Dwight Howard said Thursday afternoon that his "infamous" tweet about returning to the Los Angeles Lakers in the opening hours of free agency -- only to be followed a short time later by him agreeing to join the Philadelphia 76ers -- was the product of a misunderstanding over whether he officially had an offer to return to the defending NBA champions.
"At one point, I did," Howard said with a smile, when asked if he thought he did have an offer in the opening hours of free agency. "That's when you saw the infamous tweet, because I really thought I was going back.