Dwight Howard News

If you know the game then you know its history. The Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers have combined for exactly half of the NBA championships.

As the NBA draft nears, it is clear that the Los Angeles Lakers don't have a lot of options.

Photographers continuously clicked their cameras as they stood on the blue carpet Wednesday at a Time Warner Cable sponsored event at the Vibiana in downtown Los Angeles that honored the late Lakers owner Jerry Buss.

Some might say that Dwight Howard has a difficult decision facing him this summer, but actually, it's not that tough at all.

Phil Jackson is back with the Los Angeles Lakers , but probably not in the way most people would have expected.

We already know Dwight and Chris are talking, but we don't need the cooperation of the Lakers to get Dwight via sign-and-trade.

Kobe Bryant seems to think that once he's healthy, he'll be playing exactly like he has been over the course of his career - and I don't disagree one bit.

Returning in November or December wouldn't put Kobe back in the lineup in time for opening day like he was originally hoping to be .

All-Star center Dwight Howard had a tumultuous first season with the Los Angeles Lakers as they played well below expectations and were swept by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the 2013 NBA playoffs.

This is not the first time they've talked about the idea, either. During the 2011 lockout, their mutual target was the Dallas Mavericks - another Texas team.

The Los Angeles Lakers have little room to operate in free agency this offseason, owing $66.8 million to a core four of Kobe Bryant , Pau Gasol , Steve Nash and All that before presenting Dwight Howard with a five-year, $118 million offer.

With nearly 200 feature films, shorts, and music videos, there is a lot to look forward to at the LA Film Festival at L.A. LIVE .

As noted at the time, it would be interesting to see what teams would go after a volume shooter - he scored 19.2 points a game but shot just 41.6 percent - but one entering what should be the prime of his career.

Armed with their highest draft pick in more than a decade, the Mavericks are thinking strongly about trading the asset.

Apr 28, 2013; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers injured guard Kobe Bryant watches the final seconds of the Lakers 103-82 loss to the Spurs in game four of the first round of the 2013 NBA playoffs at the Staples Center.

As we watch yet another Finals without the Lakers, what do we see? We see a league influenced with the principles introduced by Mike Dantoni, now represented in the Finals.The San Antonio Spurs , the most traditional of franchises, is succeeding with small lineups, pick and rolls, 3 point shooting and a fast pace.

Despite the fact that we are in the midst of an epic 2013 NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat, the swell of rumors regarding free agency and potential trades is only growing.

Apr 28, 2013; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard drives to the basket against San Antonio Spurs power forward Aron Baynes during the first quarter in game four of the first round of the 2013 NBA playoffs at the Staples Center.

Howard's impending free agency is like a slow-building wave of news, pieces of information stacking on top of each other until a tidal wave of news comes barreling down on top of us once July 1 comes around.

For most Los Angeles Lakers fans, Dwight Howard is not the guy who they want to build the team around.