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It might have seemed like forever to get Dwight Howard back in the lineup ...

But in actuality, Dwight is well ahead of schedule. Howard's camp stayed so quiet during the offseason that there was rampant misinformation about his status. I remember a radio host asking me on air shortly after the trade: "Why would the Lakers do this deal if Howard won't be ready to play until 2013?" Clearly Howard wanted to sell low and deliver high. If he plays Sunday (as @ramonashelburne has reported http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/8523240/nba-source-says-los-angeles-lakers-center-dwight-howard-eyeing-sunday-return) then he'll still have a chance to play in 1-3 exhibition games and be ready to go on opening night against Dallas. It's no wonder he's started calling himself "Iron Man," because he's played in 620 out of a possible 640 regular season games in his career and it appears he'll kept that rate going thanks to his rapid recovery from this back surgery.

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