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"There are certain cliques in the NBA.
The 2008 Olympic team has cliques: Chris Paul, Lebron, Wade, Bosh, Melo, Dwight Howard, Deron Williams are all sort of in a clique together.
KDurant, Rose & Westbrook are part of that younger class that was in the 2010 international tournament. Some of the 08 guys I just mentioned are somewhat contemptuous of and jealous of Rose & Durant (especially Rose bc he won MVP over all of them). Howard's jealousy at the love Rose gets (and Rose's popularity with David Stern and the NBA execs) was manifest by Howard's cheap shot fouls on Rose that injured Rose's wrists.
So Howard may not say this to anyone, but it makes sense that deep in Howard's heart, he won't want to sign with Rose's team: Chicago is Rose's hometown, Rose is reigning MVP. There's no way Chicago will ever be "Howard's team" as long as Rose is on the Bulls.
So it makes sense that Howard would rather play with Deron Williams - who is part of Howard's 2008 clique of jerks.
Think about it: Stern dislikes these 08 guys (except maybe Kobe). Stern & league execs think that these 08 guys are A-holes. Stern loves to show these A-holes that he runs the league, not them.... That was a big reason for the void of the Chris Paul deal to LA. Lakers would have been the 2nd 08-Jerk-Clique team in the league: Miami is the 1st. (Wade-Bosh_Lebron forged much of their conspiracy to play together in Beijing in 2008 possibly) And Stern just was like: forget it, Lakers are NOT getting Howard, Paul & Kobe to act like rock stars around the country together and thumb their noses in my face.
Look at how deron Williams disrespected Jerry Sloan. Dwill, Wade, Howard - think they're so much better than everyone in the NBA ... that's why Wade moans after every non-foul call when Wade is on offense: Wade thinks he's entitled to star treatment.
So guys like Howard probably don't have the humility to make a sound business basketball decision to play on a team that is best for him to win a title: Cliques and feeling in control are more important than purely winning a championship to these guys.
Just think about Lebron in 2010: The Bulls were his best destination from a pure playing standpoint. Lebron would have fit perfectly as either a 3 or 2-guard, with Deng as the 2-guard or complimentary 3 position player. BUt Lebron didn't want to play with Rose, Deng.. etc.. guys who really aren't his close friends.
Of course guys like Howard & Lebron want titles - but they want it THEIR way... not by fitting into anyone else's system or showing any kinds of humble teamwork with their teammates. Now maybe Lebron's humiliation last June will change him. But Howard? I think he's always been more of a jerk than Lebron.
So Howard wouldn't want to go to a team like Chicago where he'd have to be reminded every day that DRose is the man here who runs the offense and takes the big shots when he wants to, and has the ball at the most critical spots in the game.
Howard would rather play with DWill in Brooklyn where he can conspire with Williams to run the team together.
The 2008 Olympic team has cliques: Chris Paul, Lebron, Wade, Bosh, Melo, Dwight Howard, Deron Williams are all sort of in a clique together.
KDurant, Rose & Westbrook are part of that younger class that was in the 2010 international tournament. Some of the 08 guys I just mentioned are somewhat contemptuous of and jealous of Rose & Durant (especially Rose bc he won MVP over all of them). Howard's jealousy at the love Rose gets (and Rose's popularity with David Stern and the NBA execs) was manifest by Howard's cheap shot fouls on Rose that injured Rose's wrists.
So Howard may not say this to anyone, but it makes sense that deep in Howard's heart, he won't want to sign with Rose's team: Chicago is Rose's hometown, Rose is reigning MVP. There's no way Chicago will ever be "Howard's team" as long as Rose is on the Bulls.
So it makes sense that Howard would rather play with Deron Williams - who is part of Howard's 2008 clique of jerks.
Think about it: Stern dislikes these 08 guys (except maybe Kobe). Stern & league execs think that these 08 guys are A-holes. Stern loves to show these A-holes that he runs the league, not them.... That was a big reason for the void of the Chris Paul deal to LA. Lakers would have been the 2nd 08-Jerk-Clique team in the league: Miami is the 1st. (Wade-Bosh_Lebron forged much of their conspiracy to play together in Beijing in 2008 possibly) And Stern just was like: forget it, Lakers are NOT getting Howard, Paul & Kobe to act like rock stars around the country together and thumb their noses in my face.
Look at how deron Williams disrespected Jerry Sloan. Dwill, Wade, Howard - think they're so much better than everyone in the NBA ... that's why Wade moans after every non-foul call when Wade is on offense: Wade thinks he's entitled to star treatment.
So guys like Howard probably don't have the humility to make a sound business basketball decision to play on a team that is best for him to win a title: Cliques and feeling in control are more important than purely winning a championship to these guys.
Just think about Lebron in 2010: The Bulls were his best destination from a pure playing standpoint. Lebron would have fit perfectly as either a 3 or 2-guard, with Deng as the 2-guard or complimentary 3 position player. BUt Lebron didn't want to play with Rose, Deng.. etc.. guys who really aren't his close friends.
Of course guys like Howard & Lebron want titles - but they want it THEIR way... not by fitting into anyone else's system or showing any kinds of humble teamwork with their teammates. Now maybe Lebron's humiliation last June will change him. But Howard? I think he's always been more of a jerk than Lebron.
So Howard wouldn't want to go to a team like Chicago where he'd have to be reminded every day that DRose is the man here who runs the offense and takes the big shots when he wants to, and has the ball at the most critical spots in the game.
Howard would rather play with DWill in Brooklyn where he can conspire with Williams to run the team together.
