Dwight Howard talks leaving Lakers

Posted by Unknown on Monday, September 30, 2013 with 12 comments
Many felt that the championship history of the Los Angeles Lakers would have been enough to prevent Dwight Howard from leaving the franchise but many were wrong.  Recently Dwight Howard gave USA Today an intimate view on why he decided to leave the Lakers for the Houston Rockets.

"A lot of people say, 'Well, if you would've waited a couple years, then this could've been yours (with the Lakers),' And I'm like, 'In a couple years, I'm 30,'" Howard said. "I don't want to wait. I've been in the league 10 years. I don't want to wait for things to happen. I want to be aggressive, to make things happen. And I'm looking at all these young guys who are just ready, and they're missing one piece. And I'm like, 'I could be that piece, and I don't want to miss my chance.,,,,,James Harden doesn't come by every 10 years. It doesn't happen. It's no knock on other players who I played with, but you're talking about all these guys who are young and are going this way, going up, so I'm like, 'Man, this is a great spot for me. A great town, great organization.' They're going this way (points up)."

"Other teams have more history, but yesterday's scores don't win today's games," he said. "You've got to look at the now. What's in the now? What can we do now? Nobody cared about what I did eight years ago, they want to know what I can do now, and it's the perfect team for me."