Jeanie Buss Takes A Shot At Mike D’Antoni For Misusing Dwight Howard With Lakers

Ouch.

Fast forward 7 years and Dwight Howard rejoins the Lakers, but now the narrative is completely different. While his numbers aren’t as good, he’s an impact player, great defender, locker room leader. Most of all, he’s happy in LA.

Jeanie Buss’s explanation for why Dwight Howard didn’t succeed in LA the first time?

“We hired a coach that didn’t respect his game and wasn’t going to put him in a position to succeed.”

LA Times Sports