As the "Dwightmare" that is the Dwight Howard free agency saga continues on during the offseason, in a strange twist of faith, it appears that rumors have come to surface that the Los Angeles Lakers aren't the only team in town vying for his services as the Clippers have been thrown in the rumor mill mix.
According to the Houston Chronicle, the Clippers are looking to clear some cap space to bring Howard to the Clippers to play alongside with Chris Paul.
"There is new competition, by the way. A few executives around the league have learned since the Clippers' season ended with a first-round playoff loss to Memphis that they are probing ways to dump enough salary to make a run at Howard. Other personnel execs said they doubted that the Clippers could free enough money to make a serious run at him."
With no solid evidence on what are Howard's plans for the future, it would be difficult for the Clippers to bring Howard on board because the amount of space they'd have to give up. Although getting rid of players like Lamar Odom, Ryan Gomes, Chauncey Billups, Ronny Turiaf, Ryan Hollins, Matt Barnes and a few others will clear some room, the Clippers will only have enough to bring in Howard and let Paul go to free agency.
However, if they choose to try and get both, they'll have to let go either Blake Griffin or DeAndre Jordan.
As a free agent Howard can sign a five-year, $118 million contract to stay with the Lakers, or a four-year, $87.6 million deal with another team.
The Clippers currently only have $45 million committed to contracts next season and if they bring Paul back for a max deal, he will likely make over $20 million, which will likely put them around the salary cap.
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