Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard told Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald that he would listen to the Boston Celtics' pitch if they call him during the free agency period.
"Always. Always," Howard told the Herald. "I'd always listen to a team like that.
"My thing is I want to win. It's not something like I'm doing this for money. I win. I want to do it my way."
Howard's reported list of preferred destinations had included the New Jersey Nets, Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers, but he had plenty of nice things to say about the Celtics organization.
"You know," said Howard, "you look at a team like Boston and look at a team like LA who's won . . . especially Boston. Man, those guys came together and they didn't care who scored all the points. They had done all the individual stuff.
"You know, for me, I've done a lot of things individually, but I want a championship. All those accolades that I've got over the years, they mean a lot, but it's just different watching teams hold up that trophy and knowing how hard you have to work to get it.
"They have the championship mentality," he said of the Celts. "It means a lot. Like I said, I like the team. They play hard and they go after it, and that's what I like."
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