DWIGHT HOWARD

How do you clean up a lousy reputation, one that makes you into a clubhouse demon, a coach-killer, a destructive force to the whole team?

One way would be to win, and finding the place to do that is going to take some doing. Here is a guy that made trade demands, and when the Los Angeles Lakers a team of talent and championships became available, he wanted New Jersey?

Does Dwight Howard think he will win in Brooklyn more than he did in Orlando?

The answer to that question is ‘No!’ But is that the real question? Maybe he is looking for something else, like being a media star in the New York media? I don’t think Orlando, or Brooklyn or even Chicago will matter as far as championships go, but where can he be a big fish in the pond, and increase his star power.

Will the Nets win the lottery Wednesday? If they do, will they keep it, pick Anthony Davis or trade it for Dwight Howard? The Magic have an interest in what the Nets decide, to land that pick make a deal?

THINGS SEEM TO BE SHAKING OUT

The season is now at the point where we have an idea of who the contenders are in Major League Baseball. The prognosticators for the most part can breath a sigh of relief, because what was expected seems be happening.

There are a few exceptions still, but then baseball has a history of the unexpected. Just reference the ’69 Mets and you can then make an interesting comparison to the Baltimore Orioles or Washington Nationals of today.

The Yankees and Red Sox seem to have found a grove of their own, and the Mets seem exciting this season. It is early yet, but by the All-Star break, everyone will be in place. If you look at the standings today, both leagues seem to mirror the other, the Eastern divisions seem to be in  a real battle while in the Western divisions, the leaders are running away.

That’s all I wrote, folks!