Welcome back, Dwight Howard. That’s right, after the Lakers scooped up a former Lakers sharpshooter and another former Lakers 3-and-D wing and champion, Rob Pelinka and crew kept that vibe going by bringing back Dwight as a free agent from the 76ers:
Free agent Dwight Howard is returning to the Lakers, his agent Qais Haider tells ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 2, 2021
I’m not going to spend a lot of time discussing Dwight’s game as we should all be very familiar with that by now. Last season in Philly backing up Joel Embiid featured pretty much the exact type of play (and to the same level) that Dwight showed for the Lakers in their 2019-20 season that ended with a title.