The Washington Wizards have agreed to a two-year, $11 million deal with Dwight Howard which includes a player option, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Howard negotiated a buyout from the Brooklyn Nets, the team he was traded to in late June, to sign the deal with D.C.
The Wizards really agreed to a deal with Dwight Howard, per report
What the headline says.
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The Wizards knew it was time to move on from Marcin Gortat, moving him for Austin Rivers before free agency began. It seems Howard will be his replacement as the starting center around John Wall, Bradley Beal and Otto Porter. Howard was rumored to have had interest in the Warriors until they signed DeMarcus Cousins instead.
Are the Wizards better with Howard?
Um. I mean. Maybe?
Howard averaged 17 points and 13 rebounds last season, but the 32-year-old doesn’t fit in the modern NBA. He can’t guard smaller players or shoot from distance, but he’s still a plus-defender. It’s not like he’s terrible... he just isn’t the Dwight Howard you thought about seven years ago.
Wall and Howard should run the court well as long as their personalities don’t collide. Washington’s added yet another controversial personality inside its locker room along with Rivers. Time will tell how that plays out.
But even if the personalities mix, this move doesn’t move the needle for the Wizards.
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