NBA Trade Rumors: Dwight Howard, Rajon Rondo Swap Discussed By Lakers, Celtics

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Trading with the enemy?

Just when you thought this bizarro season for the Los Angeles Lakers couldn’t take another twist along comes a CBS Sports Report claiming the rival Boston Celtics held preliminary talks surrounding a Dwight Howard for Rajon Rondo swap.

Showing shades of Howard’s awkward entrance into a Stan Van Gundy press conference this report comes mere hours after D12 stated Mitch Kupchak told him he was safe in L.A. for the rest of the season.

Did I mention Rondo is gone for the balance of the season with a torn ACL and the Lakers already have 99-year-old Steve Nash under contract for two more season beyond this one? But in a season when Mike D’Anonti is coaching the Lake Show to new lows while the Celtics actually improved without Rondo I guess anything is KG.