Dwight Howard suggested that LeBron James may have something to do with his Lakers exit nearly five years ago.

Dwight Howard was a member of that ... James The Lakers wanted to have someone else come in who they could rely on a little more than Howard. They ended up replacing him with Thomas Bryant and ...

Although there were some whispers of Dwight Howard potentially trying to rejoin the Lakers after the Mark Williams trade was shut down ... the team will thrive come playoff time.