{"id":902,"date":"2025-09-04T17:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T17:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/?p=902"},"modified":"2025-09-05T15:28:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:28:34","slug":"dwight-howard-opens-up-about-2020-lakers-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/04\/dwight-howard-opens-up-about-2020-lakers-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwight Howard Opens Up About 2020 Lakers Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_465981\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-465981\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-465981 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Denver Nuggets v Los Angeles Lakers\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1389361643-scaled-1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-465981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Sean M. Haffey\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dwight Howard\u2019s relationship with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/sports\/nba\/los-angeles-lakers\/\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> is complicated, to put it gently.<\/p>\n<p>His first run with the team didn\u2019t work out as expected, and it became the subject of a lot of controversy.<\/p>\n<p>But his second stint with the Lakers was very successful and resulted in a championship in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>He left right after the 2019-20 season, but, according to Howard, he was supposed to join the team again and help them defend their title.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI was told that there was a contract and then I was so happy that I heard I was coming back, I tweeted about it and my agent called me back and said, \u2018Hey. The Lakers took the contract off the table. You gotta take that tweet down.\u2019 I was like, \u2018Damn! Why would they do that?,\u201d Howard said, via Brandon \u201cScoop B\u201d Robinson.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-script=\"true\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dwight Howard opens up about his 2020 Lakers exit:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was told that there was a contract and then I was so happy that I heard I was coming back, I tweeted about it and my agent called me back and said, &#8216;Hey. The Lakers took the contract off the table. You gotta take that tweet\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qg6oxXpFjk\">pic.twitter.com\/Qg6oxXpFjk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Basketball Forever (@bballforever_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bballforever_\/status\/1963225466262753532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A lot of Lakers fans were unhappy with how the team broke apart shortly after their latest championship.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of keeping the roster together, the front office started to make changes, and the team looked radically different in only a couple of years.<\/p>\n<p>Howard was one of the players who left the Lakers, even though he didn\u2019t want to.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2019-20 season, Howard put up 7.5 points and 7.3 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n<p>He was a crucial bench player and one of the reasons why the Lakers were able to push through the playoffs and earn their 17th banner.<\/p>\n<p>Howard was truly happy with the team and excited to stay with them, but the front office had other plans.<\/p>\n<p>That was one of the many questionable moves made by the team, but it didn\u2019t have to be that way.<\/p>\n<p>Howard wished to stay and was ready to share good news with his fans, but the Lakers got in the way of that.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/dwight-howard-opens-up-about-2020-lakers-exit\/\">Dwight Howard Opens Up About 2020 Lakers Exit<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\">The Cold Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Sean M. Haffey\/Getty Images) \u00a0 Dwight Howard\u2019s relationship with the Los Angeles Lakers is complicated, to put it gently. 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