Unbelievable: Dwight Howard rode a year-old team and a six-club championship

At the age of 36, after a great career in the NBA, Dwight Howard must have realized that the door to the world’s premier league was permanently closed to him. However, the choice of the next station in his basketball career is surprising and raises many questions, although it seems that his bank account will have a number that will also have many digits. Even though he’s already made $245 million playing the Magic, Lakers, Rockets, Hawks, Hornets, Wizards and Sixers.

The veteran center, one of the greatest track and field athletes in the sport’s history, has signed with the Taoyuan Leopards, a year-old club that plays at Sports University Stadium and competes in the newly formed Taiwan League, which is also a year-old. This league, referred to as the T1 League, involves six teams (Kaohyang Aquas, New Taipei, Taichung Suns, Tainan Ghosthawks, Taiwan HeroBears, Taoyuan Leopards), with games played in four 12-minute periods and each club Can have 12 or 13 players, three of whom can be foreigners.

Howard played in the NBA from 2004 to 2022, had 15.7 points (59% 2 points, 56.7% shooting), 11.8 rebounds, 1.3 assists, a steal, 1.8 blocks and 2.7 turnovers per 31.8 minutes in 1,242 regular season games. Champion with the Lakers 2020, eight-time All-Star, five-time member of the top five, three-time top defender, five-time leading rebounder, two-time leading blocker, but also 2008 Olympic champion with the USA national team in Beijing.