When Dwight Howard walked out for his post-practice media availability and sat down in front of an open computer to answer questions via Zoom on Thursday, the first query he got was a simple one: How is he doing?
“I’m alive, so that means I’m amazing,” Howard said.
Being alive is, indeed, amazing. And in the times we’re living in, it’s no small blessing. But the rest of Howard’s chat with the media did leave just how “amazing” he’s feeling about his current position on the Lakers in a small bit of doubt.
For a little more than six minutes of questions about his role in the rotation, his communication with the coaching staff about his up-and-down minutes, and how he felt about the Lakers’ recent stylistic shift to more small-ball, Howard tried to say all the right things.