Dwight Howard Explains Key Differences Between Kobe and LeBron

Throughout his NBA profession, Dwight Howard has performed alongside many gifted gamers together with two of the very best – Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.

Dwight performed with each skills at completely different levels throughout his time with the Lakers and the way in which they approached the sport couldn’t have been extra stark, Howard defined on the My Expert Opinion podcast.

“LeBron’s virtually at like any individual from the south facet of Georgia,” Howard mentioned. “We actin’ type of like twins. Joking, foolish, have a very good time. We get on the court docket, we nonetheless gonna have a very good time however we’re gonna dominate. Kobe, he not bullsh*tting with no person. He won’t come to the locker room to speak. So he’s simply gonna stroll all the way in which previous us.”

Like Kobe and LeBron’s attitudes, Howard’s profession was in a really completely different place when he teamed up with the 2 of them.

Dwight signed with LA in the summertime of 2012 – a staff that included Kobe – and followers had been buzzing with anticipation as a result of he appeared to be simply the piece they wanted to take it to that subsequent stage and win a hoop.

However Bryant’s work ethic considerably clashed with Dwight’s easy-going perspective and the staff solely ended up successful 45 video games that season.

They managed to achieve the playoffs because the seventh seed, solely to be swept by the Spurs within the first spherical.

Dwight has the hindsight to see what Kobe was attempting to realize. In the course of the podcast he acknowledged that he now understands Kobe was solely attempting to deliver out the very best in an unfocused veteran staff.

As for when Dwight performed with Bron, it wasn’t till 2019 after Howard went via a tough patch and was in the end humbled by it.

He had additionally grow to be rather more of a task participant so was extra open to letting another person like LeBron run the present, which helped them to win the 2020 championship within the bubble.

As for Dwight’s basketball profession because it stands, he’s reportedly wanting to play for the Lakers again, so solely time will inform if we see him again in an NBA jersey as soon as extra.