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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Legendary Lakers coach Phil Jackson poked fun at Dwight Howard's decision on Twitter. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Legendary Lakers coach Phil Jackson offered his take on Dwight Howard bolting Los Angeles for the Houston Rockets with a pair of tweets on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jackson, who Howard reportedly asked the Lakers to hire early in the 2012-13 season, said the center \"left a distaste in Lakerland\" with his departure after just one disappointing season.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He also poked fun at Howard's choice of Houston as his free-agent destination, writing that he is \"better of [sic] an Astro.\" The Houston Astros have been MLB's worst team over the past two years, going 55-107 last season and 32-56 thus far in 2013.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;https://twitter.com/PhilJackson11/status/353896426134179842&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;https://twitter.com/PhilJackson11/status/353897223395876865&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jackson had previously tweeted at Howard to encourage him to sign with the Lakers, writing that he expected to see him \"get on board.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THOMSEN: Rockets better with Howard, but still have a long way to go&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ROSENBERG: With move to Houston, all pressure squarely on Dwight Howard&lt;/strong&gt;\n&lt;strong&gt;JENKINS: Through all the turmoil, Dwight Howard is now seeing clearly&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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