Dwight Howard is 37 years old and has been away from the NBA for 1 year, but that doesn’t mean “superman” is ready to leave the American Professional Basketball League.
Recently, Howard played a season in Taiwan (T1 League), averaged 23.2 points and 16.2 rebounds per game for Taoyuan Leopards Club, played in the All-Star match and became one of the players. best player of the tournament.
Somehow, Dwight even participated in the 3-point shooting competition, creating quite a great attraction for himself, the newly established club and tournament.
Video of Dwight Howard competing in 3-point shooting at the All-Star Day of the T1 League tournament
Although he constantly talks about how happy he is in the T1 League and receives great love and attention from fans, Dwight Howard still considers returning to the NBA to be his top goal.
Sharing with The Observer, the 37-year-old bigman said: ” I have not retired from my NBA career. It would be great if I could help the Sacramento Kings compete for the championship, knowing that their squad is relatively complete .”
” They are a quality team, have an excellent coach and achieved certain successes last season. What impresses me is that every piece of their puzzle accepts their assigned role, does it well and believes believe in the direction of the whole team” , Howard added.
It’s no coincidence that Dwight Howard mentioned the Sacramento Kings. This is one of the few teams that attracted Dwight’s attention by quenching the 17-year drought of Playoffs, then forced the series against the Golden State Warriors in the postseason until Game 7.
Center is a relatively thin position for Sacramento, where they have All-Star player Domantas Sabonis and reserve bigman Alex Len. Both were ineffective against Draymond Green and the Warriors’ changing style of play.
Perhaps because of seeing this, Dwight Howard believes he can help the Kings solve the center forward problem next season.
Dwight Howard thinks so, but that doesn’t mean he will become a viable target for the Sacramento Kings. The last time he played in the NBA with the Lakers in the 2021-22 season, Howard averaged 6.2 points and 5.9 rebounds in more than 16 minutes per game.
Howard’s efficiency has hit the lowest level of his career, and his age prevents him from defending as well as he did when he helped the Lakers win the 2019-20 season.
After the Los Angeles Lakers did not re-sign Dwight Howard in the summer of 2022, the big man born in 1985 did not attract the attention of any other NBA team.
Although Dwight Howard’s T1 League numbers are quite impressive, current NBA teams do not have much interest in an aging traditional center forward like Howard anymore. They need diversity and flexibility in gameplay, while also ensuring the ability to manage, defend and protect the backboard.
To see “superman” Dwight Howard reappear in the NBA, fans will probably have to wait for the free player transfer period to open on June 30, and then monitor the interest he receives from the NBA. teams.
