Back in 2012, the Los Angeles Lakers were built to win a championship. The former front office duo of Mitch Kupchak and Jim Buss surrounded Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol with two proven stars in Dwight Howard and Steve Nash.
Unfortunately, things didn’t go as planned. After one season of this star-studded squad, Howard left the team in free agency, Nash had finally broken down physically, and Bryant was nursing a torn Achilles tendon.
Along with all that happened during the drama-filled 2012-13 NBA season, Bryant and Howard never saw eye-to-eye with completely different approaches to the game.