Is It Time For Dwight Howard To Retire From NBA?

Dwight Howard, an eight-time NBA All-Star, is beginning to consider retiring at the age of 36 after growing disillusioned with the NBA’s lack of interest in and opportunities for him.

For the majority of the first 15 years of the 21st century, Dwight Howard was perhaps the best centre in the NBA. For the Orlando Magic teams, he helped make the playoffs every year. He was a stout force who was a defensive anchor, a double-double machine, and a dominant force overall. He was at his peak when the league was starting to move away from a reliance on big men, averaging over 20 points, 14 rebounds, and two blocks per game.

All-Star Dwight Howard To Retire At The Age Of 36?

Even though he believes his finest playing days are behind him, he still thinks he may have an impact on the league in 2022. But other teams in the association don’t share this sentiment. He is still a free agent with just a few days until the start of the 2022–2023 season. He has attracted minimal interest.

He feels underappreciated and is frustrated by the terrible status of his once-great career. And he asserts that the Los Angeles Lakers, who decided not to re-sign him despite the fact that he had helped them win a championship in 2020, had begun the pattern two seasons prior.

“People are unaware of the complexity of the procedure or the nature of my back troubles. That stuff was pretty risky since I might have become paralyzed if he had moved the instrument he was using even a centimetre to the left or right.”

In spite of having to take a year off, Howard continued he returned in only four months. “People in LA claimed that because I had a terrible season, LA lost.”

I returned after four months, averaging 22 and roughly 13. As an All-Star, I ranked second in blocks and first in the league in terms of rebounds.

He believes he is undervalued,” I want to play, but at the same [time], there’s like no teams that really want to allow me to play. That’s how I’ve been feeling since the last situation with the Lakers. I felt like I did enough to help them win a championship to really deserve a spot on the team and a chance to start and get big minutes, and it didn’t happen.”

Dwight Howard acknowledges that the fact that he is still an unsigned free agent and that many NBA front offices do not perceive him as a vital contributor has caused him to seriously ponder ending his 18-year career.

Dwight Howard’s stats (career): 15.7 PPG, 11.8 RPG, 1.8 BPG

Following that, I thought, “Man, I don’t want to have to kick my ass for another entire summer, train three times per day, go on a crazy diet, do all this s***, and then get back to a team and sit on the bench or not get to truly help anyone win. Damn, do I want just to give up and do something else or do it again and prove to others that I still have it?

 

 

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