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A slightly frustrating night

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Heyyyyy woorrrrld!!! Y’all probably know by now that I had a bad one last night against Miami and my streak of double-doubles ended at 20. But hey, we got the win and at the end of the day that’s all that really matters.

I’ve been telling my guys for weeks that everybody on this team has to step up their game because I was going to have a down night sooner or later. And when I was struggling against the Heat, I was so glad to Marcin, B-Bass and J.J. play as well as they did and Rashard kind of broke out of it since he’s been struggling.

I’ve kind of had to learn on these nights when I can’t stay on the floor because of fouls that I have to trust my teammates to get the job done. We have a team with a lot of weapons and on those nights when I’m not that effective I just have to tell myself to keep playing hard and trust my teammates.

Getting into foul trouble can be very frustrating. It’s easy to get caught up in the emotions of it. Of all people, D-Wade actually helped me keep my cool out there on the floor. One time, I was so mad I was about to fire the ball all the way up to the planet Krypton. D-Wade actually told me to not get so frustrated and just take it out on our next opponent.

On a night like this, I just kept telling myself to keep my head and remember the big picture. My teammates are going to need me down the stretch and I have to be smart about it. I can’t afford to be picking up any more T’s the rest of the season.

Well, we’re in Philly on Monday night. We have the craziest schedule right now. We just got off a two-game roadtrip, we played at home one game, then we go to Philly, come home for one game, then go back on the road to Jersey and then we’re back at home to play the Lakers. That’s the life of a pro athlete and you’ve gotta love it. I’m just trying to get my rest and not let all this travel catch up to me.

Well, I’m outta here. Hit me up on Twitter and Facebook. Peace out, ya’ll.

—DWIGHT

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Tags: 2010 NBA Season, Brandon Bass, Dwight Howard Blog, Dwyane Wade, J.J. Redick, Maric Gortat
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Where you can find me on Saturday

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Heeeyyy Woorrld. How y’all doing? I’m out here in Dallas enjoying All-Star weekend. It’s cold and snowing, but we are making the best of it.

Earlier today I had an event with McDonald’s where I showed everyone how I eat my chicken McNuggets. I also got to take orders and make some french fries. It was a lot of fun. I’ll have some video and of the event for y’all later.

If you missed me today, I’m making two more public appearances tomorrow. The first one will be at the NBA Jam session tomorrow at 9:15 A.M. The Jam Session is at the Dallas Convention Center. I’ll be there with my boy D-Wade, so make sure to come through.

If you can’t make that one, I’m also gonna be at the Parks at Arlington Mall Foot Locker for the release of my new adidas Supernatural Commander shoes. I’ll be there from 2-3 PM signing autographs, so come through and see ya boy.

Alright y’all. I gotta get ready for this Rookie/Sophmore game tonight. Hit y’all later.

—DWIGHT

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Tags: 2010 NBA All-Star Weekend, 2010 NBA Season, adidas basketball, adidas Supernatural Commander, Dwight Howard Blog, Dwyane Wade
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Hanging with my man C-Booz

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Heyyyyyy worrrrld!!! Good, good win for us last night against Utah because I really look at them as one of the toughest teams in the league. Those guys get layups, pass the ball well and play really tough. But we were able to grind it out by getting a lot of contributions on offense and we played good strong defense.

With Utah in town, I got to hang out with my man, Carlos Boozer, for a little while. That guy is like my big brother and my closest friend not on the Magic. It really meant a lot to me last season in the playoffs when he was in Orlando, pulling hard for us in the playoffs against Cleveland and the Lakers. That’s my guy, C-Booz. He was at my house almost every night and I had my chef cooking us up some grub while we talked about basketball.

We became really tight back in the Olympics in China working out every day on the court and hanging together along with Chris Bosh off the court. We went at each other every day and made each other better by getting our work in.

Those guys are like my brothers and if I’m ever having a problem with anything I can hit them up for advice. It’s good to have friends like that who are a little older because they have been through some of the stuff that I haven’t experienced yet.

When Booz came to the house on Sunday, we hung out and watched a lot of the NFL games on TV. Of course, everybody was asking me if we talked about playing together since he’s going to be a free agent this summer. Of course, that would be a dream come true for both of us, but we’ll have to see what happens. Booz will have to make a decision on his own and do what’s best for him and his family. That has to come first in any decision.

We were playing a little game, talking about which other NBA great player we’d most like to play with. We were throwing out all the names like Kobe and LeBron and D-Wade and Joe Johnson. For me, I gotta say D-Wade because he’s just a really good dude and I think we’d fit well together with him on the outside and me on the inside.

Who knows if any of us will ever get a chance to play together, but I can at least think about what it would be like. It would be cool to be on the same team with one of those guys like Booz who is one of my best friends.

We’ll just have to see what happens in the future. It should be interesting.

Ya’ll be good. Hit me back on here, twitter, facebook, or Superfan. I’m singing outta here!!!

—D-12

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Tags: 2010 NBA Season, Carlos Boozer, Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard Blog, Dwyane Wade, Utah Jazz
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Happy Thanksgiving

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Heyyyyy World!!! We had a really tough game last night against Miami and tonight we’re back in the A-T-L to face the Hawks. It’s kind of messed up because we’re on a back to back and the Hawks have had four days off before playing us.

But I don’t even care because I like playing on the holidays. When you think about it, they only pick the best teams to play on TV on the holidays. So the fact that we’re playing on Thanksgiving and again on Christmas in a few weeks is OK with me because that’s a sign of respect for our team.

It’s actually good because I’ll be back at the crib in Hot-lanta today with my family, eating some good Southern food for Thanksgiving. Ya’ll may not know it or not but my mama’s chit’lins are one of my favorites to eat for Thanksgiving. Chit’lins are what have made my muscles as big and sexy as they are now.

But I can’t eat too much with a game later in the night. This is a business trip and not a homecoming. We really need this one, especially after the way we lost to Miami. I can’t believe we let them get those two offensive rebounds down the stretch, especially one off an airball!!!

Playing Miami, I got to see my boy, D-Wade. If there’s anybody in the NBA not on my team that I’d like to play with it would be him. We’ve talked about it some at the Olympics a couple of years ago and over the summer when we were shooting our movie together.

We both really love our own teams and teammates, but it is something that we’ve dreamed about. He’ll be a free agent this summer, along with Bron and C-Bosh, so I’ll be right there with everybody trying to see where they all wind up. It’s going to be really interesting to see. Maybe they can all come to O-town and we can build a dynasty. Now that would shock the world, huh!!!!

We’ll, ya’ll have a good Thanksgiving. I have so much to be thankful for, on and off the court, and I’m thankful that you guys are always here to support me. Peace out.