Dwight Howard on playing with James Harden in Houston: ‘I felt he was a younger Kobe Bryant with better passing’

Dwight Howard: When I was in Houston, Daryl Morey made it his job to make sure that I got out of Houston. When I first got there, there were a lot of post-ups, and James really didn’t like that type of lineup. So it became a one-on-one ISO with James, and the rest of us just watching. We’d come set screens or space the floor, but that was it. It didn’t work after that.” “I thought me and James were gonna work because I felt like he was a younger Kobe with better passing—especially for pick-and-roll. So I’m looking at it like, ‘If I can play with somebody who’s up-and-coming, who can score, who throws great lobs and is a pocket passer, that’s perfect for me.’ Because I’m a dynamic roller, you know? I don’t have to do too much work. Playing with somebody who can score easy buckets—I can get him easy buckets coming off screens, and he can get me easy buckets with lobs and stuff like that. I’m like, ‘Man, this is a perfect match for me. They got shooters.’
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