The first week of the Dwight Howard Homecoming clearly and cleverly has laid down the baseline for what his Hawks career could be, if handled by the right author.
The essential elements of the perfect story are all there: Native big man leaves home still a child in many ways as the NBA’s first pick straight out of tiny Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy. He runs the maze of fame, lofty expectation, hubris and pettiness all around only to come back home again at 30 to find himself.