“You’re such a try hard” Former NBA Champion Dwight Howard called out Kobe Bryant for his “fake” character

Dwight Howard and Kobe Bryant
During their tenure with the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard had an uneasy and frequently acrimonious relationship. Bryant’s no-holds-barred attitude to basketball frequently contrasted with Howard’s laid-back demeanor. As tense as their chemistry was on the court, there were also fun times that “Superman” fondly remembered. Howard stated on the podcast “All The Smoke”:

“I always messed with Bryant. Before the game, when they introduced him, how he would try to chew gum, but it was no gum in his mouth, but he was acting like he had gum like Michael Jordan would come out. So I’m like, ‘Yo, are you trying to act like Jordan?’” The three-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year winner continued on Kobe: “It was crazy, just as a kid watching Kobe play and then, coming out of high school, Kobe dunking on you, Olympics with Kobe and then you on Kobe’s team and then y’all arguing with each other and all that is still even a dream.”
Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard’s love-hate relationship

Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard met for the first time during the summer of 2008. The US Olympic team, led by “The Black Mamba” and LeBron James, was attempting to reclaim gold after the 2004 disaster. Bryant was the renowned team’s captain and leader. Howard, on the other side, was a young and rising center who was putting up MVP-level numbers. Despite being teammates, they didn’t get to know one other very well until the 2012-13 NBA season. Howard and Bryant’s only season in Hollywood can be summed up in one word: crazy. The squad included the aforementioned two superstars, as well as Pau Gasol, Steve Nash, Metta World Peace, and Antawn Jamison.
The on-court rivalry between Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard was intense, but it didn’t prevent them from becoming friends off the court. When “KB24” tore his Achilles tendon in 2013, Howard went to Bryant’s residence after failing to see him in the hospital. Howard spoke more about his friendship with the late icon in the podcast “All The Smoke”: “I remember coming to his place one time and he enjoyed the movie Pitch Perfect, so I was like, ‘get the f**k out of here,’ and he was like, ain’t no way.” You see all these crazy a** movies where people get killed, but you adore Pitch Perfect.’
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