Dwight Howard: "When I tweeted 'Free Palestine', I was ordered by NBA to take it down

[Drygon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sqy...ature=youtu.be

But when you’re in the NBA, there are a lot of things you want to say, but you know if you say them, there will be repercussions. You could get into a lot of trouble. For example, a couple of years ago when I played for the Houston Rockets, I tweeted “Free Palestine,” and I almost got kicked out of the league for it. I was just trying to figure out why. Before that, I had spoken with some Palestinians who told me about the struggles in their country. I actually went to the movies one day in Houston, and a group of Palestinians approached me. They said, “Hey man, we’re big fans of you. Can we watch the movie with you?” I was like, “Cool.” When I was in Houston—or even in Orlando and other cities I played in—I would take fans to movies, to Main Event, or to events at Dave & Buster’s. After the movie, we took pictures, and they asked me to bring awareness to what was going on in their country. Me, having a big heart, thought, “This is the Christian thing to do.” So, I tweeted “Free Palestine.” Less than 10 minutes later, I got a call from the NBA commissioner, agents, people in my foundation, and even folks from Texas, telling me to take it down. They said, “You’re going to get into trouble. You need to delete this tweet.” I was like, “What did I do that was so bad? Can somebody explain this to me?”

[Lakers Legend#32]

Go away Dwight. You will never get back in the Association.

"Soft"--Kobe Bryant

[highwhey]

[j3lademaster]

The NBA is privately owned so they can enforce whatever they want.

[John8204]

Pretty much...he's going to have a Hall of Fame platform that if he really wants to take a political stance...he should do it there.

[ArbitraryWater]

literally

[ArbitraryWater]

The NBA is privately owned so they can enforce whatever they want.

thx for the legal breakdown champ

[warriorfan]

thx for the legal breakdown champ

[ILLsmak]

thx for the legal breakdown champ

Stop bein a fgt arby haha. We’re all bros here.

But yeah I find it funny that he’s like my Christianity kicked in!

https://sports.yahoo.com/dwight-howa...220127772.html

If d12 tweeted free palestine, there would be a screenshot. Edit: aha saw it. Smells like an embellished story.

Dude is a clown.

-Smak

[White Hammer]

Stop bein a fgt arby haha. We’re all bros here.

But yeah I find it funny that he’s like my Christianity kicked in!

https://sports.yahoo.com/dwight-howa...220127772.html

If d12 tweeted free palestine, there would be a screenshot. Edit: aha saw it. Smells like an embellished story.

Dude is a clown.

-Smak

What is that link supposed to prove? All it says is that a league spokesman denied that Adam Silver personally called Dwight. They don’t say the tweet never happened. They don’t say the NBA didn’t order him to take the tweet down. In fact they don’t contradict Dwight’s story in any other way at all LOL. When Dwight says he got a call from “the commissioner” does it really matter if it was specifically Silver on the phone or a lawyer or some other rep from the commish’s office?

I don’t understand what your issue is with this story. You think the Palestine tweet doesn’t even exist since they didn’t give you a screenshot? Your yahoo link literally shows you the follow-up tweet from Dwight in 2014 with the PR-speak saying he shouldn’t have posted it. Come on Smak you’re better than this.

[ralph_i_el]

I got banned from R/NBA for pointing out that 14/30 principal owners were tribe members.

Don't you guys love the 6-pointed "snowflake" on the back of the jerseys for Christmas?

[highwhey]

I got banned from R/NBA for pointing out that 14/30 principal owners were tribe members.

Don't you guys love the 6-pointed "snowflake" on the back of the jerseys for Christmas?

fcking zionists can't hide their agenda

[tpols]

I got banned from R/NBA for pointing out that 14/30 principal owners were tribe members.

Don't you guys love the 6-pointed "snowflake" on the back of the jerseys for Christmas?

They figured out the financial system more than the rest of us lol. A wins a win I guess.

[ralph_i_el]

They figured out the financial system more than the rest of us lol. A wins a win I guess.

Yeah, luckily I'm 1/8th Jewish on my mother's side. Helps me see through the smokescreens

[highwhey]

They figured out the financial system more than the rest of us lol. A wins a win I guess.

they have always had an affinity for money. Jesus once entered a temple and flipped over a jew's money table because he said in the house of his father, you should not try to monetize/make a profit of the people. you can't make this stuff up, in biblical times there is literally registered accounts of them being greedy.