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"When you lose games and you're going around after the game with a stat sheet in your hand and you're saying, 'Look at the stat sheet' to reporters and to your teammates -- you know what it is? It's passive-aggressive, immature stuff," said Van Gundy. "It's sad. This guy has so much to offer that is good for the game, to the game and to the Lakers. They're paying him huge money and they gave up a lot to get him."

"Unfortunately right now his attitude towards the game is impacting his production on the court and the Lakers are not getting his very best," said Van Gundy. "At his very best he'd still be a dominant defender, rebounder and 18 point-per-game scorer. He doesn't like his role. You can see from his comments, from his play, he has very high role-frustration right now."

"He has rudimentary offensive skills," said Van Gundy. "He's not a good ball handler. He doesn't have a really well-defensive low-post game - a poor free-throw shooter. But he can have a huge impact on the game defensively - rebounding, screening, rolling, the occasional post move because he's so athletic - but he doesn't want to do it that way."

moonpie wrote:Max Kellerman said it best on ESPN710 today regarding Dwight: Instead of trying to be a Shaq or a Hakeem, strive to be a Bill Russell.

nashill wrote:for LA fans, do you still want howard to be your franchise player in the next 5 years?

nashill wrote:if howard wants to be the 1st option, do you really think he can lead the team for a championship?

All of the Los Angeles Lakers -- the players, the coaches, the trainers, everybody -- sat on the bus and waited late Wednesday night. They'd all just suffered a demoralizing 106-93 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, the team's fourth defeat in a row, seventh straight on the road and 10th in its past 12 games overall, and Dwight Howard was out on the court with a pack of about a dozen teenage boys and girls posing for photographs.

Howard eventually made his way to the bus, and the Lakers drove out into the night. Another season started, another loss added, and much more waiting to go before they can attempt to climb out of their 17-25 hole and have anything truly worth smiling about.

myersia wrote:This article sums up all our opinions.

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/stor ... dud-season

These quotes made me even more angry at Dwight. Not the fact that he posed for photo's but that he just doesn't seem to care about anyone but himself.

All of the Los Angeles Lakers -- the players, the coaches, the trainers, everybody -- sat on the bus and waited late Wednesday night. They'd all just suffered a demoralizing 106-93 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, the team's fourth defeat in a row, seventh straight on the road and 10th in its past 12 games overall, and Dwight Howard was out on the court with a pack of about a dozen teenage boys and girls posing for photographs.

Howard eventually made his way to the bus, and the Lakers drove out into the night. Another season started, another loss added, and much more waiting to go before they can attempt to climb out of their 17-25 hole and have anything truly worth smiling about.

Jakay wrote:Smiles too much, passive aggressive, lost on D, useless in the post, injured, leaving, overpaid.

Them's some bright lights Dwight, tonight the fight took flight, amirite?

We haven't really seen him do his thing yet either though, which we may not here.

Run-MKE 311 wrote:This whole mess is much larger than Dwight's attitude, but I have never been a fan of his whole schtick.

Obviously D12 has had very few people in his life, or in his inner circle now, who want to hold him accountable and see that he carries himself in a professional manner.

Dwight cries a lot, he always has. My single biggest hope throughout this entire process, was that Kobe's no nonsense attitude would rub off on D12 and you would see a focused beast.

Having the coach that he does and this disaster of a "system" has only made the problem worse.

Clearly much depends on what the FO does with the staff, but right now, I do not think there is a chance in hell Howard would want to remain here.