Shaq was a man amongst boys. Dwight isnt near Shaq, he doesnt have the dominance in him. But its good to have another Tiger that talks basketball around here.
Kobe is nearer the end of his career than the beginning. Is anyone willing to pay that much money for him?
I mean his attitude of lets all smile and play around. Remember the I got hurt on company time I will rehab on company time, and show me the money all that kind of stuff? Nothing Dwight's done is nearly as bad. But you're right about men among boys. Shaq offensively has stuff Howard will never have, but defensively Howard is more of an athletic freak than Shaq was. and red55, nobody will pay anything for Kobe, after next year he might resign but if he does, minimum of a 10m paycut due to new cba.
Howard is a bonafide head case, a giant and a mental midget all in the same package. I don't care what his ability is (and frankly I'm not really impressed) what he brings in locker room cancer, annihilating cap space and his consistently failing physical health. I wouldn't want this cat anywhere near my team. That said, I'm not sure the lakers can do much with him. They need to hope Cuban opens up that checkbook because he is about the only one that would bring him in. I can't see them putting Kobe out to pasture, that would really shock me, maybe he gives them the home town discount or something. Either way it will be a while before the Lakers are relevant again. Nash is old and just can't bring it anymore, Artest is still a head case, always will be. Sad actually, the NBA is better when Boston and LA are in the discussion.
Say what about Howard? He was still one of the best players in the league with a hurt back. As far as consistently failing health, he's been healthy his entire career before this surgery and he tried to come back before he was healed.
And where is he? Dude is a child above the neck. I know you are a laker fan and you have to defend him because, well, you are probably stuck with him. Trust me, if you really are a fan you will eventually come around to seeing what he is all about. With Howard it is all about "what could have been". He without a doubt could own this game, he won't because he can't get out of his own way.
