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After 18 NBA seasons, Dwight Howard is taking his game overseas. The eight-time All-NBA center and three-time Defensive Player of the Year announced on Monday that he's joining Taiwan's Taoyuan Leopards. Howard made the announcement on an Instagram video. Howard last played in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers in 2021-22, his third stint with the team where he won his lone championship in 2020. He averaged 6.2 points and 5.9 rebounds across 60 games, 27 of them starts. Howard still has interest in playing in the NBA. He told Fox Sports' Shannon Sharpe in October that he'd like to join the Golden State Warriors, where he envisioned setting screens for Stephen Curry and mentoring former No. 2 overall pick James Wiseman. The feeling apparently wasn't mutual with Golden State or any other NBA team, and Howard remained without a contract three weeks into the new season. Howard told Sharpe in the same interview that he felt disrespected by the lack of interest from NBA teams and being left off the league's 75th anniversary team. "I really can't believe how disrespected I feel," Howard told Sharpe. In his prime, Howard was a strong scorer, a dominant rebounder and defensive force. He's bound for the Basketball Hall of Fame. But the game's evolved toward the perimeter and away from big men with Howard's skill set, a transition that was set in motion during Howard's prime. At 36 years old, it appears that his NBA days are numbered. For now, at least. There's still a chance that a team in need of help in the post could come calling later in the season. But Howard's not waiting around anymore.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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