2024 NBA Season

[püsür]

Perhaps some of the players, but when it comes to Howard, I believe they should not have let him go.

During the 2021-2022 season, Howard's salary with the Lakers exceeded $2 million. After his contract with the Lakers ended, he joined the Taoyuan Leopards, a team in Taiwan, for a salary of $1 million per season. However, recent reports indicate that his salary has been reduced by 65%. The question arises: why would he opt to play overseas when he can earn a substantial income in the NBA?

sources ;
https://hoopshype.com/player/dwight-howard/salary/
https://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/news-dwight-howard-claims-contract-taoyuan-leopards-reduced-65

As I see it, there is only one reason why a player might leave the NBA to play in other leagues is the lack of demand for such a player by NBA teams. In Howard's case, he had multiple tryouts with different teams last off-season, and it looks like no one wanted him, even for the minimum salary. Personally, I think otherwise, and it seems to me that Howard can still play a couple more seasons in the NBA for the veteran minimum.

I believe that Howard is certainly a significant factor in the Lakers winning the championship during the pandemic.

In the playoffs against the Nuggets, whom they defeated in the WCF, Jokic's performance wasn't as remarkable as his stats during the NBA Finals against the Heat, where he averaged 30.2 PPG throughout the series. If we refer to this link, https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/nikola-jokic-stats-vs-lakers-2020-playoffs, his average was only 21.8 PPG.

Wow this is a good point. I never thought about it this way. I remember the 2020 finals vividly, especially because of the lockdowns, and you have a good point. But he is a rather interesting player. Born in 1985, drafted in 2004, it is going to be 20 years since he is drafted next summer. But I know he takes care of his body good. Doing serious yoga and eating healthy etc. He is still good physically and can contribute a lot in my opinion(although I don't exactly know how he is doing these days after Taiwan, but he must be ok). As you have pointed out, he can contribute to defense and overall hardness of the team. He can get another chance. He shouldn't have gone to Taiwan imo.

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[Natalim]

He can get another chance. He shouldn't have gone to Taiwan imo.

You can't blame him; he saw an opportunity overseas, so he grabbed that opportunity. However, with the recent news that his salary will be cut a bit, I guess he might be interested in playing with the NBA again. Let's hope that there's a team that would pick him up.

He is already 37 years old, not young anymore, but he can still play. With his experience and confidence, I'm sure he will be a big help. All we can do now is wait for the developments. Let's follow Howard's journey; who knows, he might end up with the Lakers again.

[Kasabus]

It has always been the core roster management for any team that Lebron has played so far give or take. You get one guy who would be great at rebounding, you get one guy who would be great at defending, and bunch of shooters all around, including bench. That way Lebron can drive inside and either dunk or layup or just pass outside to an open shooter, or Lebron could just straight up shoot when the defense goes deep to defend the drive, he shoots very well at three point line on his later years, and the rebounder will get the rebounds whenever someone misses. The system is always built like this and they have what they need right now. I think they won't be the best team, but if they play right and do not get injured like they always do, they will be fine.

As far as I can remember that core roster was too good during their reign on the 2020 championship but has always me wondering why they easily dissolved most of the players around him. Well, I think Austin Reaves was really the dark horse now on the team good thing he got the advices from Lebron, that kid has confidence and with him, LBJ and Davis I guess that's a fine squad. They extension with Russel and Hachimura and the addition of Vincent, they are likely in a fine tune.

They already show how fine they are for their last season performance and I guess when can see more better from them since they are really now comfortable with recent success they got. The only problem now is how their new addition could blend with their old roster since if they show that they can work with those big guys like lebron and David then can play with their roles we can say that Lakers is a monster team to bet this season.

They need to work that out because Hayes is not that well experienced when it comes to defending the paint and its rim, yes he got the size and height but that will not be enough if he cannot secure their defense properly and AD will be forced to work that out again leaving Lebron instead of having the freedom to chase anyone and contribute to the team's offense being a PF.

They don't have that much option as well because sooner or later, the Lakers will have to find somebody that is much younger, who also got the right height to man their defense in the center because AD is not getting any younger and healthier. His situation will always be the same and that his vulnerability will give the team another weakness if ever he will catch another injury again, which is very likely. Hayes is a good candidate for that and I can see why the Lakers chose him.

[mirakal]

Perhaps some of the players, but when it comes to Howard, I believe they should not have let him go.

During the 2021-2022 season, Howard's salary with the Lakers exceeded $2 million. After his contract with the Lakers ended, he joined the Taoyuan Leopards, a team in Taiwan, for a salary of $1 million per season. However, recent reports indicate that his salary has been reduced by 65%. The question arises: why would he opt to play overseas when he can earn a substantial income in the NBA?

sources ;
https://hoopshype.com/player/dwight-howard/salary/
https://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/news-dwight-howard-claims-contract-taoyuan-leopards-reduced-65

As I see it, there is only one reason why a player might leave the NBA to play in other leagues is the lack of demand for such a player by NBA teams. In Howard's case, he had multiple tryouts with different teams last off-season, and it looks like no one wanted him, even for the minimum salary. Personally, I think otherwise, and it seems to me that Howard can still play a couple more seasons in the NBA for the veteran minimum.

I believe that Howard is certainly a significant factor in the Lakers winning the championship during the pandemic.

In the playoffs against the Nuggets, whom they defeated in the WCF, Jokic's performance wasn't as remarkable as his stats during the NBA Finals against the Heat, where he averaged 30.2 PPG throughout the series. If we refer to this link, https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/nikola-jokic-stats-vs-lakers-2020-playoffs, his average was only 21.8 PPG.

Wow this is a good point. I never thought about it this way. I remember the 2020 finals vividly, especially because of the lockdowns, and you have a good point. But he is a rather interesting player. Born in 1985, drafted in 2004, it is going to be 20 years since he is drafted next summer. But I know he takes care of his body good. Doing serious yoga and eating healthy etc. He is still good physically and can contribute a lot in my opinion(although I don't exactly know how he is doing these days after Taiwan, but he must be ok). As you have pointed out, he can contribute to defense and overall hardness of the team. He can get another chance. He shouldn't have gone to Taiwan imo.

Not really comparable, IMO. Jokic at that time is not so ripe compared now where he have this good IQ to see what is needed for the team and knows how to utilize his height and reach to dominate the paint, that goes to show that he is now giving more hardships to any team that they face compared at the time where the Lakers won their championship with Dwight Howard being the center.

[Pamadar]

Perhaps some of the players, but when it comes to Howard, I believe they should not have let him go.

During the 2021-2022 season, Howard's salary with the Lakers exceeded $2 million. After his contract with the Lakers ended, he joined the Taoyuan Leopards, a team in Taiwan, for a salary of $1 million per season. However, recent reports indicate that his salary has been reduced by 65%. The question arises: why would he opt to play overseas when he can earn a substantial income in the NBA?

sources ;
https://hoopshype.com/player/dwight-howard/salary/
https://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/news-dwight-howard-claims-contract-taoyuan-leopards-reduced-65

As I see it, there is only one reason why a player might leave the NBA to play in other leagues is the lack of demand for such a player by NBA teams. In Howard's case, he had multiple tryouts with different teams last off-season, and it looks like no one wanted him, even for the minimum salary. Personally, I think otherwise, and it seems to me that Howard can still play a couple more seasons in the NBA for the veteran minimum.

I believe that Howard is certainly a significant factor in the Lakers winning the championship during the pandemic.

In the playoffs against the Nuggets, whom they defeated in the WCF, Jokic's performance wasn't as remarkable as his stats during the NBA Finals against the Heat, where he averaged 30.2 PPG throughout the series. If we refer to this link, https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/nikola-jokic-stats-vs-lakers-2020-playoffs, his average was only 21.8 PPG.

Wow this is a good point. I never thought about it this way. I remember the 2020 finals vividly, especially because of the lockdowns, and you have a good point. But he is a rather interesting player. Born in 1985, drafted in 2004, it is going to be 20 years since he is drafted next summer. But I know he takes care of his body good. Doing serious yoga and eating healthy etc. He is still good physically and can contribute a lot in my opinion(although I don't exactly know how he is doing these days after Taiwan, but he must be ok). As you have pointed out, he can contribute to defense and overall hardness of the team. He can get another chance. He shouldn't have gone to Taiwan imo.

Not really comparable, IMO. Jokic at that time is not so ripe compared now where he have this good IQ to see what is needed for the team and knows how to utilize his height and reach to dominate the paint, that goes to show that he is now giving more hardships to any team that they face compared at the time where the Lakers won their championship with Dwight Howard being the center.

I agree to that, he already master all his teammates I'm referring to the core that he will play along in the crucial minutes, he knows how to take advantage of his height and utilize his teammate in terms of creating space and giving good assist.

That maturity will give a hardship to any team that they will compete against his team, Jokic and Murray as leaders,
they blend well and they trust each others decision making inside the court, supporting back to back and win or lose
the game together.

[Wapfika]

I agree to that, he already master all his teammates I'm referring to the core that he will play along in the crucial minutes, he knows how to take advantage of his height and utilize his teammate in terms of creating space and giving good assist.

That maturity will give a hardship to any team that they will compete against his team, Jokic and Murray as leaders,
they blend well and they trust each others decision making inside the court, supporting back to back and win or lose
the game together.

To be honest, The duo of Jokic and Murray makes their run very successful and not through Jokic connection with his team mates since most of them is already crumbling especially MPJ and KCP on their match against Heat.

Jokic is very good on creating space for Murray and scoring by himself if Murray is not in a perfect shape while the rest of the team besides them is just holding the ball and contributing a lot of miss shots. Nuggets has a terrible defense except with Gordon which is their main weakness that is just being compensated by their strong offense.

[carlisle1]

He can get another chance. He shouldn't have gone to Taiwan imo.

You can't blame him; he saw an opportunity overseas, so he grabbed that opportunity. However, with the recent news that his salary will be cut a bit, I guess he might be interested in playing with the NBA again. Let's hope that there's a team that would pick him up.

He is already 37 years old, not young anymore, but he can still play. With his experience and confidence, I'm sure he will be a big help. All we can do now is wait for the developments. Let's follow Howard's journey; who knows, he might end up with the Lakers again.

Yeah, since there's no team offers him a service, so there's no other option but to play overseas, I think he still has that capability as he can
still jump high and give that hassle to help as a good defender.

If a team will give him that opportunity to play back and let him provide some minutes to a player that will need some rest.

Like what you said, we never know if there's still a team that will consider him and will let him play and showcase the help
that he can still provide.

[Shinpako09]

I agree to that, he already master all his teammates I'm referring to the core that he will play along in the crucial minutes, he knows how to take advantage of his height and utilize his teammate in terms of creating space and giving good assist.

That maturity will give a hardship to any team that they will compete against his team, Jokic and Murray as leaders,
they blend well and they trust each others decision making inside the court, supporting back to back and win or lose
the game together.

To be honest, The duo of Jokic and Murray makes their run very successful and not through Jokic connection with his team mates since most of them is already crumbling especially MPJ and KCP on their match against Heat.

Jokic is very good on creating space for Murray and scoring by himself if Murray is not in a perfect shape while the rest of the team besides them is just holding the ball and contributing a lot of miss shots. Nuggets has a terrible defense except with Gordon which is their main weakness that is just being compensated by their strong offense.

Chemistry is something other teams lack, especially those stack-up teams; superstars change teams frequently, making it difficult for them to form bonds like the Nuggets players. Some players have the ego of a superstar in their heads all the time, and they want to be the major scorer all the time rather than focusing on winning, focusing on a team effort.

[darewaller]

He can get another chance. He shouldn't have gone to Taiwan imo.

You can't blame him; he saw an opportunity overseas, so he grabbed that opportunity. However, with the recent news that his salary will be cut a bit, I guess he might be interested in playing with the NBA again. Let's hope that there's a team that would pick him up.

He is already 37 years old, not young anymore, but he can still play. With his experience and confidence, I'm sure he will be a big help. All we can do now is wait for the developments. Let's follow Howard's journey; who knows, he might end up with the Lakers again.

Howard could have helped maybe 3 years ago, that was then, by the time this season comes to an end, that will be 4 years ago, and Howard still managing to lockdown Jokic will not be possible. While Howard got old and became someone who is not even in the NBA anymore, Jokic became a player that was even better and double MVP back to back, plus I think they gave it Embiid this year because he should have won one and Jokic already got 2 anyway, I wouldn't put Jokic behimd Embiid this year if you ask me.

This is why I think it's clear to say that we are not going to end up with Howard vs Jokic matchup, that would be terrible. However, AD is not bad on defense and if you put AD on Jokic all game long I bet he can do some damage control.

[OgNasty]

Austin Reaves did an interview with the Nelk boys on their podcast and it was a good introduction to him and his personality. It seems like he’s got his head screwed on straight and he cleared the air about having never met Taylor Swift. If you like Austin and want to see him in a relaxed environment, I’d recommend searching out this interview on YouTube.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

He can get another chance. He shouldn't have gone to Taiwan imo.

You can't blame him; he saw an opportunity overseas, so he grabbed that opportunity. However, with the recent news that his salary will be cut a bit, I guess he might be interested in playing with the NBA again. Let's hope that there's a team that would pick him up.

He is already 37 years old, not young anymore, but he can still play. With his experience and confidence, I'm sure he will be a big help. All we can do now is wait for the developments. Let's follow Howard's journey; who knows, he might end up with the Lakers again.

Yeah, since there's no team offers him a service, so there's no other option but to play overseas, I think he still has that capability as he can
still jump high and give that hassle to help as a good defender.

If a team will give him that opportunity to play back and let him provide some minutes to a player that will need some rest.

Like what you said, we never know if there's still a team that will consider him and will let him play and showcase the help
that he can still provide.

He had a good run oversees, but still though, he wanted to return to the NBA and most likely retire in that league. I guess the league has change a lot now, they are not looking or a pure Center like him. All they want to see is a good big man that can shoot outside as well, not just defend the rim and grab rebounds.

But a prime Howard in early 2000's is really great to watch. He can defend, block shoots and dunk the ball with ease as no one can stop that kind of specimen back then. They were just cut short by Kobe and the Lakers when they reach the finals and didn't win the championship.

[wheelz1200]

I agree to that, he already master all his teammates I'm referring to the core that he will play along in the crucial minutes, he knows how to take advantage of his height and utilize his teammate in terms of creating space and giving good assist.

That maturity will give a hardship to any team that they will compete against his team, Jokic and Murray as leaders,
they blend well and they trust each others decision making inside the court, supporting back to back and win or lose
the game together.

To be honest, The duo of Jokic and Murray makes their run very successful and not through Jokic connection with his team mates since most of them is already crumbling especially MPJ and KCP on their match against Heat.

Jokic is very good on creating space for Murray and scoring by himself if Murray is not in a perfect shape while the rest of the team besides them is just holding the ball and contributing a lot of miss shots. Nuggets has a terrible defense except with Gordon which is their main weakness that is just being compensated by their strong offense.

Chemistry is something other teams lack, especially those stack-up teams; superstars change teams frequently, making it difficult for them to form bonds like the Nuggets players. Some players have the ego of a superstar in their heads all the time, and they want to be the major scorer all the time rather than focusing on winning, focusing on a team effort.

Chemistry is why every team wins championships.  Most teams win by drafting and/or having players on a team for a long time.  Rarely do ypu see a team coming together and year 1 or 2 winning out of the gate.  Goes a long way understanding how each player plays and what role they have.  Keeps egos in check.

[carlisle1]

He can get another chance. He shouldn't have gone to Taiwan imo.

You can't blame him; he saw an opportunity overseas, so he grabbed that opportunity. However, with the recent news that his salary will be cut a bit, I guess he might be interested in playing with the NBA again. Let's hope that there's a team that would pick him up.

He is already 37 years old, not young anymore, but he can still play. With his experience and confidence, I'm sure he will be a big help. All we can do now is wait for the developments. Let's follow Howard's journey; who knows, he might end up with the Lakers again.

Yeah, since there's no team offers him a service, so there's no other option but to play overseas, I think he still has that capability as he can
still jump high and give that hassle to help as a good defender.

If a team will give him that opportunity to play back and let him provide some minutes to a player that will need some rest.

Like what you said, we never know if there's still a team that will consider him and will let him play and showcase the help
that he can still provide.

He had a good run oversees, but still though, he wanted to return to the NBA and most likely retire in that league. I guess the league has change a lot now, they are not looking or a pure Center like him. All they want to see is a good big man that can shoot outside as well, not just defend the rim and grab rebounds.

But a prime Howard in early 2000's is really great to watch. He can defend, block shoots and dunk the ball with ease as no one can stop that kind of specimen back then. They were just cut short by Kobe and the Lakers when they reach the finals and didn't win the championship.

Almost being compared to Shaq back in his prime, and same with how Shaq manages to bring the Magic to the finals, they also
runout against the Kobe's Lakers.

I guess that's what he wanted and still failing to find a team that will allow him to retire his jersey, with how the system changes, where shooters
are more dominant compared to the power inside.

His chance to come back is slim unless there are some insiders that will back him up to sign a deal.

[ChiBitCTy]

He can get another chance. He shouldn't have gone to Taiwan imo.

You can't blame him; he saw an opportunity overseas, so he grabbed that opportunity. However, with the recent news that his salary will be cut a bit, I guess he might be interested in playing with the NBA again. Let's hope that there's a team that would pick him up.

He is already 37 years old, not young anymore, but he can still play. With his experience and confidence, I'm sure he will be a big help. All we can do now is wait for the developments. Let's follow Howard's journey; who knows, he might end up with the Lakers again.

Yeah, since there's no team offers him a service, so there's no other option but to play overseas, I think he still has that capability as he can
still jump high and give that hassle to help as a good defender.

If a team will give him that opportunity to play back and let him provide some minutes to a player that will need some rest.

Like what you said, we never know if there's still a team that will consider him and will let him play and showcase the help
that he can still provide.

He had a good run oversees, but still though, he wanted to return to the NBA and most likely retire in that league. I guess the league has change a lot now, they are not looking or a pure Center like him. All they want to see is a good big man that can shoot outside as well, not just defend the rim and grab rebounds.

But a prime Howard in early 2000's is really great to watch. He can defend, block shoots and dunk the ball with ease as no one can stop that kind of specimen back then. They were just cut short by Kobe and the Lakers when they reach the finals and didn't win the championship.

Almost being compared to Shaq back in his prime, and same with how Shaq manages to bring the Magic to the finals, they also
runout against the Kobe's Lakers.

I guess that's what he wanted and still failing to find a team that will allow him to retire his jersey, with how the system changes, where shooters
are more dominant compared to the power inside.

His chance to come back is slim unless there are some insiders that will back him up to sign a deal.

He was definitely the best center in the league for some time, but Dwight was no where near the player Shaq was.  Shaq is the most dominant player to ever play the game (not best, but most dominant).  Dwight was also compared to Shaq so often because obviously they both played a good bulk of their careers in Orlando, or at least a good part of their careers, but Dwight named himself "Superman" (something Shaq did long before him) and totally just tried stealing the whole Shaq Superman thing..it was weird. 

Anyways, Dwight's time in the league is absolutely over.

[Yaunfitda]

He can get another chance. He shouldn't have gone to Taiwan imo.

You can't blame him; he saw an opportunity overseas, so he grabbed that opportunity. However, with the recent news that his salary will be cut a bit, I guess he might be interested in playing with the NBA again. Let's hope that there's a team that would pick him up.

He is already 37 years old, not young anymore, but he can still play. With his experience and confidence, I'm sure he will be a big help. All we can do now is wait for the developments. Let's follow Howard's journey; who knows, he might end up with the Lakers again.

Yeah, since there's no team offers him a service, so there's no other option but to play overseas, I think he still has that capability as he can
still jump high and give that hassle to help as a good defender.

If a team will give him that opportunity to play back and let him provide some minutes to a player that will need some rest.

Like what you said, we never know if there's still a team that will consider him and will let him play and showcase the help
that he can still provide.

He had a good run oversees, but still though, he wanted to return to the NBA and most likely retire in that league. I guess the league has change a lot now, they are not looking or a pure Center like him. All they want to see is a good big man that can shoot outside as well, not just defend the rim and grab rebounds.

But a prime Howard in early 2000's is really great to watch. He can defend, block shoots and dunk the ball with ease as no one can stop that kind of specimen back then. They were just cut short by Kobe and the Lakers when they reach the finals and didn't win the championship.

Almost being compared to Shaq back in his prime, and same with how Shaq manages to bring the Magic to the finals, they also
runout against the Kobe's Lakers.

I guess that's what he wanted and still failing to find a team that will allow him to retire his jersey, with how the system changes, where shooters
are more dominant compared to the power inside.

His chance to come back is slim unless there are some insiders that will back him up to sign a deal.

He was definitely the best center in the league for some time, but Dwight was no where near the player Shaq was.  Shaq is the most dominant player to ever play the game (not best, but most dominant).  Dwight was also compared to Shaq so often because obviously they both played a good bulk of their careers in Orlando, or at least a good part of their careers, but Dwight named himself "Superman" (something Shaq did long before him) and totally just tried stealing the whole Shaq Superman thing..it was weird. 

Anyways, Dwight's time in the league is absolutely over.

And if I'm not mistaken, Shaq took offense when he was being compared to Dwight to the point that Shaq will always attack Dwight in the news that he was in and says that he is the original Superman. But we can't get over the comparison though, played with the same team, Orlando Magic, has good numbers with the team and brought them to the finals but lost.

But I do agree, if we are talking about who's dominant between the two, I would say Shaq, but it will be a good matchup in the middle if this two both plays in the same era, perhaps a Chamberlain vs Russell type of competition if they face each other in the court.

[LogitechMouse]

He can get another chance. He shouldn't have gone to Taiwan imo.

You can't blame him; he saw an opportunity overseas, so he grabbed that opportunity. However, with the recent news that his salary will be cut a bit, I guess he might be interested in playing with the NBA again. Let's hope that there's a team that would pick him up.

He is already 37 years old, not young anymore, but he can still play. With his experience and confidence, I'm sure he will be a big help. All we can do now is wait for the developments. Let's follow Howard's journey; who knows, he might end up with the Lakers again.

Well, you might be right about the fact he saw the opportunity overseas that's why he went there, but I just don't know why he left the Lakers, and went there. I mean he's a big piece in their title run in the bubble, and many know that. I believe there's an internal issue around the team that we as fans don't know. Also the reason might be his playing time that's way lesser than what he wants. Maybe his attitude in the locker room is the reason why he went overseas, but whatever reason it is, I, and many here still believe that he can still be a big role player to the team.

What's problem with him compare to other bigs right now is his offense. Look at Jokic, Giannis, Embiid and other bigs out there, and look how Howard is playing. Those first 3 players that I said can shot in perimeter, and in the three-point area, and Howard can't do that even in the perimeter. Howard is a pure defender, and can only shoot at close range. I hate to say this, but his playstyle is way out already compare to other current bigs out there. On the other hand, I don't know if there will be a team that will try, and get him in the NBA even only with a veteran minimum contract, and I also wonder if Howard wants to play in the NBA still.

[danherbias07]

He can get another chance. He shouldn't have gone to Taiwan imo.

You can't blame him; he saw an opportunity overseas, so he grabbed that opportunity. However, with the recent news that his salary will be cut a bit, I guess he might be interested in playing with the NBA again. Let's hope that there's a team that would pick him up.

He is already 37 years old, not young anymore, but he can still play. With his experience and confidence, I'm sure he will be a big help. All we can do now is wait for the developments. Let's follow Howard's journey; who knows, he might end up with the Lakers again.

Yeah, since there's no team offers him a service, so there's no other option but to play overseas, I think he still has that capability as he can
still jump high and give that hassle to help as a good defender.

If a team will give him that opportunity to play back and let him provide some minutes to a player that will need some rest.

Like what you said, we never know if there's still a team that will consider him and will let him play and showcase the help
that he can still provide.

And, he doesn't really look that old, unlike other players in their veteran years. He is still fresh, can still jump with springs, and the defensive aggressiveness is still there. He just needs that one good opportunity again to prove he is worthy of a center position even if they just use them as a backup one.
I remember the last time he was on the Lakers he is always on the brink of fouling out but that is because he is playing defense on a higher level, it's just that it's not meant for this era anymore. One little touch seen by the officials can be an automatic foul.
But I do like to see him on the NBA floor again. He did quite an impressive feat on defending Jokic back in the bubble and that's when I became a fan of him. It's late but definitely unforgettable.

[goinmerry]

I hate to say this, but his playstyle is way out already compare to other current bigs out there. On the other hand, I don't know if there will be a team that will try, and get him in the NBA even only with a veteran minimum contract, and I also wonder if Howard wants to play in the NBA still.

Dwight Howard's usual playstyle can still work at the current NBA even though most big men now can shoot 3s and do perimeter shots, only if he's currently in his prime. But since we can consider him already past his prime, teams can't rely on him much with his usual playstyle, especially with the offensive part. Although looking at the good side, he can still be a big threat defending the paint. His presence in the paint can force teams to only limit their offense outside, at least.

Not bad if teams will offer him a 1-year veteran minimum contract like what he did 3 times in the Los Angeles Lakers.

But your question is also good as mine, not sure if there's an NBA team that will give him another stint in the league.

[OgNasty]

We didn’t get to see LeBron and Durant matchup in the playoffs last year unfortunately but the future looks good. For the first time in 5 years we get to see Kevin Durant and LeBron James face off as the Phoenix home opener is scheduled to be against the Lakers. I wonder how much tickets for that game are going to be…

[btc_angela]

He can get another chance. He shouldn't have gone to Taiwan imo.

You can't blame him; he saw an opportunity overseas, so he grabbed that opportunity. However, with the recent news that his salary will be cut a bit, I guess he might be interested in playing with the NBA again. Let's hope that there's a team that would pick him up.

He is already 37 years old, not young anymore, but he can still play. With his experience and confidence, I'm sure he will be a big help. All we can do now is wait for the developments. Let's follow Howard's journey; who knows, he might end up with the Lakers again.

Yeah, since there's no team offers him a service, so there's no other option but to play overseas, I think he still has that capability as he can
still jump high and give that hassle to help as a good defender.

If a team will give him that opportunity to play back and let him provide some minutes to a player that will need some rest.

Like what you said, we never know if there's still a team that will consider him and will let him play and showcase the help
that he can still provide.

And, he doesn't really look that old, unlike other players in their veteran years. He is still fresh, can still jump with springs, and the defensive aggressiveness is still there. He just needs that one good opportunity again to prove he is worthy of a center position even if they just use them as a backup one.
I remember the last time he was on the Lakers he is always on the brink of fouling out but that is because he is playing defense on a higher level, it's just that it's not meant for this era anymore. One little touch seen by the officials can be an automatic foul.
But I do like to see him on the NBA floor again. He did quite an impressive feat on defending Jokic back in the bubble and that's when I became a fan of him. It's late but definitely unforgettable.

Yeah, it also sticks to my mind on how he play a young Jokic back then, I mean he uses his experienced and his veteran mentality on how to get inside track of Jokic causing him to lose his concentration and then the Lakers winning that series and eventually the championship that year against the Heat.

But then again after that the Lakers let go of his services and then no team pick him up when he can still be a good 10-15 minutes and giving them boards and playing defense. Only issue with Dwight though is that he could be quite toxic in the locker room as well?