Dwight Howard Rumors

Marcin Gortat to Dwight Howard: Nikola Jokic is an unbelievable big man and probably by the numbers, by certain things, he's probably better than you. By the respect and obviously championship and everything, he might be better than you. But I'm always saying one thing: He will not play this game if you were defending this guy (Dwight). They don't understand the defense… Jokic can do stuff offensively but defensively he’s got to stop Dwight! Dwight Howard: That would be hard. Gortat: That will be stupid hard like he will foul out in the first quarter! And people don't understand that until they’re going to play you.

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Marcin Gortat: What was going through your mind going from being number one in Orlando to the Lakers where you're going to be number two. Dwight Howard: I was excited. I didn't even look at it as being one or two. That wasn't even my goal. Like coming into the team, I'm looking at it like, okay, I'm the youngest out of all the vets that I'm seeing. I see Kobe, Steve Nash, Gasol, Antawn Jamison… So for me, I'm looking at Kobe like, ‘All right, how much can I learn from him and the rest of these guys?’ Because obviously I feel like they're going to be closer to retirement than I am at this time in my career. So how can I learn from Kobe? How can I learn from Steve? What can I get from these guys? But at the time, I feel like, I wasn't getting anything. I don't know if they were thinking I wanted the ball every play or they were worried about what was being said. But I came in with the attitude like, I know Kobe going to have to get his plays, but we got Steve Nash, me and him going to get into pick and rolls because that's what me and him do best is to pick and roll action. Then we got Kobe who's the closer. So, I'm not tripping. But I think the media start twisting and turning every little situation into, oh man, they don't like each other, this, that, and the third. And I'm like, how can I not?

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Darko Milicic: The toughest, the absolute toughest for me—everyone would say Shaq because of the physics, but no, brother, it was Pau Gasol. Just when you think you have him, he somehow always slips away. He always finds a way to turn you or do something; he was just so difficult. Really difficult. I liked those who played without much brain, like Dwight Howard and those types. I plowed through the ones who relied only on force... but this one (Gasol) was wise; he always had one more move, and you were never certain where you stood with him.

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“Like I said before, the hardest guy for me? People would think it was Shaq physically, but no, it was Gasol,” Milicic recalled on the “Luka i Kuzma Podcast”. “Whenever you think you have him, he somehow twists out. He always finds a way to turn on you, Pau was just tricky. I loved guarding guys with less brain, like Dwight Howard. With those guys, you know where you are. Pau was smart; he always had counter-move.” “Not to mention Tim Duncan, who was a force,” Milicic added. “I faced Dirk in a lot of situations too, and he’s just fascinating. I didn’t play much, so in situations when you’re not playing, you’re mostly relying on defense. You think, ‘Look at this lanky guy, man, there’s no way, bro,’ and just when you have him, he’s above you every single time. It’s amazing how he gets his shot off — that fadeaway is impossible to guard, bro. He and his mid-range game were impossible to defend.”

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James, yesterday at the NBA game in Germany, your former teammate Dwight Howard was asked about some players in the Spanish league. One of the players he was asked about was Sergio Llull. "Who?" Harden asked. -Sergio Llull- "I don't remember," said the star, even though the point guard's name was repeated several times. "Don't you remember? He told a story in the summer, he recalled a story about how Houston wanted to sign him and you personally called him to convince him to go to Houston, but he ultimately decided to stay at Real Madrid." "I don't know the story," Harden said to end the discussion, not wanting to talk about it much despite being in a good mood after his performance leading the Clippers' comeback from an 18-4 deficit.

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Dwight Howard: I’m going to be second hand embarrassed if the Knicks don’t raise the NBA Cup Banner then don’t make it to the championship this year 🤷🏾‍♂️ Celebrate your wins while you can

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He won, paving the way for a generation of talent to enter the NBA no matter their age or college standing. In 2005, the NBA and the NBA Players Association passed a rule that players must be 19 years old and one year removed from high school to be drafted, but Haywood’s 1971 ruling is the benchmark that allowed some of the game’s greatest young talent to pursue their dreams. “LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Kevin Garnett, Dwight Howard, Carmelo Anthony … it goes on and on,” Haywood said. “I did so much for them individually.”

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Dwight Howard on Hall of Fame induction: "I feel like—as far as sports and everything I've done—it’s the greatest. It has to be the greatest, because it kind of sums up all the things I did. It validates it. But it’s like… okay, championships, All-Stars—all that comes from hard work. And all that hard work, dedication, and sacrifice led to this: the orange jacket. Getting into the Hall of Fame felt like getting into heaven. That’s what it felt like, you know, as a Christian. It felt like passing away and waking up at the pearly gates, hearing God say, 'Well done, my good and faithful servant.' That’s how it felt. I’m like, ‘Dang, man. I’m really in the pearly gates—forever.’ My name is forever. That’s all I could think about. Every time people see the name ‘Howard,’ it’s going to be associated with Hall of Fame. You know what I’m saying? And that’s the greatest honor you can have as a hooper—to know that you represent basketball… forever."

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"Like, the fact that you come out of all of this—the world beating you up, friends stealing from you, people you're supposed to trust—and you're still here, still Dwight, still doing stuff like this… to me, that's fire. But talk about that—like, the stuff with people stealing from you financially. I've dealt with something similar. And it's... it's changed me a little bit. But how was that for you?" Dwight Howard: "It's hurt. All the stuff that’s happened to me has totally hurt me—like, everything. It made me want to shoot up people. It made me want to beat everybody up. It made me want to blow everything up. It made me cry. It made me punch stuff. It made me mad. But I did all of that away from everybody. I did it in my mind. I went to my own space, I got all of it out. So when I come back around everybody else—I’m free. There’s nothing anybody can say now that’s going to make me get to that space again, because I’ve already released it. That’s how I take care of it. That stuff hurt. Getting stolen from—especially when I worked hard for it—hurt. I put blood, sweat, and tears into that $8 million that was stolen from me. And I can’t get it back that way. But what has kept me throughout all of this... is my faith. From day one until now—since I was born—it’s been faith. And because of my faith, I believe: okay, they stole that money? I’m going to triple it doing something else. I’mma do this—we’re gonna get it back. I’mma do that—we’re going to get it back. But it’s not even about chasing money like, ‘I gotta get this back.’ It’s more like, ‘You know what? God got me.’ I’m trusting in Him. I have total faith that He is going to supply all of my needs, no matter what."

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Oh No He Didn't: Dwight Howard: "For years I was like upset about how my character has been portrayed in the media...and it hurt me. I know during my basketball days I got a lot of flak for playing and having fun. I genuinely was just so happy that I had a chance to play basketball"

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Legion Hoops: Dwight Howard breaks down in tears after finding out he made the Hall of Fame. 🥲 One of the all-time greats.

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Trae Young: You played with some big-time players, my guy. You talk about winning and impact — impact on winning and all these things. You've been on some teams with some big-time players. How about I go through a list of these guys: LeBron Giannis Kawhi Leonard Paul George Ant-Man (Anthony Edwards) KAT (Karl-Anthony Towns) And we’re not even going to talk about how we celebrate play-in wins. I win play-in games on the road — and I’m ready to get to the playoffs. You win play-in games at home — and you’re standing on the scorer’s table like it’s a championship. We celebrate wins differently too. But let me get back to these guys... You’ve had some great teammates over the years, and you’ve only been able to make the Conference Finals once — because your “impact” was that strong, huh? James Harden Russell Westbrook Lou Williams (Sweet Lemon Pepper Lou) Dwight Howard

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You gave Dwight Howard a lot of tough love during his career. In the current climate of NBA bigs now, who would you say you’re doing the same, giving tough love to? Shaquille O'Neal: Nobody now because of the bigs that are supposed to be big. The big that I would be tough on is the Joker, but he's the best center in the league. So I have to say nothing to him. And he has a championship, which means he knows what it takes. So I don't have to say anything to him. Wemby, he's still in that baby era. I try to be tough on Joel (Embiid), but apparently he can't take it. So I'll probably have to delete him from my program.

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Patrick Beverley: Okay. Sometimes you get bigs—well, they're very lazy, right? Neon: Yeah, I’ve seen that before. They don’t like to do a lot of work. Patrick Beverley: Yeah. The person I had the worst with? Neon: Who? Patrick Beverley: Dwight Howard. He’s a great athlete—out of this world. But if you throw the ball a little too far for him... He won’t go for it. He’s not going to do a lot of work to get to it. So that’s okay—as a guard, you know what? I have to make my pass accurate as f***.

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