“The problem is the coach,” Howard Sr. told the newspaper. “(D’Antoni) needs to step in and say, ‘You guys have got to be quiet. We’re trying to secure something here.’ Dwight is probably looking at the coach, thinking, ‘What are you going to do?’ I promise, if that had been (former Magic coach) Stan Van Gundy, that wouldn’t have happened. (Howard) wouldn’t have been admonished publicly. I think the coach has a lot to do with who controls Kobe’s mouth right now.”
There was no more controversial words coming from Bryant on Saturday.
“Honestly, I’m done talking about it,” Bryant said. “There’s nothing to talk about. I’m done with it. There’s nothing to discuss. It’s silly.”
via Dwight Howard of Los Angeles Lakers’ fathers comments – ESPN Los Angeles.
You right, Howard Sr.
More like a garden snake the way you ran away from that fight, Kobe.
“Before the Lakers played the Boston Celtics on Thursday, Howard lashed out at comments Bryant made to ESPNBoston.com’s Jackie MacMullan regarding Howard’s ailing right shoulder. Bryant told ESPNBoston.com, ‘We don’t have time for [Howard’s shoulder] to heal. … We need some urgency.’
Howard responded by saying of Bryant, ‘He’s not a doctor.'”
Dwight played in that game vs. Boston. He fouled out, scoring nine points and snagging nine rebounds in 28 minutes. The Lakers lost that game 116-95.