Him with all those shooters...ouch. This per LA news outlets.

Honestly, besides Orlando, is there a team he isn't considering?

Golden State is $4mm over the lux tax already without resigning Jarrett Jack. They have a lot of dead weight in salary with Beidrins, Bogut and Dick Jefferson [$34mm to those three, all ending in 14].

Picking up Howard is going to be difficult because I doubt the Lakers want any of those players in return.

They'd have to trade 1/3 their team to get him

If I were GS, I'd rather roll the dice on getting a few healthy years out of Bogut and grooming Ezeli to take over as the defensive centerpiece down the road.

Bogut has five seasons with at least 1.7 blocks (career best 2.5 bpg), has been a consistent double-digit scorer topping out at around 16 ppg in 09-10, and averages over 9 boards a game for his career. Howard's ceiling is higher, but Bogut is cheaper, less disruptive, and a very solid centerpiece for any defense. Oh, and Howard is an injury risk now, too.

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Agreed that GS is not a realistic landing spot for DH because of cap issues.

Sounds like a case of someone throwing something out and seeing if it sticks.

I'm sure he's also considering the heat.