Dwight Howard: 'There are no teams that really want to allow me to play' / News - Basketnews.com

Dwight Howard believes he deserves a shot in the league after being instrumental in bringing the Los Angeles Lakers a championship two years ago.

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After spending the last NBA season with the Los Angeles Lakers, Dwight Howard is still a free agent, searching for his place in the strongest basketball league in the world.

After telling about WWE as his backup plan, the veteran center now sat down at Showtime's All the Smoke podcast to talk about his future in the league.

"I want to play but at the same [time] there's like no teams that really want to allow me to play," Howard said to Matt Barnes. "That's how I've been feeling from the last situation with the Lakers. I felt like I did enough to help them win a championship to really deserve a spot on the team and a chance to start and get big minutes, and it didn't happen."

"After that, I was like, 'Man, I don't want to have to bust my ass for another whole summer, train three-a-days, go on a crazy diet, do all this s--t and then get back to a team and sit on the bench or not get to really help somebody win'," he continued. "And it's been like, 'Damn, do I wanna just call it quits and do some other stuff or go back at it and show people I still got it.'"

Howard played 60 for the Lakers last year and averaged 6.2 points and 5.9 rebounds in 16 minutes of play. Seen as one of the few remaining old-school centers, the former Orlando Magic superstar now struggles to find his place.

"I want to go out on top, I still got, I can still hoop," he concluded.

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