Howard否認曾與Kobe鬧不和

魔獸Dwight Howard曾與黑曼巴Kobe Bryant在2012-13球季於湖人做過隊友，當時大家都很期待這兩人的合作。可是開季後有傳兩人鬧不和，最後不歡而散。如今舊事重提，Howard在Twitter上被問到當時他和Kobe為何鬧不和，Howard否認事年，指一切都是傳媒炒作。


在2012-13的球季，當時湖人還有Steve Nash和Pau Gasol，湖人以45勝37敗進身季後賽，但在首圈就慘被馬刺以場數4:0橫掃。在這慘烈的一季，有指Howard一直在Kobe背後講他壊話。而Kobe則指在自己在更衣室時經常會鼓勵隊友，而他一直嘗試教導Howard，但換來的是令Howard覺得反感。

引用I tried teaching Dwight. I tried showing him. But the reality is that when you have a perception of what it is to win a championship - and most perceptions of what it's like to win are a very outgoing, very gregarious locker room where you pick each other up and you're friends all the time. That's the perception. And I think that's what his perception was of what the idea is. But when he saw the reality of it, it made him uncomfortable.

在今年三月的時候，Howard接受Marc J. Spears的訪問時，表示從來沒有跟Kobe鬧不和，縱使他承認已經沒有再跟Kobe說話。

但在Howard在轉投火箭後，遇上Kobe時，球場上火藥味依然很濃。

Source: Bleacher Report