Last fall, Dwight Howard announced that he would be taking his talents to Taiwan to play for the Taoyuan Leopards. Now that the NBA Playoffs have reached the Conference Finals, he wants more players to come join him, including James  Harden. 

Howard was a free agent heading into the 2022-23 NBA season after spending the previous year with the Lakers. In Los Angeles, he averaged 6.2 points and 5.9 rebounds in 16.2 minutes per game. The former 2004 first overall pick spent 18 total seasons in the NBA that included stints with the Magic, Rockets, Hornets, Hawks, Wizards, and Philadelphia 76ers.

Over his 18 NBA year career, Howard averaged 15.7 points, 11.8 rebounds, and 1.8 blocks per game.

Howard found newfound fame in Taiwan and now wants the following players to join him overseas. 

Dwight Howard on Recruiting Players to Taiwan

Dwight Howards Recruiting List

• Ja Morant 
• Jordan Poole 
• Julius Randle
• Ben Simmons 
• Klay Thompson 
• DeAndre Ayton 
• Chris Paul 
• James Harden 

I’m actually a big supporter of this.

Dwight Howard should recruit all of these players to head overseas to ball, specifically James Harden. 

Harden currently has a $35 million player option to remain with the Philadelphia 76ers next season.

He could also make a decision to test free agency and there have been reports all week that the Houston Rockets and the Phoenix Suns are two teams that could be interested in signing him. 

Personally, I’ve had enough of Harden in Philadelphia. He was brought here to aid Joel Embiid in getting the Sixers over the hump in the playoffs and that didn’t happen, obviously. 

Harden is too inconsistent in big games and that’s not just recency bias. He has a long history of underperforming under the “bright lights” and I’m not sure if I can take another season of him in Philadelphia. 

Hey James Harden…

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