Mike D’Antoni

Things aren’t always what they seem. Jim Buss is criticized to no end for the job he’s done with the Los Angeles Lakers, his greatest flaw seemingly being that he’s not his father, Dr. Jerry Buss. Compounded by his father’s death, Los Angeles’ sub-par season and a failure to retain Dwight Howard, Jim’s reputation is [...]

Dwight Howard retrospectively strikes again. Since spurning the Los Angeles Lakers to play for the Houston Rockets, the reports haven’t stopped. Rumors have surfaced every which way you turn, like he still hadn’t made a decision or something. Only we’re nearly two months removed from his decision. Still, his link to the Lakers has yet [...]

Never count out the Los Angeles Lakers or rather, Kobe Bryant. It’s a lesson I myself learned long ago, and one that still applies today. Writing off any team the Black Mamba—injured or not—plays for is like roller skating through your local mall in nothing save for a pair of tidy whities, in that you [...]

Nick Young didn’t join the Los Angeles Lakers to play defense. He signed in Hollywood to shoot. That much was clear from Day 1, the moment Young put pen to paper. For more than a half-decade, he’s been known for his (inefficient) scoring and nothing else. Why would he change now? He wouldn’t. And he [...]

There’s still no escaping the Dwightmare. Dwight Howard has already chosen to play for the Houston Rockets, and Kobe Bryant continues to bleed Los Angeles Lakers purple and gold, but the two continue to dance around and toward each other. Speaking with ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith about his decision to spurn Los Angeles in favor [...]

Dwight Howard was never going to re-sign with the Los Angeles Lakers if you ask Steve Nash. Speaking with the Los Angeles-based “Mason & Ireland Show” on ESPN Radio (via Eric Pincus of the Los Angeles Times), the Lakers point man didn’t believe the team had a chance at retaining Howard leading into that meeting. [...]

Dwight Howard isn’t the Los Angeles Lakers’ only problem. The Dwightmare Part II has kept the Lakers busy, distracting them from plenty of other issues, one of which is the relationship between head coach Mike D’Antoni and Pau Gasol. Speaking with David Alarcón of the Spanish basketball website basket4us.com, Pau said that D’Antoni wasn’t the [...]

The anonymous-sourced hits keep on coming for the Los Angeles Lakers. Dwight Howard has been the center of much ado since he was traded to Hollywood last summer. Upon arriving, he wasn’t going to sign a new contract; he was going to reach free agency in 2013. No one cared. His future in Los Angeles [...]

The Houston Rockets are reportedly becoming more aggressive in their pursuit for Dwight Howard. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, the Rockets plan to trade Thomas Robinson—the fifth overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft—in an attempt to free up the cap space needed to sign Howard: The Houston Rockets are determined to trade [...]

Will Dwight Howard leave, or will he re-sign with the Lakers? So far, Howard’s expressed interest in exploring free agency, as well as interest in not playing for Los Angeles Lakers Coach Mike D’Antoni. This is foreboding similar to what happened in Orlando. Howard had a big impact on the Orlando Magic. He got them [...]