HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS At least we have a date now.
July 10, nine days after the NBAs free agency free-for-all begins and the day the leagues moratorium on players signing new contracts is lifted, we should know exactly where Dwight Howard is headed.
The Los Angeles Lakers All-Star center, the top free agent target of the summer, will have his process wrapped up and a decision made between suitors that include the Lakers, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks and others, per Dave McMenamin of ESPNLosAngeles.com:
A source close to the All-Star center told ESPNLosAngeles.com that Howard expects to be ready to choose his team as soon as the NBAs moratorium on new business is lifted July 10.
That information jibed with [Lakers GM Mitch] Kupchaks thinking.
Its in everybodys best interest, I think, to proceed in a timely fashion, he said. I dont think its Dwights goal to drag it out. Whether hes with us or with another team, everybody this time of year has business to take care of. If hes here, he wants us to know that so we can build around him in this period of free agency, when it moves very quickly, and if hes with somebody else, that team is going to want the same thing. Its in everybodys best interest, I think, to proceed in a timely fashion, he said. I dont think its Dwights goal to drag it out. Whether hes with us or with another team, everybody this time of year has business to take care of. If hes here, he wants us to know that so we can build around him in this period of free agency, when it moves very quickly, and if hes with somebody else, that team is going to want the same thing.
If youre Dwight, you would want the same thing as well. You would want to give your team notice as quick as possible so they can make the changes that they need to make to make your team more effective. So I think its in everybodys best interest to move as quick as possible.
he'll pick the Heat ppl will think he's tryin to be funny then realize we have no cap space and pick a random team