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Dwight Howard says he was willing to return to Lakers, team didn’t want to give multi-year deals to players over 30

The Dwight Howard and Lakers partnership has been one that has experienced lots of ups and downs throughout three different stints. It was never lower than in his first stint, it was never higher than him helping the Lakers win a title and it was a roller coaster in-between.

After a tumultuous season that wasn’t entirely Dwight’s fault last year — and the big man showing pretty obvious signs of decline — the Lakers opted to move on with younger bigs. Dwight would fail to land with an NBA team and instead opted to sign with the Taoyuan Leopards in Taiwan, a decision he only recently announced.