Dwight Howard Laughs At Heckling Fan, Tells Him To ‘Let It Go, Man’ (Video)
Los Angeles still isn’t happy about Dwight Howard’s time with the Lakers.
Despite Howard starting in 76 games and the All-Star Game, and leading the NBA in rebounds, the Lakers finished with an underwhelming 45-37 record in 2012-13 and were swept out of the playoffs in the first round.
Howard, then just 27, left the team in free agency to sign with the Houston Rockets after L.A. had surrendered then-prized young center Andrew Bynum and a first-round draft pick to acquire him in a massive four-team trade.
It appears some fans in the City of Angels still feel a bit spurned by Howard — even if they don’t root for the Lakers — as evidenced by this heckling fan sitting courtside when Howard’s Rockets visited the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center on Saturday — a 109-105 win for the visitors.
My dad courtside at the clippers game part one 😂 pic.twitter.com/UuVlNNNwid
— Jennifer Bond☀ (@jenniferrbond) November 8, 2015
My dad courtside at the clippers game part 2 😂 pic.twitter.com/zOWgFQV0k1
— Jennifer Bond☀ (@jenniferrbond) November 8, 2015
Howard finished with a terrific 20-point, 20-rebound performance. To his credit, he took the heckler’s comments in stride and went with the “conceal, don’t feel, don’t let them see” method and, chuckling, told the fan to “let it go, man.”
The cold never bothered Dwight anyway.
Thumbnail photo via Troy Taormina/USA TODAY Sports Images
h/t to Sporting News
