Right?! 😮

Exactly

He had a back surgery you try playing with that

​@@jaysenbustamante9926then u just put ur ego away and be a nice support for the team cuz ure out of ur prime.

Dwight Howard wasn’t “soft” lad😂wtf?

Jokic still avg 22 ppg 😂

Because they're not real leaders

Magic Johnson and several teammates were always out there yet they were winners

You’re right. Most around SoCal wanted Dwight, and I was one of the very few that thought CP3 was a much better option. The league canceling it wasn’t just bad on its face, it also screwed the lakers by getting Dwight.

Kobe didn't want another star on his team

I blame the Nash signing more than anything. In fairness to Dwight even though he didn’t play at Orlando level, he should’ve won DPOY that year leading the league in rebounds and blocks on a bum shoulder. The scrutiny of him playing in the LA market did him no favors in voting.

Waste of talent bro huh😂

He's a great can't refer to him as a waste. I don't disagree he could've been greater tho but that applies to guys like Shaq also (not saying Dwight is equal to Shaq)

@@taetrrtot6205 op is an idiot🤷‍♂️Dwight is first ballot

Playing 15 years, 8 all star games and 1 championship. Waste of talent huh? . . Tell us you're not an athlete without telling us. Hahaha 🤡

Casual

You make sense.. but kobe is an anomaly.. he might've loved basketball more than any other player ever.. it mattered more than anything

I think u both make valid points

This is true for some cultures, but not for an American , especially an American pro sports culture. If it was in Japan or other parts of Asia this is certainly true.

Bruh….THEY PLAY BASKETBALL. All that other stuff Howard talking bout is irrelevant. When u talking to a GOAT the only thing on your mind is how you can become a GOAT in your own right or close to it…That’s like you getting traded to Chicago to go play with jordan and instead of trying to figure out how we can grow as a team, u ask him where are the most popular massage parlors so u can get a happy ending. U were in the military so there’s no comparison. Who the F**K wants to talk about their CO begin with is beyond me!

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Age difference? Kobe at 18 which is far younger than Dwight was when he joined the Lakers had the same drive as he did when he matured. Jerry West said Kobe’s workouts were insane and that was when he was 18. From day one in the league he was consumed by the game. A.I. said it best. “When we was in the club, he was in the gym.” And that was 21-22 year old Kobe. Kobe was younger than Shaq and called him out on his work ethic. Yes you get mature with age and maybe start to make more logical choices but in this case it wasn’t age difference. Kobe was just Kobe young or old. Cut from a different cloth.

Dwight said he dont like men..and I think that shit cap🤣

That is absolute bollocks. From day 1 he was working like a dog around the clock, there's multiple former teammates and staff who've said so as early as 96 and 97. He released 1 song, when bottom and f the bench players were doing albums and 4 years before any allegations. And the majority of his beef with Shaq was about work rate. How people can just make up random stuff is beyond me...

@@kb5509 maybe your young and dont remember but in his younger days he was like all the rest of the nba stars back then. I never said he wasnt a work horse. What im pointing out is the hypocrisy of his judging dwight for asking about things that he used to be into until the rape accusations.

Lies lol

@@kirio1038 he went out more than he did later, that's what young people do. Particularly when they get to Tue league at 17, and particularly when you don't play that much for the first 2 years. Dwight was 26 when he got to LA and massively experienced, Kobe wasn't doing any of that when he was 26. And he released 1 song at a time when everyone in the NBA was rapping, I don't see what the point is. That has nothing to do with allegations, he was a young person doing some of the things young people do, despite practicing more than any other basketball player. He was still outworking everyone in the league, so clearly he wasn't like every young player. There's multiple problems with what you're saying. First, if as is mentioned here Dwight's first and or main priority was about nightlife and producers, then that's not hypocritical at all. Kobe did some extracurricular activities, but his number 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 priorities were always basketball. Second, Kobe was older when Dwight got there, and with the benefit of experience he knew players mainly interested in those kinds of things were not going to be particularly useful in getting rings. Third, it's Dwight Howard. Despite very impressive attributes, he's been kicked around the league on an almost annual basis for a decade, mainly because of his personality. He's annoying, childish and cringey. Not the type of person you want to go to war with. You're putting 2 and 2 together and coming up with 87.

@@kb5509 age got nothin to do with even if Dwight had told him that at 20 he would've thought the same thing, first time talking about teaming up and he brings up celebrity's and producers, it's principal of the conversation. Kobe had to win. Lamar Odom partied all the time and was very into Hollywood but the difference was he understood what Kobe was about when they got on that court

He didn’t want Dwight ??? What are you smoking?

@@5thtodasev so let me guess .. he didn't want Nash either? Lmfaoo

Dwight had the talent. Once the deal was done and he talked to him he realized his head wasn't where it was supposed to be. What exactly did you miss here lol?!?

@@jleww8959 what are you on about? They're different players, how this a point about anything?

eh u probably can't listen this was dwight after he signed with lakers

He was asked about him. Y'all doing too much...

@@dawb86 i'm sure this is the first time Jalen was ever asked about Kobe. y'all will believe anything. simpleton.

My mans emotional af in the comments lmaoooo.

Get a grip mate, what are you even on about. Some people will moan about literally anything.

You probably think Dwight & Kobe playing together never happened either lol

I call cap too cause my dawg Kobe rest his soul my all time favorite player actually wanted Dwight

@@SuperWizzle85 we all wanted our exes at some point lol