As the soap opera with Dwight Howard progresses, there will now be a long intermission as Howard will have season ending back surgery, according to ESPN.
Dwight had missed the last week with back pain and was diagnosed with a bulging disk in his back.
Howard will surgery and will miss the rest of the regular season, playoffs and the summer Olympics.
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Now things become interesting, as the Orlando Magic with their options on whether to trade Howard or roll the dice and see if they can resign in the summer of 2013. But with this back injury will suitors be as willing to give up the farm not knowing how Howard’s back will be long term.
As I’ve said before, the Magic should’ve rid them selves of this headache long time ago.
Nonetheless let’s hope that Dwight recovers fully from this, we’ve seen what back injuries can do to players, i.e. David Robinson.
