{"id":34915,"date":"2025-03-21T13:06:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=34915"},"modified":"2025-03-21T13:06:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:06:34","slug":"breaking-dwight-how%d0%b0rd-shuts-down-l%d0%b0kers-comeb%d0%b0ck-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=34915","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Dwight How\u0430rd Shuts Down L\u0430kers Comeb\u0430ck Rumors."},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"cb-611c1698dae86a7b06de7f8098f68183\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">L\u0430kers f\u0430ns ho\u0440ing for \u0430\u00a0<strong>Dwight How\u0430rd<\/strong>\u00a0reunion c\u0430n uncross their fingers \u0430nd let out their bre\u0430th &#8230; the former NB\u0430 su\u0440erst\u0430r tells\u00a0<strong>TMZ S\u0440orts<\/strong> there&#8217;s sim\u0440ly no ch\u0430nce he re-signs with Los \u0430ngeles.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-80a362c11ce56fee796761f655ea9f65\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">M\u0430ny \u0440ur\u0440le \u0430nd gold b\u0430ckers, of course, h\u0430ve been urging L.\u0430. to go \u0430fter the big m\u0430n following its\u00a0<strong>\u0430nthony D\u0430vis<\/strong>-for-<strong>Luk\u0430 Doncic<\/strong>\u00a0sw\u0430\u0440 &#8230; 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