Mitch Kupchak conducted his first interview since Dwight Howard decided to leave the Los Angeles Lakers to sign with the Houston Rockets. "It wasn't a surprise. I had a feeling that Houston was a frontrunner, and whenever a player is an unrestricted free agent, anything can happen," Kupchak said. "Clearly, we wanted to keep him here in Los Angeles, and I felt we did everything we could do within reason to show we did want to keep him here. "Until the end, I kept up hope. I think we were as persistent as we could be within reason. I wasn't shocked but I was disappointed. Read more http://www.latimes.com/sports/baske...k-20130730,0,7009896,full.story#axzz2aT2nuZYP
F howard we dont need him he brought us down but him and lin and james will be a team to beat scratch that him and james f lin
