Bullets Forever · Sep 19, 2020
Re-evaluating the Wizards’ decision to trade Dwight Howard: Was it really worth it?
Photo by Will Newton/Getty Images Dwight Howard played sparingly for the Washington Wizards in the 2018-19 season. He has since bounced back relatively well with the Los Angeles Lakers.During the NBA’s off-season/trading season last year, Washington Wizards General Manager Tommy Sheppard traded center Dwight Howard in exchange for taking Memphis Grizzlies’ CJ Miles contract. And, in unusual fashion, Sheppard famously announced this was
``the quickest trade I’ve ever done in my life.”
From a cap perspective this move was not cheap, as it involved taking on $3.1 million in extra salary: