Dwight Howard was lucky sufficient to play alongside each Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, and on a latest podcast, he opened up about their key variations and similarities.
“They’ve this presence, and when Kobe walks into the room or LeBron walks into the room, their presence is there and you’ll really feel it,” Howard mentioned on The OGs Podcast. “Kobe was extra so like a silent killer. He didn’t actually discuss an excessive amount of. LeBron likes to have enjoyable, he needs to make jokes, however when he will get on the court docket you recognize he can flip that swap, it’s loopy to look at.
“The psychological side of it, LeBron is doing all of the performs he’s just like the coach, and Kobe’s like give me the ball and I’m going to deal with it, and I believe these are the 2 variations.”
Howard additionally mentioned that if he’d had his means, his first stint with the Lakers in 2012-13 wouldn’t have occurred. LA by no means clicked that season and accidents tore the staff aside.
“On the time, I had truly advised the Magic the one place I didn’t need to go was the Lakers,” Howard mentioned. “It was no offense to the Lakers followers or something like that however we had simply misplaced within the finals to the Lakers and I’m like man, I need to beat Kobe. I need to beat the Lakers, not go be part of the Lakers.”
Whereas Howard by no means acquired the possibility to beat Bryant within the Finals, he did win a championship with the Lakers in 2020 when he returned for his second stint with the staff. The Lakers devoted that season to Kobe and sometimes wore their Black Mamba jerseys in his honour.
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