Dwight Howard says he received a call from NBA commissioner Adam Silver almost immediately after he tweeted “Free Palestine” more than a decade ago — a claim the league denies. The controversy occurred in July of 2014,

Dwight Howard isn’t telling the truth, at least according to the NBA. The eight-time NBA All Star recently said he was told to delete a 2014 tweet supporting Palestine during a call with league commissioner Adam Silver.

Dwight Howard isn't telling the truth, at least according to the NBA. The eight-time NBA All Star recently said he was told to delete a 2014 tweet supporting Palestine after he was called by league commissioner Adam Silver.

Dwight Howard opened up about the time he posted "Free Palestine" on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter , resulting in a number of phone calls from people, including the commissioner of the NBA ,

Dwight Howard said the NBA commission and his agents forced him to delete and apologize for his "Free Palestine" tweet in 2014.

But when you’re in the NBA, there are a lot of things you want to say, but you know if you say them, there will be repercussions. You could get into a lot of trouble. For example, a couple of years ago when I played for the Houston Rockets,