Former Los Angeles Lakers middle Dwight Howard shares his sincere tackle Luka Doncic and Jimmy Butler’s latest drama with ex-NBA groups.
Days earlier than the 2025 NBA Commerce Deadline, the Dallas Mavericks determined to commerce Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, a transfer that nobody noticed coming.
Evidently, the fanbase expressed anger over the choice, however it was simply the beginning of a sequence of actions that can make followers angrier than ever.
The Mavericks management is doing every part in its energy not solely to ignore Doncic’s achievements with the group but in addition to label him as a locker room most cancers.
Dwight Howard has been out of the NBA since 2022 and this further time has allowed the 3x NBA Defensive Participant of the Yr winner to begin his personal podcast.
In a latest episode of ‘Above The Rim with DH 12’, Howard defined why NBA groups label participant a locker room most cancers.
“It’s once they don’t wish to provide you with a contract. They received to search out one thing to say. Simply take into consideration what they had been saying about Luka when he left Dallas. Now, Luka is off form. He’s been having issues with the group internally,” Howard stated.
He added: “Why wasn’t any of these things talked about when he was there? As quickly as he leaves, all of this unhealthy stuff [comes out]. It’s at all times taking place and it’s not honest to the gamers.”
Now, that’s a serious accusation towards NBA groups. Nonetheless, protecting the latest occasions round Doncic’s picture being dragged by the mud by the Mavericks, it’s not laborious to imagine.
Versus Doncic, Jimmy Butler had a really public fallout with the Miami Warmth. Throughout the scuffle, Butler was painted because the unhealthy man whereas the Warmth remained comparatively unscathed.
Howard additionally commented on the Butler-Warmth drama, saying: “Even with Jimmy Butler, we don’t know the entire scenario in totality and what was completed behind closed doorways. We simply know what occurred to the participant. What the participant was doing or saying, stuff like that.”
However what’s the cause behind such conduct?
“They need drama. They wish to make it seem like the participant is the worst participant on this planet. On prime of that, he’s getting paid tens of millions of {dollars}. So, now, all people’s like, ‘Oh, he’s an actual _______, he’s a jerk. It’s not cool!” Howard concluded.
If there’s one frequent hyperlink between Doncic and Butler’s departure from their respective groups, it’s that the 2 superstars had been eligible to signal humongous contract extensions.
However following the trades, Doncic and Butler have misplaced tens of millions of {dollars} in future extensions. Whereas Jimmy has already agreed to a cope with the Golden State Warriors, the identical can’t be stated for Doncic and the LA Lakers.
