Dwight Howard completed his two-day interview with the Warriors on Wednesday and a decision on his future with the team could be made as soon as today, tweets Jason Dumas of KRON4 News.
Howard will travel to Los Angeles for a workout later today with Draymond Green and Chris Paul, according to Dumas, who states that the team’s veterans have already endorsed the idea of signing the 37-year-old big man.
With 13 players on standard contracts, Golden State is hoping to fill out its roster with a reliable backup for center Kevon Looney. Dewayne Dedmon, Derrick Favors and Harry Giles are among the players who were brought in for workouts, while the team also reportedly had interest in JaVale McGee before he signed with Sacramento.
Howard wants to return to the NBA after playing last season in Taiwan. He’s an eight-time All-Star, but has changed teams every year since 2016/17.
There’s more from the Pacific Division:
- The Clippers shouldn’t be considered the face of the NBA’s new player participation policy, contends Law Murray of The Athletic. Although Kawhi Leonard and Paul George have missed a lot of games over the past few years, Murray argues that the PPP wouldn’t have affected the team very much if it had been in place last season. He points out that the two stars missed the same game 12 times in 2022/23. Only two of those games were nationally televised, and Leonard and George were legitimately injured for both contests — Leonard with a sprained ankle and George with a strained hamstring.
- In a KTLA segment (Instagram link), Leonard says the Clippers will benefit from having Russell Westbrook on their roster from the start of training camp (hat tip to Fan Nation). The veteran guard made a late-season impact after joining the team in February. “It’s very important having him back,” Leonard said. “… Now we got a Hall-of-Fame point guard that’s been through it. I think that’s going to be big for us coming into the year.”
- Appearing on the Athletic NBA Show (video link), Lakers owner Jeanie Buss said the team was able to overcome its slow start last season because of stellar play from Anthony Davis. Davis was limited to 56 games, but he averaged 25.9 points and 12.5 rebounds and L.A. was much better when he was on the court. “Anthony Davis being healthy, there’s an argument to be made that he was the best player in the NBA when he was playing,” Buss said.
Even though this offseason has been a disaster so far for the Warriors in my opinion I love this move. Dwight provides them with exactly what they need: size and rebounding.
Yeah, I was hoping he would go to LA. thought he would’ve been a much better fit with the Lakers than Jaxson Hayes.
Huh? How has it been a disaster? Did watch the Warriors at all last year? Obviously not, you sound like a typical troll. There biggest weakness last year was the 2nd unit. The starters were close to the best in the NBA. Once they went off the court, the team reverted. They kept turning the ball over and losing leads. Also, the Warriors were 8th in rebounding last season. Denver was 19th; Miami was 26th. In the playoffs, the Warriors were 2nd.
They basically swapped Poole for grandpa CP3 in the second unit. Horrible.
If he takes vet minimum no reason not too. As long as he is ok with 12 min a game and less than 45 games. More bodies for playoff series against AD Jokic ect…
OK Browserhound. Poole was terrible with the second unit. CP3 wants to a ring. Poole already has ring. Poole hasn’t shown that he is willing to take the next step.
Last time I saw Dwight Howard on the court he looked like he should be playing in China.
Dubs can definitely use him…