It's really a shame that it's damn near impossible to feel bad for Dwight Howard. If there is a career that deserves our pity it's that of the former first overall pick and future HOFer that's been traded for the likes of Mason Plumlee and Timofey Mozgov in back-to-back offseasons. The player that's probably stuck renting month-to-month despite never going one single season (out of the last 14) without averaging a double-double with ease might as well be a magnet for mercy. The player that somehow remains a laughingstock regardless of being long and athletic enough to defend the paint, own the boards, and run the rim is basically begging for sympathy. Unfortunately, it's the person whose general demeanor has gotten him exiled from three separate teams since 2016 that just keeps slapping the proverbial hat out of said player's hand every time I think I'm ready to lend him even the smallest sliver of support. Dwight Howard is his own worst enemy to such an egregious extent that not only is it no longer a surprise, but it leaves piss poor NBA teams hopelessly asking "please tell me whyyyyyyyy?" before shipping him off at a discount to infect the next locker room on his tour of a league that is coming mighty close to a consensus hatred of him. Professional basketball is home to no shortage of eccentrics, egomaniacs, or - for lack of a better term - assholes, and yet the one dude that keeps getting handed his eviction notice routinely handles his on-court upkeep. I can't even fathom how unlikeable of a person you have to be for a decade and a half of consistent productivity to get completely neglected in professional sports, but I imagine that the Brooklyn Nets (thankfully about 7 years later than they hoped) are about to find out that not even a fuckboy is as difficult to deal with as a fraud. Dwight Howard's stupid, sociopathic smile spoiled about the same time his reputation turned rotten, so I implore the Barclay's Center to stock up on Febreze. While the team in it is slowly but surely cleaning up its act, the locker room is undoubtedly taking on nearly seven feet of stink this upcoming season...
UPDATE: ...or not!
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