Found March 06, 2013 on The Victory Formation: Yardbarker Blogger Network
It’s no secret that Dwight Howard’s final days with the Orlando Magic were less than happy times for all involved.  He didn’t want to be there. The team was looking for ways to get him out. And the Magic fans and players were caught in the middle. Since his departure from the Magic, Howard has often criticized the team, the management, and everything in-between.  Recently, he has taken to slamming his former teammates as well, and it finally got under the skin of one of them. After Howard called his former teammates “people nobody wanted” in an interview, Jameer Nelson fired back while speaking to the Orlando Sentinel: At some point, when are you [Dwight] gonna as a man, when are you going to take ownership and stay out of the media in a professional manner?” Nelson told the Sentinel after Wednesday’s shooatround in Miami. “I would be less of a man to comment on certain things that people comment on about me and my teammates. We had a great run as a group, as core guys, and he was a...
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  • I gotta agree, this guy is a 7 foot tall baby, all he does is biitch and gripe. And his ex teammate is dead on when he tells him to act like a man. He should just take the high road and shut his fukking piehole.
  • couldn't agree more with jameer...... and a message to dwight.... you didn't lead anybody in orlando because you simply are not the leader type...and you certainly won't learn that trait in L.A.... maybe with some obscure team... but certainly not the lakers.... they have kobe and however abrasive and caustic he may be... that's what it takes on the left coast....
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