Dwight Howard  The Lakers can offer free agent Dwight Howard the
most money -- $118 million over five years -- but the center has
said his decision will be based on happiness. (Harry How / Getty
Images / December 2, 2012)  At some point soon Dwight Howard
will make his decision, choosing where to take his talents.
Some of the league's most historic big men have forced their way
onto the Lakers -- Howard seems to be on the verge of walking
away.  If he doesn't end up with the Houston Rockets, the Dallas
Mavericks may have a better chance than the Lakers.  "I'll do
what's going to be best for myself, what's going to make me
happy," said Howard in April after the team's four-game sweep by
the San Antonio Spurs.  Pictures: UCF's BCS season in Orlando
Sentinel sports pages  Shaquille O'Neal, Wilt Chamberlain,
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and even Pau Gasol all found a way to the
Lakers -- winning 11 rings combined in Los Angeles.  "I can't
control who likes me, who dislikes me, but I have the right to
be happy," Howard sa