Dwight Howard, and a spoiled bitch scorned

Had to be out on the road for the first half of today, so I turned on the radio and flipped to the sports channels while I drove.

Ho.  Lee.  Shite.

You want to talk vitriol?  The various LA-based sports talkers are howling about Dwight Howard since he turned down the LA Lakers and went to Houston.  The very same people who were singing his praises a few months ago are now calling him everything but a white boy.  He can't play.  He can't score.  He can't make free throws.  He can't handle LA.  He can't handle the spotlight.  He can't handle the pressure of being "The Guy".  Blah blah blah on and on and on.  All while some of the banners that the team had hung up around LA are still there begging Howard to stay.

You want to know what LA reminds me of right now?  LA reminds me of a girl who used to be "The Girl".  Hot, always got who and what she wanted, but a right royal bitch.  And now that she's pretty much used up, all she has left is some looks and the same bitchy attitude, and the guy she's been chasing for her prom date just turned her down and picked a different girl.  And so because there's really nothing the spoiled bitch can do to really improve herself, she has to try to tear the guy down in pubic.

That's the Los Angeles Lakers.  A used up spoiled bitch who can't handle the fact that the guy they were begging to go to the prom with said "No."

Seriously, why should Dwight Howard have stayed with LA?  The roster is old, broken, and not going to get any better.  It'll be two years before they can really contend for a title.  They don't have the cap space to bring in any free agents.  Kobe Bryant is an asshole.  Oh yes, a talented asshole, but an asshole none the less.  Who was it that got Shaq kicked out of LA?  Kobe Bryant.  One of the top centers to ever play the game, but Kobe Bryant threw his shit-fit, and out the door Shaq went.  Kobe has talent and drive.  He has dedication.  But he does not have, nor has he ever had, leadership ability.  I think Dwight Howard could have been convinced to stay, but Kobe pretty much put the kibosh on that.

"But Dave, Howard could have gotten paid $30 million more by the Lakers!"  Yep, and had it all eaten away by the ungodly high Kalifornia state taxes.  And folks, can I be blunt?  LA is a shithole.  A hot, sticky, smelly, nasty shithole where cars disappear into the potholes on the 405 and the beaches can't be accessed unless you feel like walking a couple of miles from your parking spot.  A shithole where there are sections you don't drive through unless you feel like losing your car, your wallet, or your life.  Or all of the above, if your skin color isn't the correct shade.  A shithole where you can spend hours sitting in a traffic jam, only to find out it's because caused by ABSOLUTELY NOTHING other than the cranial-rectal impaction of the LA drivers.  A shithole where the air can be brown on any given day.  A shithole where temperatures reach the triple digits, but good luck paying the electric bill when you run the A/C.  Not that Howard would have to worry about that too much, but still.  When you can't go outside for more than half an hour before you're in danger of heat stroke?  Screw that noise.

In my opinion, the only thing LA really has going for it is awesome Korean food.  But besides that?  Nada.  This place is a shithole.  I don't blame Dwight Howard for leaving.  Not one bit.