Dwight Howard hasn't made any decisions about his future with free agency more than a month away.

Howard has a player option worth $23.2 million for the 16-17 that he's expected to decline to become a free agent.

Howard could sign a max contract worth $30 million per season.

"I haven't made any decision," Howard said Tuesday night on TNT. "My job is to get in the gym and work my butt off."

Howard was asked by Charles Barkley about being disinterested during games.

"I'm always interested in winning," Howard said. "But as a big, you want to feel a part of what's going on, and you know, if I could bring the ball up the court, shoot 3s and go between the legs, do all that stuff, that'd be great. But I have to rely on my teammates in certain aspects to get the ball. Now there have been times I have been upset and I've taken myself out of the game in certain situations, and that's on me.

"And I have to grow and became a better player. So I'm always interested in the game, and I've had the problem with smiling too much or I play too much on the floor, so when I'm not smiling and all that stuff, it looks like I'm not interested in the game. So it's like a thin line, and I'm like, 'Man, do I not smile? Or do I smile and have fun?' So that's always been a struggle for me personally."