While in some ways the Lakers bringing back Dwight Howard in free agency was an acknowledgement that they never should have went away from him in the first place, the version of Howard they’re getting back may not be an exact carbon copy of the one that left.
The Superman that left Los Angeles last offseason was basically only on the floor to dunk the ball, block shots and take hard fouls as the team’s designated enforcer. But like an alt-universe Superman who looks mostly the same on the surface but has a few key differences burbling beneath the surface due to different experiences than the one we’ve come to know, this version of Howard returns to Los Angeles with one thing on his mind: Shooting threes.