"I'm a big thinker," Howard said during a wide-ranging, candid interview after the Los Angeles Lakers practiced Saturday afternoon. "So I just stayed in the hotel and thought about the first half of the season and how I could do better for our team.
In Ramona Shelburne article, DH12 admits that a healthier diet, committing to dominating the game on the defensive end and finally truly "buy-in" into coach Dantoni offense has been a huge reason for his improved play.
"Besides just the expectations," he said. "In games, I mess up and there's somebody in the crowd saying something and I'm ready to snap at 'em. That's not what we're supposed to do.
"But you look at a guy like Kobe and he doesn't care about nothing but going out there and playing hard. That's a lesson a lot of us have to learn -- especially young guys."
From reading the article it seems that the relationship between Kobe and Dwight is getting ALOT better and Dwight is finally ready to step up to the plate and help continue this post ASG surge
"I told him [Bryant]: 'I'm afraid to miss. When I get out there, I don't want to miss, and I end up missing.' And he was like: 'You know what? Shoot 1,000 jumpshots a day. You're going to miss a lot of those shots. But that's OK. Because you're teaching yourself it's OK to miss.'
My absolute favorite part of the whole article. This team is coming together fellas and we're gonna bring Pau back into the fold soon. Just hope this coach allows us to play to our strengths come playoff time. But hey we will see
