[CBS Sports] Howard no lock for Lakers; interested in Rockets

love this comment thrown in every 4 or 5 pages...from guys that have no idea whats going on...thinking they are saying something revelatory.

 

The thing that I love that's coming up is that people keep on bringing up leadership and character issues with Dwight; but the thing with Houston is that pretty much the entire starting lineup (minus a PF) has not only excessive leadership, but many different leadership styles. Asik's leadership style is not the same as Parsons which is not the same as Lin and Harden, but ya'll can't argue that they don't all have strong leadership qualities.

I think that, at least character-wise, Dwight's character flaws can be shored up in Houston, and Dwight's basketball flaws can be improved by proximity to two HOF bigs (and Carroll Dawson).

 

I love 'em. I've become addicted to the ignore button and that poster was the latest to land on it. I'm up to almost 20 now in a week.

 

Howard could be using rockets as leverage to pressure the lakers into firing Dan Tony. Maybe pressure the Jeannie Buss to take a bigger role in ownership? Perhaps, hire her bf Phil Jackson to coach and work in the front office?

Also, Dwight is known to be a Diva. He loves attention. I bet he loves seeing teams fighting over him.

 

id prob be doing the same but as of yet I havent initiated the ignore button option. I genuinely have a problem where I have to correct them lol...I think its OCD or something

 

Paging an insider here: What is the probability that the Lakers fire D'Antoni and hire Jackson? This is the biggest x-factor in the Dwight sweepstakes IMO.

 

The thing is that if the Lakers fire their HC, everyone will assume it's to keep Dwight happy, so both Dwight and ownership take a huge PR hit from that.

 

Jackson was on The Dan Patrick Show today and said he was done with coaching.

Fast forward to 11:50 for the comment:
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nice try but not likely at all.

Dwight would resign today if the lakers kept dantoni and somehow amnestied metta...or kobe and trade pau for love and someone had cap room to sign cp3 or some other top Free agent.

The problem is LAs hopes for next year are about as high as the Suns...why would any player want that when he can play for another team that would be instant contenders with a fellow super star that is just coming into his own.

Howard isnt leveraging LA cause there isnt anything to leverage. He wants them to put together a team that is appealing before he signs...if they dont he signs with us. I think thats obvious. They know that... He knows that.

He knows the situation...most of this stuff is being generated by him being unhappy with the team...the pressure etc... If anything the argument that he is a diva and fickle holds more water in regards to him giving up...then him leveraging us against the lakers.

Do you really think LA is like ...wait... you mean other teams want him??? Waiit...you mean they would pay him the max too? waiiiitt......Were not the only team in the nba????? They knew the rockets were going to go all out for him. So there is nothing to leverage. They want him to resign before they make moves...most likely because there isnt any move to be made this year (because lack of assets) and Howard wants them to make moves before he signs.

They know whats at stake...and they have a plan...and so does dwight. It either works or doesnt. If they can put something together that makes dwight confident in the future He will put LA first and resign...but if the roster is Nash, Pau, metta, and clark...He is gone.

 

The Lakers have such a crap old team next year does Howard really think he'll win a ring there? We need a big man that can defend and catch the ball inside and that is Howard. It'll be sad to see Asik leave but I hope we can get a Jefferson in replacement.

 

I was thinking the same thing. Phil Jackson is saying all the right things. He knows how to use Dwight and make him the star of the team. I wouldn't be surprised if they fire D'Antoni as a last resort to keep Dwight, even if that meant paying 3 coaches. That would definitely cement Dwight's choice to stay in LA.

 

just saying if you had been reading the all the posts and comments...its obvious this isnt a leverage move. LA side is attacking howard for not resigning now...and Howard is going to where the best bet is for him to win. Whether thats la, hou, or dallas...

in context its easy to tell whats going on...and that his leaving is very really unless the lakers can make something happen roster wise.

 

Its better for your sanity if you train yourself to ignore the obviously stupid ones. If you can see how dumb it is, so can others. If everyone that sees the stupidity didnt respond, then the comment passes adn folks learn not to take that poster seriously.

At least in a perfect world.

 

I thought I read somewhere that the Cleveland hire of Mike Brown more or less eliminated the remaining payments due to him from the Lakers. It makes sense that there'd be a clause like that.

If so, the Lakers can probably fire D'Antoni a little easier... but still, that'd be another pretty decent hit to the ole budget, and a new coach doesn't mean a new roster.

 

Lmao you're confusing playing style with leadership. God this board is going down hill when people post idiotic things like this.

 

Yeah it's really gone downhill since august.

 

All this media attention could backfire on the Rockets. Teams won't want to trade with them if they know the Rockets are dumping salary for Dwight.

 

Yeah, Dwight, unrestricted free agent, is going to force the owner to fire the coach and then himself

 

I wouldn't consider Garcia's option not being picked up as "dumping salary." We don't need to dump any salary to sign Dwight.