Gregg Popovich Cursed Out Dwight Howard During All-Star Game

[sananspursfan21]

You could also say that Howard realizes there's more to life than basketball, and doesn't really care about winning an all-star game. Not everyone has to fit the exact mold of Jordan's fire or Duncan's steely resolve in order to win games. I think Howard handled the situation with the Magic badly, but since then he's been made the villain of every negative thing that's happened to the Lakers.

Remember last year and the beginning of this season? How it was all Mike Brown's fault? And now suddenly it's all Dwight's.

Something doesn't add up. There are a lot of people associated with the NBA that pay their bills based on the Laker media circus. It almost feels like they're going intentionally out of their way to prop up Kobe and save his legacy. You hardly hear ANY criticism of Kobe despite the fact that he's 1 for his last 30 in three point shots. You hardly hear any criticism of Kobe despite the fact that he's refused to let anyone else on the team get the ball on a consistent basis this year. The criticism is so minute despite the fact that Kobe has NEVER co-existed peacefully with players who contribute more to his team that he does. He did it with Shaq, then Pau, and now Howard (who obviously has been in line to take the torch).

All this coming on serious back surgery that most bigs never fully recover from. The Lakers took a gamble with Howard, and now that it's not paying off, they're blaming the odds for not falling in their favor. To me it seems like a massive salvage operation from a team with a horribly overpaid roster, no cap flexibility for next season, and a future that might be absent of their next star.

With Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Pau Gasol, and Clark who's surprised everyone this year, you mean to tell me the Lakers are 4 games under 500 because of Dwight Howard? Really? Because that's 4 all stars and a potential 6th man right there.

If you follow the money, it leads right up to Kobe's massively overrated career acting as a printing press for a large part of the BSPN basketball media. The entire situation is absolute bull . There's no other word for it.

huh. kinda like this take. and i agree to a point. i feel like all of dwight howard's "wrongs" have been blown out of proportion. he doesn't have that killer instinct, but wasn't shaq a goofball? bad example considering he's not respected on this forum at all haha

[racm]

Kobe and Nash are steaming at this twit because he's not serious enough. Maybe that's why this clown never won MVP, SVG was the real MVP of those Magic teams.

[howbouthemspurs]

Hes a sorry sack of who has yet to earn his paycheck since hes been in the league! With all his physical abilites, you would think he would dominating the NBA right now with multiple MVP awards... but no, hes just a clown who wants to be famous and rich. He will never get a championship ring!

[callo1]

Maybe Kobe asked Pop to give Howard some "nasty"

[Libri]

So this is what Dwight was doing while Pop was drawing a play?

[itzsoweezee]

I seriously doubt that pop would do something that stupid

[Mel_13]

(By the way, here's what happened between Gregg Popovich and Howard during the All-Star Game, according to a source who witnessed it: in the third quarter, Pop called out a play, but Howard jacked up a corner three instead. Pop immediately turned to the bench and said 'get him the (bleep) out.' That was it, really. No extended swearing or shouting, just Pop being Pop.)

http://www.nba.com/2013/news/feature...ing/index.html

[MSPaint]

And then destroyed him a few months later.

[Captivus]

All this D12 thing is a shame. I used to like him a lot, the dancing, the dunks, Superman, funny guy, always laughing.

I don't hate him now...but the magic is gone...smh...
Some people don't realize how lucky they are.

[Obstructed_View]

And the Spurs could have had the black Kevin Love for the low low price of Tony Parker.

[Fabbs]

(By the way, here's what happened between Gregg Popovich and Howard during the All-Star Game, according to a source who witnessed it: in the third quarter, Pop called out a play, but Howard jacked up a corner three instead. Pop immediately turned to the bench and said 'get him the (bleep) out.' That was it, really. No extended swearing or shouting, just Pop being Pop.)

http://www.nba.com/2013/news/feature...ing/index.html

Now Mel, don't bringing this info to the PPoppers Party. Lets keep up the Bill Brasky Pop story.

[ohmwrecker]

Bible Kemp

Shawn Kemp was way better.

[Sean Cagney]

All this D12 thing is a shame. I used to like him a lot, the dancing, the dunks, Superman, funny guy, always laughing.

I don't hate him now...but the magic is gone...smh...
Some people don't realize how lucky they are.

I don't like him at all now.