Howard: No decision yet on future with Rockets

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Dwight Howard, in an interview Tuesday night on TNT, said he hasn’t made a decision regarding his future and that he struggles with his on-court persona.

Howard, who played the past three seasons with the Houston Rockets, has a player option worth $23.2 million for the 2016-17 season. It’s expected Howard will not pick up the option and will enter the free-agent market, looking for a max contract that could pay him on average $30 million per season.

“I haven’t made any decision,” Howard said Tuesday night. “My job is to get in the gym and work my butt off.”

“There have been times I have been upset and I’ve taken myself out of the game in certain situations, and that’s on me,” Dwight Howard said Tuesday night. Troy Taormina/USA TODAY Sports

Howard said he spoke with Rockets CEO Tad Brown after the season but that it is normal for Brown to speak with players at season’s end.

During the season, Howard at times appeared disinterested in games, something then-Rockets coach J.B. Bickerstaff disagreed with during the playoffs. Howard finished with a 13.7 points-per-game average, his lowest average since his rookie season, and he shot just 8.5 field goals per game, the fewest since his 2004-05 rookie …

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