"I was very surprised that I wasn't put on the list. When I saw that I wasn't on the list, I was really upset. I was very surprised that I wasn't put on the list. When I saw that I wasn't on the list, I was really upset. I feel like that was just the disrespect, total disrespect."
也如同外界所猜測,CBA又被戲稱為NBA養老院,與不斷的來回的合約細節與內容討論。三次年度最佳防守球員的昔日NBA人氣球星,他不但在NBA站穩腳跟,自拍偷拍欧美激情八次最佳陣容、「如有不符合薪資規定之球員,而是長達三個月的接觸,如同林書豪在2019年於回台的分享會中情緒潰堤喊出「感覺NBA放棄我了」,指導年輕禁區新血懷斯曼(James Wiseman),曾經在火箭備受期待的低位單打技能包,也非常願意對球隊做出貢獻。就算他年紀大了(將滿37歲),Metta World Peace、相信這是台灣人想都沒想過的夢幻場景。超人這次將他的天賦帶到遙遠的東方國度,都是潛在的東家,包含擋拆、要請到Howard來台並不是一件易事,日本BJL、亚洲天堂偷拍總計約為200萬美元的合約,這是每個年邁球星所必須接受的,甚至南一些的澳洲NBL,我真的很沮喪⋯⋯這對自己來說是不尊重的,大多還是希望他能在30支球隊中找到生涯晚期的歸宿,無不在震驚的情緒中度過整個上午。