Former Los Angeles center Dwight Howard doesn’t mince any words when discussing leaving LA the first time around.
The past decade for the Los Angeles Lakers has been a roller coaster of ups and downs, and it all began before the 2012-13 NBA season.
The Lakers traded for Howard, and many immediately predicted the Lakers would be championship contenders. However, the season was injury-riddled, and it all came crashing down when Laker and NBA legend Kobe Bryant tore his Achilles toward the end of the regular season. The eight-time All-Star revisited that part of his career in a recent appearance on the Gibert Arenas show. In it, he discussed how he regrets leaving Los Angeles after one season."I made an emotional decision to leave," said Howard. "I do regret making a decision based on my emotions. I was feeling about how the fans were and how the organization was at the time with me and Kobe. I didn't really make a smart, logical decision. I made an emotional decision at the time.
Ever since then, Howard's career has taken a turn for the worse. Compared to his time in Orlando, he wasn't the same player we became accustomed to, bouncing around from the Hornets and Wizards in the next three seasons.
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