Dwight Howard apparently learned his lesson the hard way: Don't mess with the King. That's King James, for those keeping score at home. Howard recently revealed that he was let go by the Los Angeles Lakers for calling LeBron a bad word.

Dwight Howard was a big reason the Lakers won the championship in the bubble back in 2020. But despite finishing ninth in Sixth Man of the Year voting that season, the eight-time All-Star was sent packing the next year.

Dwight Howard is on his way to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and yet if given the choice, Howard would still want to continue his NBA career. Howard last played in the NBA in 2022 when he returned to the Los Angeles Lakers in the first season of their failed Russell Westbrook experiment,

The No. 1 overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft is making a big claim this week about the No. 1 overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft. On the latest episode of his podcast “Above The Rim with DH 12,” eight-time NBA All-Star center Dwight Howard spoke out on his time with the Los Angeles Lakers.