Dwight Howard Asks NBA Stars Eliminated From Playoffs to Join Him in Taiwan

• Dwight Howard has jokingly invited NBA stars who exited the playoffs to join him in Taiwan
• He mentioned a bunch of NBA players, including Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Jordan Poole
• Howard is a three-time defensive player of the year and has been playing in Taiwan for the last year

Dwight Howard has called out NBA stars eliminated from the 2023 NBA playoffs to join him in Taiwan.

The former Los Angeles Lakers center named superstars like James Harden and Kevin Durant to join him in Taiwan since they are no longer in the playoffs.

After an 18-season career in the NBA, the three-time Defensive Player of the Year has been playing in Taiwan for Taoyuan Leopards since his contract with the Lakers expired last summer.

Some top names are out of the NBA playoffs. Some, like James Harden and Kevin Durant, went out in humiliating fashion.

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Howard invites NBA stars to Taiwan

In a video posted Monday, the center jokingly recruited several NBA players who performed poorly in the playoffs.

"Jordan Poole–come on! Julius Randle–come on!…Ben Simmons–come on man!…Klay you can slide down here too my boy. Deandre Ayton, you & CP3 come on. KD–come on KD!…James Harden come on down here too boy!"

All those players had underwhelming performances in the playoffs. Poole, the Golden State Warriors guard, was heavily criticized for his performances against the Lakers. Thompson's display in Game 6 was forgettable. He scored only 8 points which wasn't enough to stop his team from being eliminated, per SF GATE.

Though he averaged 18.8 points and 10.2 rebounds in his five appearances against Miami, Randle struggled to impose himself in the series, per SI.

Harden delivered one of his worst performances on Sunday. He scored only 9 points as his Philadelphia 76ers were eliminated from the playoffs in Game 7 against the Celtics.

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The 2018 MVP scored only nine points against the Celtics as they bowed out of the postseason following a 112-88 defeat.

The 33-year-old shot 3-of-11 from the field on Sunday afternoon, including 1-of-5 three-point range, dishing out seven assists while committing five turnovers.

The 10x All-Star scored zero points in the last three fourth quarters against the Celtics.