If Dwight Howard's 2012-13 campaign with the Los Angeles Lakers is viewed as anything less than dominant, it is either sad commentary on our inflated expectations or just what happens when the biggest of bigs goes to the biggest of markets.
Maybe it's both.
You don't have to be in love with Howard to understand this much. By any ordinary metric, he was nothing short of stellar last season. Despite possessing a defense-first skill set that doesn't always translate into the best of efficiency ratings, Howard's 19.48 PER still ranked in the neighborhood of more offensively inclined centers like Al Jefferson, Demarcus Cousins, Marc Gasol and Greg Monroe, according to ESPN.
When it comes to superstars of Howard's caliber, ordinary metrics don't count for much, though.
Houston Rockets fans won't be any more charitable than Los Angeles fans, and nor should they be. Fortunately, they probably won't have to be—even if Howard's preseason rumblings sound eerily similar to last time around. Per the Houston Chronicle's Jonathan Feigen, "The biggest thing is that we got to learn to play toget ...
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