Former 2020 Lakers Champ Reveals Agent's Lie Convinced Him to Leave as Free Agent

The All-Star-turned-role player ditched Los Angeles after its moment of triumph.

Former eight-time All-Star center Dwight Howard spent three non-consecutive stints with the Los Angeles Lakers. His departure near his All-Star prime in 2013 was much-maligned at the time. He joined then-rising heliocentric All-Star guard James Harden on an analytics-obsessed Houston Rockets squad, which got as far as the 2015 Western Conference Finals during the three-time Defensive Player of the Year's tenure there from 2013-16.

But somehow, he ditched Los Angeles yet again as a free agent that offseason. During a new episode on his "Above The Rim With D12" podcast, Howard told Lakers majority owner Jeanie Buss that his representation informed him that Los Angeles team president and general manager Rob Pelinka had rescinded a contract that would have seen him back in purple and gold for the 2020-21 season to help the club defend its title.

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