With move to Houston, all pressure squarely on Dwight Howard

The second half of Dwight Howard's career starts now. The comedy should be over. It's time for a thriller.

Michael Rosenberg | Jul 6, 2013

With move to Houston, all pressure squarely on Dwight Howard /

Will Dwight Howard be able to become a championship-caliber leader with the Rockets? :: John W. McDonough/SI

The second half of Dwight Howard's career starts now. The comedy should be over. It's time for a thriller.

Published Jul 6, 2013

MICHAEL ROSENBERG

Michael Rosenberg is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, covering any and all sports. He writes columns, profiles and investigative stories and has covered almost every major sporting event. He joined SI in 2012 after working at the Detroit Free Press for 13 years, eight of them as a columnist. Rosenberg is the author of "War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and America in a Time of Unrest." Several of his stories also have been published in collections of the year's best sportswriting. He is married with three children.