Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant knew his team would make a play for Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, and according to Kevin Durant, Bryant shared this bit of wisdom in July during practice for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Durant was skeptical of Bryant's words, and I would be, too, under the same circumstances, but not for the same reasons as Durant.
Durant's opinion was likely formed foremost as a competitor, and a Lakers team featuring Howard and Bryant would undoubtedly make his goal of dominating the Western Conference a little more difficult.
However, Durant's assessment of Bryant's claim failed to consider one of the points of potential conflict in a marriage between Howard and the Lakers.
According to Alex Kennedy of HoopsWorld, one of the major roadblocks between a deal with the Magic and Lakers was a phone conversation with Bryant and Howard in which Bryant offered his vision of Howard's role with the Lakers.
Howard had thoughts of forming a dominant one-two punch for the Lakers, but Bryant wanted Howard to accept a role as the team's third scoring option behind himself and Pau Gasol, and focus ...
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