The NBA playoffs give fans memorable moments and heroic performances every single season. It is the stage where stars are born. However, there is also the other side of the coin. That includes the upsets, the nights that make a certain star the target of scrutiny. We have seen several players take on the fire during the 2023 playoffs. Phoenix Suns’ Kevin Durant has been hammered for failing in their postseason conquests, or even James Harden who crumbled in a Game 7. While they might view it as motivation, one certain star saw it as an opportunity. An opportunity to assemble all of such rejected stars together.
It’s been only a season since Dwight Howard left the NBA to play overseas. And he doesn’t mean to come back to make his ‘superteam’ vision a reality.
Basketball star manifests a superteam with Kevin Durant and James Harden, but not in the NBA
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Dwight Howard, 2020 NBA Champion, and a three-time DPOY, left for Taiwan in November last year after interest in him in the NBA died down. After spending a season with his team, Taoyuan Leopards, it seems the former Los Angeles Lakers big is at a happy point in his life. He has embraced the positivity Taiwan has brought to him. And he wants some other NBA stars, those who are being ridiculed, to feel the same.
Howard has been active on his Twitter trying to lure all types of NBA players to Taiwan. Is it blatant tampering? Probably, but he hasn’t let the comments stop him from pursuing his outlandish agenda.
Only recently he even lent a hand of support to Ja Morant, who is caught in immense trouble. The Memphis Grizzlies star shared an apology following another clip of him allegedly showing off a firearm.
Aye Ja you gone get it right ! I’m still with you if anyone else ain’t you could come out here to Taiwan if anything ✊🏾 just leave it home
— Dwight Howard (@DwightHoward) May 16, 2023
“Aye Ja you gone get it right ! I’m still with you if anyone else ain’t you could come out here to Taiwan if anything,” wrote the eight-time All-Star. He has also wondered who would be the right coach for his version of the Dream Team.
But he stepped up his game to a whole new level in his recent Instagram story. Howard put Kevin Durant, James Harden, Ben Simmons, and all the criticized stars together in a Taoyuan Leopards jersey – an edited image of his very own ‘superteam’. The chances of it happening are thinner than a strand of hair. Yet, Howard doesn’t seem like he will stop pushing for his agenda anytime soon.
NBA fans troll Dwight Howard for his superteam wish
NBA Twitter saw the tweet from LegionHoops and burst. They went right after Dwight Howard, trolling him for his concept of a superteam in Taiwan. Some did see the fun side of his antics. However, that couldn’t save Howard from the wrath of the NBA fans.
Damn Dwight hating because he’s not in the nba 😂
— HollowFrobe (@the_only6) May 18, 2023
He’s having fun, but he’s awfully lonely.
Playing his own game of “gone fishin”
— Matt Akins (@snikastyle) May 18, 2023
Hes posting a pic of 7 players better than him, and Ben Simmons
— The3PointPlay (@The3PtPlay) May 18, 2023
@DwightHoward wouldnt even be in his own starting 5
— UncleBabyBilly (@BabyBilly21) May 18, 2023
And there were the ones who simply felt the 37-year-old was enjoying life and playing into his vision.
I ain't gone lie they would dominate.
— princeLee999 (@princeLee999) May 18, 2023
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Bros a better commissioner for the Taiwan league than Adam silver is for nba 😭
— Pickle (@betpickle) May 18, 2023
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