Dwight Howard, the former Orlando Magic star center, took out an ad in today’s Orlando Sentinel with the following message for the city:
To play the game of basketball in the NBA is a blessing and to have had the opportunity to play before the Orlando fans for eight years was truly a privilege and an honor.
Words cannot express the love that I have for Orlando. With your support we have done great things in this city from hanging banners to impacting our youth.
Although my career with the Magic has come to a close, my love for the city and the people that make it beautiful will never end.
I obviously don’t know Dwight Howard and I’ve never even been in the same room with him, so we never even shared the same air. The only thing we share and have in common is a love for basketball. However, I’m pretty sure I can assess Howard’s motives for the above act – he has an insatiable need to be liked. Why else buy an advertorial page in a newspaper for a town (and franchise in the Orlando M...
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September 04, 2012
