Former Sixers big man Dwight Howard gets into fight, ejected in Big 3
Hall of Fame big man Dwight Howard spent one season with the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2020-21 season. He played in 69 games, starting six of those games, and averaged 7.0 points and 8.4 rebounds as a backup big behind Joel Embiid.
Howard fashioned one of the best careers from a big man. He averaged 15.7 points and 11.8 rebounds during his 18 years in the league and was named an All-Star eight times, made an All-Defensive Team five times, and won Defensive Player of the Year three times along with winning a title in 2020 with the Los Angeles Lakers.
As Howard begins life after the NBA, he is in the Big 3 league and got into a fight with former NBA player Lance Stephenson. The two former pro players got into a physical altercation and were then ejected from the contest.
Howard and Stephenson will have to find a way to bounce back from this, but this is a tough look for the Hall of Fame big man.
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