Not only is Dwight Howard slower and less explosive than he was prior to his back injury/surgery, but now his shoulder is becoming a serious issue. He re-aggravated his labrum the other night and he is now listed as day to day for the Lakers.
Without even knowing it, Dwight Howard was doing a modern-day impression of that famous Rodin statue, resting his chin on his hand as he hunched over in his chair. He had his back turned to reporters at his locker Wednesday night and was lost in his thinking. Finally he rose, had an ice wrap removed from his right shoulder and showered.
The latest snag in the Lakers’ season is the repeated aggravation of a torn labrum in Howard’s shoulder. He has already missed three games because of it and left two others early, most recently Wednesday in a 92-86 loss to Phoenix. The Lakers were leading, 78-73, when Shannon Brown blocked Howard’s shot with 6:56 to play. Howard went down on the court for several seconds and never returned, saying he felt numbness ‘all down my arm and my neck.’
H/T: LA Times
