Dwight Howard
Howard said he feels the Rockets give him the best chance at winning his first NBA title.
"[A championship is] the priority. That's the priority. [Shoot], I'm betting $30 million on it," Howard told ESPNLosAngeles.com in a phone interview Friday night, referencing the amount of money he likely will leave on the table by bolting Los Angeles for Houston.
"I just looked at both teams and I felt like Houston was going in one direction -- they got a lot of young players, they got a good coach in Kevin McHale and I just felt like having him as a coach, he could really help me in the post and help me develop like I want to. That was mainly the big reason right there, and having the opportunity to grow with a team, a young team, like the Rockets. That's the reason why [I decided to leave]."
But he will be a happier, healthier version of himself than the one we saw in that disastrous trial run in Hollywood. Onward and upward it is for Howard, then. His road to redemption has officially begun.
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