Dwight Howard signs with the Hawks for 3 years/70.5 mill

[Jamaaliver]

They brought in Dwight Howard...He seems super hungry...this is going to be his team. We’ll work off of him. We’re looking for him to be a leader for us, and I think he can do it. Him coming back home and being comfortable here, I think that makes a world of a difference.

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Word is Dwight is embracing the leadership role wholeheartedly:

Howard working his way into leadership role for Hawks

The Dwight Howard era has begun in Atlanta and it can be heard with the sound of cell phone alerts. Howard has been a constant in reaching out to his new teammates as the Hawks prepare to open the NBA season...

“He has been reaching out to everybody,” Kyle Korver said Monday as the Hawks kicked off training camp with media day. “There is a team group text that sometimes I have to put my phone away. My phone is dinging all the time. My wife, I tell her sorry team chat. It’s usually led by Dwight. ‘Hi y’all. How are you doing today?’ And everyone is chiming in. I think the first process of leadership is building relationships and getting to know guys. He is doing that. He is really trying to do the right things for this team and that’s a great starting spot.”

Howard is back home and eager to prove he is healthy and can return to the player that was an eight-time All-Star, five-time All-NBA First Team and three-time All-Defensive Player.

“A lot of the guys are super young and the great thing about that is these guys really listen,” Howard told The AJC. “There are no egos on the team. Everybody is on the same page. We all want to win. That is the only thing that really matters. I’m excited. I can’t wait to get going. I think everybody on the team is excited. For me to be a leader, it’s just going out there and lead by example. Hold myself accountable, hold everybody else accountable, to the same standard.”

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I love to hear this stuff and am starting to believe D12 really is ready to turn the page and regain his post as a top player in this league.

I just wish it was Horford playing beside him at PF, opening up the paint with that elite mid-range jumper.

I also fear Dennis might not be ready to hand the spotlight to an outsider.

But I, officially, think Dwight gets his mojo back in a Hawks uni.

[ATL Boy]

They brought in Dwight Howard...He seems super hungry...this is going to be his team. We’ll work off of him. We’re looking for him to be a leader for us, and I think he can do it. Him coming back home and being comfortable here, I think that makes a world of a difference.

Here



Word is Dwight is embracing the leadership role wholeheartedly:

Howard working his way into leadership role for Hawks

The Dwight Howard era has begun in Atlanta and it can be heard with the sound of cell phone alerts. Howard has been a constant in reaching out to his new teammates as the Hawks prepare to open the NBA season...

“He has been reaching out to everybody,” Kyle Korver said Monday as the Hawks kicked off training camp with media day. “There is a team group text that sometimes I have to put my phone away. My phone is dinging all the time. My wife, I tell her sorry team chat. It’s usually led by Dwight. ‘Hi y’all. How are you doing today?’ And everyone is chiming in. I think the first process of leadership is building relationships and getting to know guys. He is doing that. He is really trying to do the right things for this team and that’s a great starting spot.”

Howard is back home and eager to prove he is healthy and can return to the player that was an eight-time All-Star, five-time All-NBA First Team and three-time All-Defensive Player.

“A lot of the guys are super young and the great thing about that is these guys really listen,” Howard told The AJC. “There are no egos on the team. Everybody is on the same page. We all want to win. That is the only thing that really matters. I’m excited. I can’t wait to get going. I think everybody on the team is excited. For me to be a leader, it’s just going out there and lead by example. Hold myself accountable, hold everybody else accountable, to the same standard.”

Here


I love to hear this stuff and am starting to believe D12 really is ready to turn the page and regain his post as a top player in this league.

I just wish it was Horford playing beside him at PF, opening up the paint with that elite mid-range jumper.

I also fear Dennis might not be ready to hand the spotlight to an outsider.

But I, officially, think Dwight gets his mojo back in a Hawks uni.

If he can get back to being close to the guy he was in Orlando, he'll be the best Hawks player since Nique.


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