While the odds still favor Dwight Howard ending up with the Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets or Dallas Mavericks, there's actually a good argument to be made for the league's most discussed free agent returning home to join the Atlanta Hawks.
No, seriously.
Any analysis of why a Georgia homecoming is a viable option has to start with the reasons why Howard wouldn't re-sign with the Lakers. Don't worry, there are plenty of those.
Obviously, Howard's first season in L.A. didn't go as planned. His physical struggles, caused by the first major surgery of his career, held him back all season. Plus, the Lakers basically fell apart around him—in every conceivable way. Injuries, coaching changes and a general lack of a defined scheme prevented L.A. from ever stringing together a sustainable stretch of solid play.
Howard butted heads with Kobe Bryant throughout the year, bickering publicly over roles, toughness and even the hard-to-define parameters of "alpha dogness."
The unrest didn't end there, either.
According to Dave McMenamin of ESPN, Howard voiced his frustration with coach ...
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The Case for Dwight Howard’s Free-Agent Homecoming to Atlanta Hawks
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