Dwight Howard flexed his luxury ride while jamming to LiAngelo Ball's song on his latest Instagram post. The former Lakers star shared a video of himself where he entered his car with Ball's hit song "Tweaker" playing.
"If you late or need to get home ASAP throw that @gelo on 🤣🤷🏾♂️🔥 #tweaker" Howard captioned on Monday.
In the video, Howard walked up to his car with a basketball in his hand. The car was a Mercedes Benz G 63 AMG 6x6 Brabus 700. The vehicle is priced at $887,463 on Luxury Pulse, a luxury vehicle dealer.
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The vehicle comes with a strong 5,461 cm³ engine with 515 kW (700 PS) of power. It has a Euro 5 Emission Class and a green emission sticker. Howard's video also had some text on it where he gave a shoutout to Ball's song.
"Play the song that will cut your eta in half from anywhere," Howard wrote.
"Tweaker" has been making the headlines because of its performance on the charts. It was released on Jan. 4 on YouTube and has over 7.8 million views on the platform.
Dwight Howard revealed that voicing his opinion on a big geographical issue almost got him fired
Dwight Howard revealed that his "Free Palestine" tweet in 2014 almost got him fired from the NBA. On the Jan. 6 episode of "The Gauds Show," Howard discussed it.
"When you're in the NBA, there are a lot of things you want to say — things you could say — but you know if you say them, there will be repercussions," Howard said. "You can get in a lot of trouble.
"A couple of years ago, when I played for the Houston Rockets, I tweeted 'Free Palestine' and I almost got kicked out of the league for it. I was trying to figure out why, you know what I’m saying?"
Howard added that in 2014 he met some Palestinian fans in Houston and after he got to know them, he made the tweet.
Howard had a successful career in the NBA where he became the only player to win the Defensive Payer of the Year award in three consecutive seasons. He last played for the LA Lakers in the 2021-22 campaign and then took his talents overseas to play in Taiwan.
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