Howard apologizes to Orlando

[irishock]

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/226615/Howard-Apologizes-To-Orlando-For-How-He-Handled-Departure

Dwight Howard has apologized to the fans of Orlando ahead of his first return trip with the Lakers on Tuesday.

"In Orlando, I handled a lot of stuff the wrong way," Howard told the USA Today from his home. "If any of those people in Orlando are upset with how I did it, I apologize for the way I handled it and the way it was handled in the media.

"I really just got caught up in wanting to please everybody else. I really love that city. That was the hardest thing to do was to leave that city because I basically grew up there. That was my whole life. Orlando was it. I did not want to leave all that behind — the city, just everything about it. The fans. But I wanted a change for my life. I just felt like there was something else out there for me."

Howard has been widely criticized for how he handled his exit from the Magic and has lost sponsorship deals in the process.

"There are a lot of things about me that have changed," said Howard. "I'm becoming a better man because of the stuff that has happened to me this last year and a half. Everybody goes through stuff like this. Even though I'm going through it where everybody in the world can see it, I'm happy that it's happening.

"If it didn't happen, I'd be stuck in my ways. I would never change, and then it would be a lot worse. For all this stuff to happen, for me to sit back and see and evaluate myself and what I could've done better and realize that I needed to make a change, I'm getting better. I'm growing up. I'm maturing."

Via Sam Amick/USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/lakers/2013/03/10/dwight-howard-los-angeles-lakers-orlando-magic/1976943/)

[lefty]

Lol afraid of getting booed

[jeebus]

He won't be able to aim through the tears when he hears those boos.

[Venti Quattro]

This is like when LeBron made his first visit at Cleveland. :lol

[Clipper Nation]

He's maturing? :lmao

[baseline bum]

This is like when LeBron made his first visit at Cleveland. :lol

Except LeBron won his game tbh.

[Venti Quattro]

Except LeBron won his game tbh.

:nope We're gonna continue the 8th seed ecstasy

[baseline bum]

:nope We're gonna continue the 8th seed ecstasy

Nah man, only good postseason run in LA gonna be from Dat Nigga Bazz and dem Bruins son. Fuk yo 8 seed clown.

[Venti Quattro]

Nah man, only good postseason run in LA gonna be from Dat Nigga Bazz and dem Bruins son. Fuk yo 8 seed clown.

:lol crofl losing to USC

PAC-12 regular season champions, bitchez

[HarlemHeat37]

This game is only worth watching if Jacque Vaughn implements the hack-a-Dwight, tbh..he's already going to be mentally unstable from the booing..

[baseline bum]

This game is only worth watching if Jacque Vaughn implements the hack-a-Dwight, tbh..he's already going to be mentally unstable from the booing..

:lol

[baseline bum]

Magic should do a promotion where they send one of his local baby mamas and a police escort on the floor to summon Bible Kemp for child support at the beginning of the third.

[Clipper Nation]

Magic should do a promotion where they send one of his local baby mamas and a police escort on the floor to summon Bible Kemp for child support at the beginning of the third.
And they should make him hand over the check at the free throw line.... Dwight's biggest fear, tbh :lol

[DMC]

They should make him date a real black woman and be photographed with her. That would crush him. The same is true for most rich black athletes.

[baseline bum]

They should make him date a real black woman and be photographed with her. That would crush him. The same is true for most rich black athletes.

I wouldn't wish that on Kobe or Bonner even RT.

[Spurs9]

:lol back peddling before game
:lol saying another similar comment next week

[Reck]

He's making it worse. Everyone knows what a queen diva she is. No need to apologize. That's just admitting that you full knowingly decided to take a shit on Orlando and its fans. Dumbass.

[Kool Bob Love]

They should make him date a real black woman and be photographed with her. That would crush him. The same is true for most rich black athletes.

http://freddyo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/royce-reed-dwight-howard..jpg

[Venti Quattro]

:lmao maturing

Bitch please, your post game can't even mature

[irishock]

Better offensive big men in the league than Howard off the top of my head

Gasol
Nowitzki
Randolph
Aldridge
Duncan
Lee
Garnett
Bosh
Griffin
Vucevic
Cousins
Jefferson
Millsap
Monroe
Bargnani
Boozer
Stoudemire
Kaman
Hibbert
Love
Lopez

[DeadlyDynasty]

I wish Howard would just stfu period...just play, improve, and feed the media clichés and mundane sportsspeak like everyone else.

[Spurs9]

Hes more concerned about dancing rather than improving his game.
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view4/4109899/dwight-howard-pre-game-dancing-o.gif

[Killakobe81]

He is playing better and I prefer his demanor lately (past 5 games or so)
But just ...

SHUT
UP!!!

He is HORRIBLE with the media. Ever since the "Stan told you that?!" interview he has been a train wreck ... PR wise. Mentally weak. and the possible the future of my franchise ...I pray to the B-Ball Gods he flips a Lebron like switch and lets this fuel his desire to improve ...but Im afraid we are getting a smaller, less imposing (better defender) version of Shaq with only an older (but still elite) Kobe to help him.

[racm]

He is playing better and I prefer his demanor lately (past 5 games or so)
But just ...

SHUT
UP!!!

He is HORRIBLE with the media. Ever since the Stan told you that interview he ahs been a train wreck ... PR wise. Mentally weak. and possible the future of my franchise I pray to the B-Ball Gods he flips a Lebron like switch and lets this fuel his desire to improve ...but Im afraid we are getting a smaller, less imposing (better defender) version of Shaq with only an older (but still elite) Kobe to help him.

His PR team blows.

[Budkin]

Too late. Orlando hates your whiny bitch ass and they will show you that tonight.

[Thread]

^Oh, yeah, the Magic will act like somebody tomorrow night. They'll go after us like the last pork chop on the plate.

The fucks.

[TDMVPDPOY]

hopefully big baby goes into his grill tonight, someone, anyone

[whitemamba]

hopefully big baby goes into his grill tonight, someone, anyone

why so violent?

[whitemamba]

http://magicbasketballonline.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/tyrone-howard.jpg