The irony of the Los Angeles Lakers visiting to the Brooklyn Nets without Dwight Howard on the floor won't likely be lost on anyone who's paid any attention to the All-Star center's exploits over the last year or so. Brooklyn was Howard's preferred destination during the "Dwightmare." He seemed to desire a long-term partnership with Deron Williams, and the Nets explored every possible avenue to make that dream a reality.
However, the hesitancy of the Orlando Magic's management to move quickly enough on a deal, coupled with the Lakers' careful maneuvering in the background, left the Nets with Joe Johnson and a re-signed Brook Lopez and LA with a big man hampered by a surgically-repaired back.
After all that, Howard will spend an evening at the Barclays Center in warmups on the Lakers' bench. It'll be the third time in as many games that the Lakers will take the floor without their biggest prize of the offseason on account of a partially torn labrum.
And that's no joke for Howard or the Lakers. The annals of NBA history are littered with cautionary tales of players who were tall and talented and could've accomplished much more than they did had they n ...
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