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Los Angeles Lakers Rumors – Dwight Howard Tried to Get Rid of Kobe Bryant & Mike D’Antoni
Considering the way the Dwight Howard tenure with the Los Angeles Lakers progressed and went down, it’s hard to believe there was anything they could have done to keep him on the team once his contract ran out. But the rumors of Howard’s demands from the board have been floating around, indicating that if the Lakers would have fired Mike D’Antoni and used their amnesty clause on Kobe Bryant, he might have made a different choice than the Houston Rockets.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Isn’t a Savior, Just a Very Good Player
When Jeremy Lin signed with the Houston Rockets, it seemed like he was going to be their leading player in a rebuilding process that was deemed to be one that should take more than one season. But the expectations were unjustified, putting Lin in the wrong light, despite doing quite well for the Rockets, only because he didn’t live up to the Linsansity hype.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Makes it Impossible For Dwight Howard to Play Power Forward
One of the bigger questions regarding the new season for the Houston Rockets is the question of the minutes Dwight Howard and Omer Asik will spend together on the court and which one of them will step outside the paint. By having a point guard like Jeremy Lin who doesn’t exactly help stretch the floor isn’t the best ingredient for that kind of planned recipe.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin is Going to be a Better Player Next Season
For Jeremy Lin to put off all the trade rumors and make him the undisputed starting point guard for the Houston Rockets and furthermore a vital part of a team that might be contending for a title next season, he’s going to have to do better than his debut season for the team, which seems to be his goal this summer.
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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets Getting a Better Dwight Howard Thanks to Hakeem Olajuwon & Kevin McHale
Instead of throwing all the responsibility & blame on Dwight Howard like his previous team did, the Houston Rockets seem genuinely interested in helping their newly acquired center become all the he can be, giving him Hakeem Olajuwon and head coach Kevin McHale as his teachers in an attempt to improve his low post game and overall ability on offense.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Isn’t Off the Trading Block Yet
The Houston Rockets made teams aware of Jeremy Lin being available via trade this offseason, only no one thought that at the moment, he was worth adding for pieces, not to mention his salary. So the point guard who has seen somewhat of a deflation in his value over the last season due to playing next to the wrong player while performing in the wrong part is staying for now, but nothing is permanent.
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Dwight Howard – Reclaiming the ‘Best Center in the NBA’ Title
This season is huge for the Houston Rockets and Dwight Howard on two planes. One has to do with the franchise, mentioned as a title contender for the first time in a very long while. The second has to do with Dwight Howard himself, in somewhat of a redemption season.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin is Much More Than a Role Player
One postseason in which he wasn’t at his healthiest, and people are treating Jeremy Lin like a marginal player who should be sitting at the end of the bench. True, he isn’t James Harden and never will be, but the Houston Rockets have a very good point guard on their hands that they will benefit greatly from if they forget about trading him and push towards making him feel more comfortable on the court.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Dwight Howard Is Easier to Blame Than Kobe Bryant or Mike D’Antoni
Instead of treating the departure of Dwight Howard after one unsuccessful season as something that should be left in the past, it seems that many among those involved with the Los Angeles Lakers, and especially Kobe Bryant and Mike D’Antoni just can’t get over the fact that they might not be the “team everyone would kill to play for.”
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Houston Rockets – Dwight Howard & James Harden are a Champions Caliber Superstar Duo
While the Houston Rockets don’t have a third superstar to add to their high profile duo of Dwight Howard and James Harden (Chandler Parsons and Jeremy Lin aren’t that kind of player), if everything does fall into place next season, there’s no denying this is a good enough team to challenge for the NBA title.