{"id":132939,"date":"2025-04-06T15:06:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T19:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=132939"},"modified":"2025-04-06T15:06:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T19:06:40","slug":"dwight-howard-hall-of-fame-induction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/04\/06\/dwight-howard-hall-of-fame-induction\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwight Howard Has Huge Plans for Hall of Fame Induction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/howardw01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dwight Howard<\/a> was recently named a member of the 2025 Basketball Hall of Fame class, alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/a\/anthoca01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carmelo Anthony<\/a>. The former three-time Defensive Player of the Year winner and NBA champion has a worthy HOF resume. In the last few years, Howard has been playing in Thailand. Howard has been posting on his social media about his plans for the HOF induction.<\/p>\n<h2>Dwight Howard Has Huge Plans for Hall of Fame Induction<\/h2>\n<p>Howard has been in the media for the last two days because of his HOF induction. Today, he posted on his social media about what he expects during the Hall of Fame induction, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DwightHoward\/status\/1908889119234867464\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">saying<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey said \u201c\u2018You\u2019re the happiest hall of famer\u2019 hell yeah everything I went through in my career? Man, I smiled through those storms so yeah I\u2019m going to be happy and yeah I\u2019m going to cry. First Ballot!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They said \u201c You\u2019re the happiest hall of famer\u201d hell yeah everything I went through in my career ? Man I smiled through those storms so yeah I\u2019m going to be happy and yeah I\u2019m going to cry \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe &#8211; First Ballot<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dwight Howard (@DwightHoward) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DwightHoward\/status\/1908889119234867464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Throughout his entire career, Howard had a reputation for being too happy in winning. But he was instrumental in helping the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/05\/09\/dwight-howard-difference-between-kobe-lebron\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Lakers win<\/a> their title in 2020 alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jamesle01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LeBron James<\/a>. He also led the Orlando Magic to the Finals, only to lose to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bryanko01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kobe Bryant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Dwight Howard talked about who he wants to welcome him to the Hall of Fame. He said he wants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/garneke01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Garnet<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/o\/onealsh01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shaquille O\u2019Neal<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/a\/abdulka01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar<\/a> to walk him out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I want KG , Shaq, and Kareem to walk me out \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hof?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#hof<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dwight Howard (@DwightHoward) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DwightHoward\/status\/1908396737091215677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Dwight Howard Career Stats<\/h3>\n<p>Dwight Howard made his mark more so on the defensive end. He was a three-time Defensive Player of the Year winner. Dwight is the only player to win DPOY <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/awards\/dpoy.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">three consecutive years<\/a>. He could have won four in a row, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/chandty01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyson Chandler<\/a> won the award for the 2011-12 season after he completely transformed the New York Knicks.<\/p>\n<p>Dwight has led the NBA in rebounds for five seasons, and led the league in blocks two times. He is \u00a010th all-time in career rebounds, and is 13th all-time in blocks. Every person on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/leaders\/trb_career.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rebounds list<\/a> ahead of him is in the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being mostly a role player in his latest years, Howard has a double-double career average of 15.7 points and 11.8 rebounds. Besides winning DPOYs, he was a top-five MVP candidate for four consecutive years. His highest finish was second in 2010-11 behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rosede01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Derrick Rose<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Another Dwight Meme Incoming<\/h3>\n<p>Dwight Howard has a history of crying during big celebrations. On March 24, he was inducted into the Orlando Magic Hall of Fame. During his speech, he got emotional and cried on live television. It turned out into a huge meme.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;You a STUDIO Gangsta!&quot; KD Reveals KG&#039;s Legendary Trash Talk (CURSES!)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NJ5WZxUsq9A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We cannot forget how emotional he was after the Los Angeles Lakers won their championship title in 2020. So, when the self-proclaimed Superman jokes about crying during his HOF induction, it is something that people can expect from him. It would not be the first time Dwight let out a tear.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dwight Howard Crying Emotional In Locker Room After Winning Championship In Game 6! Lakers vs Heat\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YZ93djUgzUY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dwight was an eight-time All-Star, eight-time All-NBA, three-time DPOY winner, a 2020 NBA Champion, and a gold medalist in the 2008 Olympics with Team USA. The Hall of Fame enshrinement weekend is scheduled for September 5-6 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, and the Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: \u00a9 Brett Davis-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dwight Howard was recently named a member of the 2025 Basketball Hall of Fame class, alongside Carmelo Anthony. The former three-time Defensive Player of the Year winner and NBA champion has a worthy HOF resume. In the last few years, Howard has been playing in Thailand. Howard has been posting on his social media about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5291,"featured_media":132968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,26,62,17],"tags":[67,205,338,38],"class_list":["post-132939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-lakers","category-nba","category-magic","tag-carmelo-anthony","tag-dwight-howard","tag-kevin-garnett","tag-lebron-james"],"modified_by":"Kenny Kluska","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132939"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132969,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132939\/revisions\/132969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}