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The List: Dwight Howard’s ideas to improve team morale

The Lakers are in free-fall. Dwight can probably get them back on the right track.

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Bill Hanstock
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How can the Lakers turn it around? With the help of the clown prince of basketball Dwight Howard, that's how.

-Request a trade

- Two words: Whoopee Cushions

- Paintball! (Two killed, seven wounded)

- Replace catering with dog-poop sandwiches

- Double down on Steve Blake swirlies

- Insinuate a trade would be beneficial
- Team games of Cards Against Humanity! (Pau ends up crying)
- At practice, put on a wig and yell “I’M LENNAY KEKUA!” Say it again when no one laughs the first time

- Assign a “fart jar” where someone has to put in a quarter for not farting

- Demand a trade

- Does Carlton dance for 10 minutes waiting for someone to laugh

- Team stereo is all-Drake, all the time

- Pringles during pregame meals, because Coach D’Antoni looks like the guy on the can

- Gets everyone to wear cool hipster glasses why won’t you put on your hipster glasses Kobe stop scowling at me

- Threaten to get coach fired unless there’s a trade

- Calls him “Coach a-Pepperoni!”

- Says "Queensbridge" to Metta World Peace every morning

- Does Gangnam Style after missed free throws

- Organizes group outing to Pro Bowl

- Pours M&Ms on his face and says, "Hey it's me, Lamar Odom! I'm back!"

- Wears a Borat mankini and yells “King of the Castle, King of the Castle”

- Answers the phone with “wazzzzzzzzzzup”
- Hands out Tosh.0 Season 1 DVDs

- UGGs

(Today’s List was written in conjunction with Spencer Hall and Robert B. Wheel)

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