Dwight Howard Bombshell: Lakers Owner Claims Team Always Had Offer for Him in 2020, But He Says Corrupt Agent Led Him Astray

The Los Angeles Lakers could have won two more championships after their 2020 win had Dwight Howard stayed on the team, according to both Howard and team owner Jeanie Buss.& Dwight Howard (Photo via Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/dwighthoward/) “Do you feel like if we would’ve kept the team together we would’ve won a couple of championships?” Howard asked Buss on his podcast, “Above the Rim with DH12.” Buss replied, “I think so. I feel like when you win a championship, that’s when you give the guys a chance to defend their title. … But once there was, like, three or four guys not coming back, then it wasn’t the same anyway.” The Contract That Never Happened However, his decision to sign with the Philadelphia 76ers was not made by either Howard or Buss, but rather due to misinformation from his agent, according to the Los Angeles Times. During the podcast, published on Oct. 14, the eight-time All-Star discovered that Buss had made an offer for him to return to the Lakers, a team still led in the Western Conference by LeBron James and Anthony Davis. “I was so sad. I wanted to come back. And I don’t know what had happened,” Howard...