Former Los Angeles Lakers big and champion reveals what went wrong in the 2012-13 season.
Los Angeles is a town of stars. Whenever the Lakers have a chance to trade or sign one via free agency, they jump at that opportunity. The opportunity came knocking, and L.A. crashed it open in the 2012 offseason when the Lakers traded for three-time Defensive Player of the Year Dwight Howard.
There were high hopes for that Lakers squad that featured Howard, Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, and Steve Nash, to name a few. The Lakers team was loaded on paper, but it never materialized on the court. Howard told Jeanie Buss on his podcast "Above The Rim with DH 12," that he knew his Lakers stint wouldn't go well when the front office chose Mike D'Antoni as their head coach over Phil"A couple of days before I had talked to Phil on the phone. He was like he wanted to coach me. For me, when I heard that, even now, I'm getting chills in my body. In high school, my coach ran the triangle offense... because he wanted to me aggravated into that system.
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