There were countless reports written about the relationship between Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard and they only intensified after Howard left the Lakers and went to the Houston Rockets for less money. It was assumed that Howard’s playful and comedic personality didn’t mesh well with the stern and competitive spirit of Bryant, that’s why it isn’t hard to believe this latest report.
via Ken Berger of CBSSports.com:
Only weeks before his comeback from the Achilles injury ended so abruptly, Bryant signed a two-year, $48.5 million contract that will pay him $25 million next season at age 37. While the arrangement virtually assured that Bryant will retire as a Laker, it also hindered the team’s quest for a free-agent star around whom it could forge a new path once he’s gone. Though Bryant viewed Dwight Howard’s free-agent departure in 2013 as “a positive,” according to a person close to him, the Lakers barely got this past summer’s prime free agents, James and Anthony, to give the franchise a passing thought. Why is that?
The article is lengthy but takes a different approach than ESPN which steamrolled Bryant.
