Dwight Howard is still the same guy who alienated teammates, media and fans with his look-at-me schtick with the Los Angeles Lakers. So why are things going so much more smoothly for him with the Houston Rockets?
Simple: Houston has collectively decided to embrace Howard for who he is, warts and all.
We should probably start by emphasizing that D12, as prone to jokes and as attention-hungry as ever, is goofing off just as much with the Rockets as he did with the Lakers.
His legacy of silliness started early in L.A., as he good-naturedly mocked new teammate Kobe Bryant's brusque manner of speaking in an introductory press conference.
At the time, everybody was enamored with the big man, which explains the tickled reaction by the assembled Los Angeles press. It wouldn't be long until everyone in Lakerland was fed up with displays like this, though. But we'll get back to Howard's L.A. struggles in a moment.
In Houston, Howard's goofiness isn't still in that honeymoon phase, but it's pretty close. Everybody enjoyed his clearly rehearsed reaction to the Rockets' mascot scaring him and h ...
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Houston Rockets Reaping Benefits of Letting Dwight Howard Be Himself
January 14th, 2014 by Grant Hughes Leave a reply »
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