Chalk this one up to time healing all wounds—except maybe the tread marks on Stan Van Gundy’s back from where Dwight Howard threw him under the bus.
As part of an ongoing celebration of the team’s 25th Anniversary, the Orlando Magic will roll a video tribute to Howard during the first quarter of Wednesday’s game against his newest employer, the Houston Rockets.
From NBA.com’s John Denton:
For the most part this season, those classy video tributes have gone over well, and the "Legends Nights" have been tremendous hits with fans eager to relive the franchise’s glory days. Why, even former superstar point guard Penny Hardaway, who left the franchise on a sour note in 1999 and was booed for years, received a loud, emotion-filled ovation when he returned in February.
So Penny got a standing ovation. Great. But there’s a decided difference between 15 years of distance—when an entirely new generation of fans might’ve been brought into the fold—and the 18 months since an ornery Howard was dealt to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Still, Denton sees Howard’s subsequent ...
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Orlando Magic Plan to Honor Dwight Howard with Video Tribute vs. Rockets
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