Dwight Howard on the Warriors: 'I don't really know who's on their team'
Suffice it to say, this is a little hard to believe
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Dwight Howard is not worried about the Golden State Warriors. While the Atlanta Hawks center admitted in an interview with SiriusXM NBA Radio that he watched Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and company play at a bowling alley on Tuesday, Howard claimed he did not even know who was on the Warriors' roster.
Transcript (emphasis added):
How do you look at Golden State?
Well, to be honest with you, I haven't even looked at Golden State.
You haven't looked at Golden State?
I have not. That's the honest-to-God truth. I'm happy for K.D. I know a lot of people have been killing him for leaving and going to Golden State, but hey man, he looks happy out there. I did have a chance to, I went to the bowling alley and I saw the first half of their game against the Clippers and he looks happy. He's in a great situation for himself. But I haven't really had a chance to really sit down, I don't really know who's on their team. I just glanced on the game for a couple minutes. Like I said, I saw the expressions on K.D.'s face of how happy he was. I'm happy for him. They're going to be a really good team. Hopefully, it would be great to be playing 'em in the Finals. That'd be fun. 'Cause I personally, they've beaten the teams I've been on the last couple years, and I want to beat those guys really bad.
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Yeah, sure, it would be super easy for Howard to avoid all discussion of this superteam. It's not like the Warriors have been the biggest story in the NBA for the last three months. It totally makes sense that he would not even know who plays for Golden State.
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OK, seriously, I get what Howard was trying to say here. It's the preseason, so he doesn't have to have much to say about whether or not this Warriors experiment will work. It's more than fair for him to want to stick to discussing his own team. He did not, however, need to exaggerate to the point where he comes off as disingenuous.
Everybody who cares about the NBA even a little bit has talked about Golden State and its absurd collection of talent. That, of course, includes rival executives, coaches and players. This feels a lot like Howard's memorable Inside The NBA interview last May, where he talked openly about what he considers to be an unfair public perception, but insisted -- against all logic and reason -- that he hadn't even thought about opting out of his contract in the summer.
