Former NBA star Dwight Howard recently revealed some details about his exit from Los Angeles Lakers.
During the recent edition of his “above the edge of DH 12”, Podcast, a triple NBA defense player of the year claimed LeBron James He was responsible for him leaving Los Angeles shortly after the franchise beat Miami Heat in the NBA 2020 NBA final.
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Dwight Howard of Los Angeles Lakers during the match against Orlando Magic on January 21, 2022 at the Amway Center in Orlando, Fla. (Gary Bassing/Nbae via Getty Images)
According to Howard, the friction between him and James came from the game during the 2019-20 regular season. Howard said he directed some vulgar instructions to James, which contributed to his departure from Lakers.
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“I said that [too]and I threw out the Lakers, ” Howard said Mario Chalmers, who played with James during the heat. “So I know how you feel.
“You can’t say that,” Howard added. “I said I was out of the team once. … It was after winning the championship, man. It happened on the defense. I was like, ‘Yo, you have to come back. “And [LeBron] He got angry because I said something. And I said, “Yo, stop acting like b —-, man.” “
LeBron James (23) and Dwight Howard, 39, of Los Angeles Lakers, respond during the first quarter against Miami Heat 1. The NBA 2020 finals at the Adventhealth arena in the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex on September 30, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Although the exact reasons were that the Lakers decided not to return Howard after the 2019-20 season, they remained unclear, the insult also seemed to be in the center of James’ quarrel Golden State Warriors Forest Draymond Green during the 2016 NBA League final.
“He said Daymond Green called him a word, and that’s what started him,” said Chris Broussard at the time, referring to his discussion with James after the loss of Cavaliers to Warriors in Game 4.
The cameras seemed to catch Green trying to hit James in the groin when two players were tangled around the middle. Green served a suspension in one game during the series.
Cavsi led by James at the end of 2016 raised the trophy of Larry O’Brien championship.
Howard’s first stay with the Lakers was during the 2012-13 season. James was with the heat at the time. Howard then bounced around the league with several teams before joining Purple and Gold for the 2019-20 campaign.
Los Angeles Lakers striker Lebron James, right, talks to teammate Dwight Howard, left and eat a snack while on the bench during the first half against San Antonio Spurs 7th March 2022. To San Antony. (AP Photo/Eric gay)
Despite making key contributions on the field in the season that culminated in the seventh NBA title Lakers, Howard left Los Angeles and played with Philadelphia 76ers next year.
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Howard got another opportunity to play with James at LA when he returned to Lakers in the 2021-22 season. Howard appeared in 60 games that season and did not play Nba of. He spent the 2022-23 season competing in a professional league with headquarters in Taiwan.
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