NBA Rumors: Latest Buzz on Dwight Howard, Mitch McGary and More

As the NBA regular season returns Tuesday, here’s a reminder that the league’s rumor season never leaves you.

Whether it’s the winter, spring, summer or fall, sources always seem to be chirping.

And right now, they’re sharing good news on an upcoming collective bargaining agreement, not-so-good news on Mitch McGary’s future in the NBA and a tidbit on why Dwight Howard and the Houston Rockets struggled to find chemistry last season.

Rockets Management Pushed for More Minutes for Capela

Throughout 2015-16, the Rockets roster lacked any kind of cohesion. Things got so bad, so fast, that after making the 2015 Western Conference Finals, the team fired head coach Kevin McHale 11 games into the season.

In interim head coach J.B. Bickerstaff, Houston had a younger, seemingly moldable coach in McHale’s place.

And the front office had some ideas for him, per ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: “Houston Rockets management repeatedly pushed for Clint Capela to get more playing time at the expense of Dwight Howard last season, sources told ESPN, adding to the disharmony that played a prominent role in the team’s disappointing 2015-16 campaign.”

Given Capela’s age and promising play, the idea of transitioning to him as the full-time center made sense. That’s especially true when you compare his production to Howard’s:

Why not go with the younger guy who’s already nearly as productive on a per-minute basis? Well, these things are always about more than the numbers, and …

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