Author‧Journal Weekly Editorial Team
On November 8, “Warcraft” Dwight. Howard, the superstar who has fought in the NBA for 18 years, threw a shocking bomb in a whirlwind manner: announced that he will go to Taiwan to join the Taoyuan Yongfeng Cloud Leopards of the T1 League and play for the Taiwan NBA. Moreover, in less than 20 days, he was vigorously blowing up the “Warcraft Storm”.
The 36-year-old Howard has played basketball for 33 years. In the early stages of his career, he was the favorite of the league. He dominated the restricted area of the Orlando Magic and engraved himself time and time again on the golden list of the NBA pantheon. He won the NBA rebounding champion 5 times, blocked shots champion 2 times, was selected as the Defensive Player of the Year three times, and once led his team to the championship game.
“Life will always encounter many trials.” In fact, for a long period of time, a powerful monster like a monster was also haunted by many fears and anxieties.
At that time, some “fear” had sprouted in the heart of Warcraft. He is a typical inside player, outside is not his good weapon, but as early as the magic period, he had contacted the league’s deadliest killer “Peter Pan” Kobe Bryant. Bryan, Howard asked Kobe, “How can I become an outside sight?” The other party replied: “I have to shoot a thousand (three-point) goals every day.”
The answer is simple and rude, but Howard really picked up basketball and practiced hard every day. However, “fear prevented me from taking those long shots on the court. I didn’t have a lot of confidence.”
On the eve of the 2011 playoffs, a more difficult challenge came. At that time, Warcraft suffered a serious back injury and underwent a major operation. His teammates in the Lakers later saw pictures of Warcraft’s intervertebral discs and described them as “unbearable.” At that time, the doctor told me that I couldn’t play anymore …, he said, this is my last season.”
“I can choose to be angry and resent myself for not being able to play anymore; or, choose ‘love’.” He said: “My choice at the time was to ‘love myself again’. Just go back to the game.”
However, even though he struggled to return to the court at that time, the predicament remained. Back then, his teammates were Peter Pan, Spanish basketball national treasure Gesso and legendary guard Nash, but the Lakers were swept out in the first round of the playoffs. Kobe, the leading Peter Pan, is always serious, but Warcraft likes “happy basketball”. The two stars don’t get along well. Kobe also publicly criticized Howard as a “soft guy”.
For a long time, Howard’s external image has always been a smiley face, but Internet villagers prefer a murderous and unsmiling hero. They think that Warcraft is indifferent to the game, and the bullying and acid words have never stopped. Even the Taiwanese fans laughed at him as “” Strawberry Beast”.
“It’s a part of life… there’s got to be times when you feel like you can’t make it through.” Howard looks back on those years. Problems and trials.” Warcraft figured it out, some people don’t like his smile, but that should not be his problem, but those people’s.
Finally, Warcraft found its own anchor and embarked on its own path. In 2019, he joined the Lakers again, “I lost 30 pounds in 30 days. I was physically and mentally prepared, and I was reborn from the “old me”.” Hard work, helping the Lakers win the season championship. Taiwanese fans no longer call him “Strawberry Beast”, he has become “Holy Light Beast”.
Before coming to Taiwan this year, World of Warcraft had never been favored by NBA teams. He admitted that things were not satisfactory, and of course he felt uncomfortable.
But he said with a smile, “As Bruce Lee said, some things you can’t change, you have to learn how to “Be Water”. I know there may be something waiting for me.” When he received Taoyuan Cloud Leopard “I didn’t hesitate, I felt, that’s where I was destined to go. I’m not sure what mission I have in Taiwan, but there must be some kind of mission!” For more information, please refer to the latest issue of “This Week” “(Issue 1354)
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