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Calling for the End of Dwight Howard Era

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It seems all the spats and forced-feeling reconciliations may be over. Dwight Howard has made up his heart and mind, has finally committed to one of the diverging paths in the wood — one that leads away from Orlando and winds its way north, he hopes, all the way to Brooklyn. He and Deron Williams will become another New York maybe-these-two-guys-can-beat-the-two-guys-in-Miami experiment. I only speak for myself, not for Magic fans at large, but I wish him good luck up there. His departure has been so long coming (in fact, I'm rushing it along now, because though his season is over and irreconcilable differences have been claimed and apparently Dwight is now certain that he wants out, who knows how long until he's officially off the roster?)...

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