Woj: Rockets "frontrunners" for Dwight Howard, Lakers "desperate" to keep him

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA">@WojYahooNBA</a> there goes *their chances</p>&mdash; Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) <a href="https://twitter.com/haralabob/statuses/351429915381481472">June 30, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Guess the thought occurred to many people.

 

2013 NBA free agency: Howard 'decision' obscures other storylines

 

Damn I hope we pull this off!!!

 

In a loss to the Chicago Bulls on January 21, 2013, Kobe shot 22 times and Dwight shot 5 times:

http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=400278332

After the game, Dwight wasn't happy about that.

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/howard-408753-lakers-team.html

The guy who wrote the article, Kevin Ding, then went on to crush Howard for the Lakers' underachieving ways.

Howard knows if LA doesn't perform up to par -- and they're not likely to do so next year -- then he will be blamed. Even if it's unwarranted. Because the town, and the national media, is filled with people who will give Kobe a pass. And Howard will be blamed even if he's only getting 5 shots a game.

So, Kobe has to go to the Lakers pitch meeting and say something like "I'm handing off the team to you," or something.

I doubt Howard will believe him. I would not believe him, and in case I had any doubts, I would just go back and look at the articles from Kevin Ding and many others who made Howard the scapegoat for the Lakers' disastrous season.

I am very sure Howard doesn't want to go through that again, no matter how much he likes LA.

 

that's it/ i'm taking a sabbatical til we sign howard. can't handle all this speculation.
see yawl in the hangout. Maury better put out and get it done.

 

This is how we would get screwed if Howard doesn't sign. Everything else happens before that.

 

I think the Clippers are the Rockets biggest threat to getting D12

 

GREAT KOBE!!!! Remind him how much he hates playing with u! I hope MDA is there too!

 

in the words of ollie the terminator, morey's got this in the bag

 

http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=162197

 

More people agreeing:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Report: Kobe Bryant will join the presentation to Dwight Howard on behalf of the Lakers. <a href="http://t.co/aj5fixJSam">http://t.co/aj5fixJSam</a> Could be a tense meeting.</p>&mdash; Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) <a href="https://twitter.com/HPbasketball/statuses/351436684254117888">June 30, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Kobe: Let's go Dwight, you can be my Tyson Chandler. Stop playing around with these other teams.

 

thanks for your thought about Lin and the Rockets. Would like to have a link for the site you have mentioned. thank in advance.

 

http://www.foxsportssouthwest.com/f...ring-Dwight-Howard?blockID=916485&feedID=3742

Time for us to start advertising our strip clubs!

 

This is where Kobe's "All Competitive, Egotistical, I can make any shot, just pass me the ball" mindset can/will be a problem. Because players of Kobe's type (Bird, Jordan, Magic, etc.) never had to "pitch" to a player to stay with them. They always felt that as long as they were on the team, the team was a contender. But those players almost always had great guys around them so during the majority of their playing days "recruiting" was never needed, nor was it the norm of those times.

But in order for Kobe's "recruiting pitch" to be viewed as genuine and believable he's going to have to change his core. He's going to have accept the role as Robin, AND be willing to let D12 take the role of Batman. He's also going to have to back up on his strong support of MDA, since Dwight doesn't have confidence in him to make good coaching decisions. And I for one can't see Kobe doing any of these things.

All I see is Kobe telling Dwight: MDA is a good coach, he knows where we should go. If we both trust management, and the system of the coach, we have a chance to be really good next year and beyond. If you don't believe me, then screw you, I didn't need THE REAL SUPERMAN; Shaq, and I therefore definitely don't need you! I"m outta here.....

 

I just posted this in another thread.....

Kobe can follow up the Lakers "Stay" campaign with.... "Sit". "Fetch". "Down". "Roll over". "Play dead."

Someone who is talented with the graphics, please work up some photoshopped banners with these dog commands, to make fun of the Lakers and turn Howard against them further.

 

Kobe has a track record of convincing his so call "enemies" to join the Lakers. Ron Artest, Matt Barnes, heck even Nash who many people thought no chance in hell would join the Lakers.

 

LA's best chances are to show Dwight that they are willing to let go of Kobe

 

Even funnier coming from a dog!