It was only a matter of time before some responded to what Dwight Howard said about his former teammates. While Dwight spoke with a reporter from CBS station KCAL, he took a jab at his former team by saying, “My team in Orlando was a team full of people that nobody wanted and I was the leader…” Jameer Nelson is now firing back at Dwight’s remark. Check out what he had to say…
According to Brian Schmitz with Magic Insider:
Longtime Magic point guard Jameer Nelson criticized former teammate Dwight Howard’s professionalism, saying he needs to “take ownership” of the things he says publicly about his former team.
“At some point, when are you [Dwight] gonna as a man, when are you going to take ownership and stay out of the media in a professional manner?” Nelson told the Sentinel after Wednesday’s shooatround in Miami.
“I would be less of a man to comment on certain things that people comment on about me and my teammates. We had a great run as a group, as core guys, and he was a part of it (reaching the 2009 Finals) and for him to say things about anybody in a negative manner, that’s up to him.
“That’s his opinion. If that’s how he feels, that’s how he feels.”
Nelson and Howard were close, drafted together in the first round in 2004. But their relationship eroded after Howard said that he would love to play with some of the league’s elite point guards, such aas Chris Paul. Former Magic General Manager Otis Smith said that Howard “threw Jameer uner the bus.”
