{"id":411843,"date":"2022-11-20T05:44:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T05:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=411843"},"modified":"2022-11-20T05:44:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T05:44:41","slug":"dwight-howard-makes-a-mindblowing-taiwanese-basketball-league-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/dwight-howard-makes-a-mindblowing-taiwanese-basketball-league-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwight Howard Makes A Mindblowing Taiwanese Basketball League Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the fact that Dwight Howard is no longer an NBA great, he continues to pad his stats in other areas.\u00a0The 2020 NBA Champion and eight-time All-Star made his T1 League debut in Taiwan on Saturday, and he did not disappoint.<\/p>\n<p>Howard, a three-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year and multi-time All-NBA selection, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/2022\/11\/08\/dwight-howard-signs-with-taiwanese-pro-team\">announced his decision<\/a> to play for the Leopards on Instagram on Nov. 7.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have always loved the energy I felt visiting Taiwan as you can see I still have posters hanging up on my walls from my first 2 times visiting!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CkrwXkLu6jI\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he wrote<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m ready to enjoy life by playing the sport I love in front of a bunch of people that Love me &amp; for my people in Taiwan have your posters ready to welcome yours truly,\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DWIGHT HOWARD attempted 10 THREES during his ridiculous debut in Taiwan<\/p>\n<p>38 Points<br \/>14\/32 Shooting<br \/>2\/10 Threes<br \/>8\/12 Free Throws<br \/>25 Rebounds<br \/>9 Assists<br \/>4 Blocks<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wJztp0RLoT\">pic.twitter.com\/wJztp0RLoT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ballislife\/status\/1593994840068751362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Dwight Howard Makes A Mindblowing Taiwanese Basketball League Debut<\/h2>\n<p>The veteran helped Taoyuan Leopards defeat New Taipei CTBC DEA 120-115 with 38 points, 25 rebounds, 9 assists, and 9 blocks.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of his performance, which included aiding Taoyuan in overturning a double-digit deficit early in the fourth quarter, Howard was named the game&#8217;s player of the match.<\/p>\n<p>Howard shot 14 of 32 from the field and even netted two shots from behind the arc. Additionally, the big man acted as a solid ball handler when necessary and was able to run effective pick and rolls.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dwight Howard WENT OFF in his debut with the Taoyuan Leopards in Taiwan \ud83d\ude33\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KKK8f8faLt\">pic.twitter.com\/KKK8f8faLt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsCenter\/status\/1594114660202168322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Howard has played for seven different teams over his 18-year NBA career and averaged 6.2 points and 5.9 rebounds across 60 games with the Los Angeles Lakers during the 2021-22 season.<\/p>\n<p>Howard not only put up incredible numbers, but his method for doing so may have even been greater. The 6-foot-10 big, who has never been recognised for his outside shooting ability, was observed attempting three-pointers while on the move and serving as the ball handler in pick-and-roll scenarios.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dwight Howard&#39;s living it up in Taiwan \ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n<p>(via 2146345745\/TT) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Md2g7k0Mlh\">pic.twitter.com\/Md2g7k0Mlh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1593254310896623616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old expressed his desire to play one more NBA season to Fox Sports&#8217; Shannon Sharpe in October, mentioning the Golden State Warriors in particular. Howard acknowledged coaching the Warriors&#8217; rookie big James Wiseman as well as providing screens for 3-point shooting wizard Stephen Curry.<\/p>\n<p>Dwight Howard last played in the NBA for the Lakers during the 2021\u201322 season, his third stint with the team that he won\u00a0his first and only title in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6a-CHnu3YAM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NBA UPDATES-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/bucks-giannis-antetokounmpos-ladder-beef-with-76ers-montrezl-harrell-explained\/\">Bucks\u2019 Giannis Antetokounmpo\u2019s Ladder Beef With 76ers\u2019 Montrezl Harrell: Explained<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/titans-oc-todd-downing-arrested-for-dui-hours-after-win-over-packers\/\">Titans OC Todd Downing Arrested For DUI Hours After Win Over Packers<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the fact that Dwight Howard is no longer an NBA great, he continues to pad his stats in other areas.\u00a0The 2020 NBA Champion and eight-time All-Star made his T1 League debut in Taiwan on Saturday, and he did not disappoint. Howard, a three-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year and multi-time All-NBA selection, announced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":407120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[1903,2215,3795],"class_list":["post-411843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-dwight-howard","tag-nba-news","tag-taiwanese-basketball-league"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}