Written by Michael Pina at Fox Sports.com
Dwight Howard is expected to opt out of his contract and become a free agent this summer. Depending on who you ask, this development is either exciting, meaningless or the end of humanity as we know it.
Will Howard stay with the Houston Rockets and stubbornly insist that James Harden is his friend? Will he fully commit to playing the same role DeAndre Jordan does with the Los Angeles Clippers for a team like the Boston Celtics or Milwaukee Bucks?
Or, will he do the unthinkable and rejoin the Orlando Magic? That’s right, the same organization that sunk into a deep, dark state of irrelevance the moment they traded Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers four years ago.
According to Ric Bucher, Dwight Howard is exploring his options and could potentially make a return to the Magic
Let’s break it down:
A) Orlando is 29-42 and not a good team.
B) Orlando already has Nikola Vucevic at center on a tremendously team-friendly contract for the next three seasons.
C) Um, what?
The Magic has enough cap space to afford two max contracts this summer, but they also have the third-youngest roster in the league. Howard turns 31 in December, and unless he’s able to convince another star to join him, why would he move?
And who would even want to team up with him? Maybe former Rockets teammate and Florida native Chandler Parsons? But then what? Is that team better than the Toronto Raptors, Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets or Cleveland Cavaliers? Probably not.
Then again: why try and predict what Howard will do? More importantly, does it mean anything? His numbers are solid and he’s finishing at the rim more often than ever before, but poor health and natural decline are an incontrovertible issue.
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