Dwight Howard was an instrumental piece in helping the Los Angeles Lakers win the 2020 NBA Championship.
Although his playing time was limited in the Finals against the Miami Heat due to match-up issues, his work against Nikola Jokic in the Conference Finals played a major role in the Lakers advancing.
Unfortunately, Howard’s lucky streak came to an end shortly after winning the title, when the mother of his child decided to publicly call him out and expose him.
“Y’all better stop praising ppl based off a screenshot of their lives on tv and Instagram posts,” she wrote on Instagram.
“Better yet… imagine having to text a 3rd party to try and find out if this person plans on seeing their 2 kids that live here and that they haven’t seen since July or SPOKEN to since August before they leave the city and the response is ‘I don’t know, I gotta see what the team doin,’” she continued.
Dwight Howard kept it real. https://t.co/ZzyKKkZluk
— Game 7 (@game7__) October 1, 2020
“A multimillionaire who can catch any flight with a choice to spend a couple hours with children who want to think he’s their own personal Superman. A child who REALLY NEEDS HIM RIGHT NOW! But… I hold this little boy at night through tears and anger.
“I comfort him. I raise him with love not through money. So anyone who has an issue with that F— YALL! Straight up! Braylon will always cause my lioness to come out! PERIOD!”
While celebrating with his Lakers teammates on Sunday night, Howard accidentally leaked some text messages between himself and his fiancée.
Dwight Howard accidentally leaking his messages on live lol pic.twitter.com/pRmaIwOO90
— Jesus Theis (@JesusTheis27) October 12, 2020
Shortly after winning his first career championship ring, Howard posted an emotional message to social media regarding everything he went through leading up to this point.
“Everybody out there, don’t ever give up on your dreams,” he said.
“You can f**kin do it, I swear! Just keep fighting. I swear, don’t ever give up on yourself. Look at this sh*t.
“Don’t ever give up on yourself. You’re already a champion.”
SOUND ON. CONGRATS, @DwightHoward. pic.twitter.com/jmjZLyhpQb
— SLAM (@SLAMonline) October 12, 2020
Howard is currently a free agent heading into the offseason. The Lakers will presumably attempt to re-sign him, but they will have a lot of competition from the Golden State Warriors.
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