Dwight Howard Comments on Struggles with Rockets, More

After a trying 2015-16 season with the Houston Rockets, center Dwight Howard opened up about his struggles and his potential future with the franchise Thursday.  

In an interview with ESPN.com’s Jackie MacMullan, the star big man acknowledged issues within the organization and placed some blame on general manager Daryl Morey for his subpar campaign:

There were times I was disinterested because of situations that happened behind the scenes that really hurt me. It left me thinking, ‘This is not what I signed up for.’

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I felt like my role was being reduced. I went to Daryl and said, ‘I want to be more involved.’ Daryl said, ‘No, we don’t want you to be.’ My response was, ‘Why not? Why am I here?’ It was shocking to me that it came from him instead of our coach. So I said to him, ‘No disrespect to what you do, but you’ve never played the game. I’ve been in this game a long time. I know what it takes to be effective.’

Howard had his worst scoring output since his rookie season with just 13.7 points per game, although he remained an effective rebounder by grabbing 11.8 boards per contest.

He has a player option for the 2016-17 campaign, and while most expect him to opt out and become a free agent, the eight-time All Star insisted he has yet to make a decision on that front:

To be honest, I have had some conversations with close friends on what would happen …

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