Rockets GM Daryl Morey uses Twitter, YouTube to woo Dwight Howard
Dwight Howard has yet to make his free-agent decision. One of the teams in the running is the Houston Rockets.
Early Friday morning, Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey tweeted a video plea to Howard.
Pulling out all the stops...my daughter&friends; made this video to urge @DwightHoward to come to the Rockets https://t.co/ICRiits19h — Daryl Morey (@dmorey) July 5, 2013
The homemade video shows a number of kids says, “Dwight Howard, come to the Rockets.”
Morey also brought in a Hollywood celebrity, Emmy winner Jim Parsons of “The Big Bang Theory” with a video trying to sway Howard.
Two-time Emmy winner Jim Parsons on how @DwightHoward could be the next great Rockets center - https://t.co/NPXE6lBr3K — Daryl Morey (@dmorey) July 5, 2013
In addition to the Lakers and Rockets -- the Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks and Atlanta Hawks hope to lure the All-Star center.
The Warriors have made efforts to shed salary to either sign Howard outright (currently they don’t have the necessary cap room) or to find a suitable sign and trade that would appease the Lakers.
Of course Howard’s decision comes first -- the big unknown that will have major ramifications league-wide.
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