Dwight Howard - NBA champion with the Lakers set foot in Asia to play in Chinese Taipei
In an introductory video that appeared this morning, the Taoyuan Leopards Club of the Chinese Taipei Professional Basketball League announced the presence of bigman Dwight Howard.
The NBA champion and potential Hall of Fame player himself appeared in the video, sharing that he is extremely excited to be wearing the Taoyuan Leopards shirt next season.
Howard said this is the third time he has set foot in Chinese Taipei, the previous two times he came for the purpose of promoting the brand.
By the end of the 2021-22 season, Dwight has played 18 seasons in the NBA, has made 8 All-Stars, won the title of Defensive Player of The Year and was crowned champion with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020.
But after the forgettable 2021-22 season with the yellow and purple jersey team, Howard could not find a new home in the American professional basketball tournament.
Waiting for about 3 weeks and still no NBA team contacted, “Superman” was suddenly announced by Taoyuan Leopards Club.
Coming to the land of Chinese Taipei, Dwight Howard will play for Taoyuan Leopards to compete in T1 League, a new professional league that was established less than 2 years ago.
Even the Taoyuan Leopards Club was born with the tournament, having a pretty bad record in the first season when only winning 8 out of 30 matches. Now they will immediately become bright candidates for the championship when there is a high-class bigman like Howard.
Besides the former LA Lakers player, Leopards has two other former NBA players including Deyonta Davis (31st pick in 2016 NBA Draft) and Troy Williams, who played for 4 different NBA teams including Grizzlies, Knicks, Rockers with Kings.
Every year in the NBA, a small number of veteran players with many years of experience are "unemployed." Dwight Howard is an example, besides prominent names like Isaiah Thomas or Carmelo Anthony .
There will be people who choose to stay in the US, practice to maintain their health and wait for the opportunity to compete like Anthony before. But there are also players who will learn and choose to go abroad to play, following the trend of many NBA players who have crossed the slopes of their careers.
Dwight Howard is a bigman who is considered by many experts to be sure to enter the Hall of Fame and is one of the most famous strikers in NBA history.
With a huge "CV" available and a huge amount of money earned (up to more than 200 million US dollars in his entire career), Howard has every reason to find joy outside of the NBA, build a community. New co-fans.
