Now Dwight Howard has called it quits on the court, too.
Just two days after he filed for divorce from Amber Rose Howard, the 2020 NBA champion announced his retirement Thursday on social media.
“Woke up today on the 12th of this month and I figured it’s time to move on from Superman!” Howard wrote on X. “Im no super human… I cry ! I struggle! I feel like everyone else. Through the lies, the media and the hate I still show love and Smile Through The Storm.
“But now Im taking off the cape and retiring from all basketball to pour into my family and give back to communities worldwide. I know some of you might think I thought he already ‘retired’ but I didn’t… the game retired me! I still had more left to give ! Yeah I did play professionally for 20 years and Im grateful to be able to say that but I can’t lie seeing these other players still going at it at age 40 inspired me to want to keep trying but now I believe my duty will be to pass it down to the next generation.
“So Thank you to all my fans and supporters throughout this journey I love and appreciate yall dearly because without yall it would be no me!”
The 40-year-old, who had not played in the NBA since 2022 and last played in the “BIG3,” also announced a documentary about his career will release this year where viewers will learn the “truth” of how he was taken “advantage of by the world.”
“Also thank you to the Naysayers, the haters, the snakes, and people that came into my life to try to destroy me,” he wrote. “Because everytime yall did …it only made me stronger. When my documentary releases this year the world will know the truth about EVERYTHING! Then you will see how the sheltered little boy from college park Georgia who went to the same school from pre-k to 12th grade then straight to the NBA was taken advantage of by the world. But through it all still managed to keep SMILING.”
The timing is certainly interesting considering his spot in the headlines recently.
The divorce between Howard and the rapper/reality star on Monday followed shocking allegations made by Amber. She claimed Child Protective Services had gotten hold of his daughter in a recent video posted to social media and they have since not heard back from Howard.
It isn’t the first bump in the road for the couple. Amber, who goes by the name of Amy Luciani, filed for divorce herself in July 2025 — just six months after tying the knot — and called their union “irretrievably broken.”
Amber also filed for divorce on Monday but Howard’s documents were processed first.
The Hall of Famer and eight-time All-Star has “demanded exclusive use of his Georgia mansion” in the separation, yet the couple still currently lives together and it’s seemingly not going well.
Within the last two weeks, police have been called to the residence three times for a “suicide threat call, a domestic incident and a theft report,” TMZ reported Monday.
Howard called the police on March 7 to claim Amber stole jewelry, his wedding ring and his phone and left in a gray Camaro while he was out picking up his daughter, per a 911 call obtained by TMZ Thursday. He was advised an officer would reach out to file a report.
That incident occurred two days before he filed for divorce.
Throughout his 18-year NBA career, Howard spent eight years in Orlando after he was the Magic’s No. 1 overall pick in 2004. He won three Defensive Player of the Year awards there.
Howard also had stints with the Lakers, Rockets, Hawks, Hornets, Wizards and Sixers. He concluded his time in the league with the Lakers in the 2021-22 season and he was later enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2025.
He spent the 2022-23 season with the Taoyuan Leopards of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League.
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