MANILA, Philippines: Former NBA veteran Dwight Howard says his height of 6 feet, 9 inches (2.06 m) is enough to play in the PBA.<\/p>\r\r
Howard on Tuesday joked that he is 5 feet, 5 inches (1.65 m) in his caption on X (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\r\r\r<\/figcaption>\r<\/figure>\r\r
\"PBA, I'm only 6'9\" man, come get me in the league! Stop playing,\" he said in the video that accompanied his X post.<\/p>\r\r
Howard's height, according to the NBA's official website, is listed at 6 feet, 10 inches (2.08 m).<\/p>\r\r
The PBA has a 6-foot-9 height limit on imports.<\/p>\r\r
The 2020 NBA champion is currently practicing with the Charles Tiu-coached Strong Group Athletics in Makati City, in preparation for their upcoming Dubai International Championship.<\/p>","article_custom_fields":"{\"\":[\"\"],\"seo_meta_keywords\":[\"\"],\"seo_meta_description\":[\"\"],\"seo_meta_title\":[\"\"],\"sponsored_flag\":[\"\"],\"offer_flag\":[\"off\"],\"featured_article_flag\":[\"\"],\"drupal_json\":[\"{\\\"type\\\":null,\\\"properties\\\":{\\\"PUBLISHED\\\":0,\\\"PROMOTED\\\":0,\\\"STICKY\\\":0},\\\"fields\\\":[]}\"],\"wp_custom_json\":[\"{\\\"type\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"fields\\\":[]}\"],\"article_tags\":[\"\"],\"show_image\":[\"off\"],\"Disable_Ad\":[\"off\"],\"disable_player\":[\"off\"],\"column\":[\"\"],\"kicker\":[\"\"],\"edel\":[\"\"],\"delu\":[\"\"],\"delt\":[\"Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.\"],\"premium\":[\"off\"],\"Redirect_URL\":[\"\"],\"Registration_required\":[\"off\"],\"page_number\":\"0\",\"initial_publication\":\"\",\"date_created\":\"2024-01-10 12:43:07\",\"date_modified\":\"2024-01-10 12:44:08\",\"last_modified_user\":\"Riechmann De Guzman\",\"section_color\":\"#08F304\",\"target_page\":\"0\",\"cxense_metatags\":null}","cms_type":"live","author_id":542,"section_id":3,"seo_meta_keywords":"'PBA,,I'm,only,6'9\u201d,come,get,me,in,the,league',\u2014,Dwight,Howard","seo_meta_description":"","seo_meta_title":"'PBA, I'm only 6'9\u201d come get me in the league' \u2014 Dwight Howard","publish_time":"2024-01-10 12:43:00","related_articles_ids":"","article_tags":"","sub_section_id":0,"visit_count":260,"sponsored_flag":0,"offer_flag":0,"featured_article_flag":0,"media_gallery_flag":0,"video_gallery_flag":0,"highlight_flag":0,"top_story_flag":0,"is_updated":0,"is_old_article":0,"old_article_id":0,"article_byline":"Aric John Sy Cua","ts":"2024-02-04 14:40:32","last_edited":"2024-01-10 12:44:08","alt_publish_time":"2024-01-10 12:44:11","image_path":"{\\\"image_path\\\":\\\"manilatimes\\\\\/uploads\\\\\/images\\\\\/2024\\\\\/01\\\\\/10\\\\\/288537.png\\\",\\\"cms_type\\\":\\\"live\\\",\\\"small_image\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"is_updated\\\":\\\"0\\\",\\\"image_cropping\\\":\\\"{\\\\\\\"original_image\\\\\\\":{\\\\\\\"image_original_width\\\\\\\":1147,\\\\\\\"image_original_height\\\\\\\":757,\\\\\\\"icd_image_type\\\\\\\":\\\\\\\"original_image\\\\\\\"},\\\\\\\"main_image\\\\\\\":{\\\\\\\"image_main_width\\\\\\\":1200,\\\\\\\"image_main_height\\\\\\\":791,\\\\\\\"icd_image_type\\\\\\\":\\\\\\\"main_image\\\\\\\"}}\\\",\\\"is_copied\\\":\\\"0\\\",\\\"media_type\\\":\\\"0\\\",\\\"image_caption\\\":\\\"Dwight Howard AFP FILE PHOTO\\\",\\\"image_alt_text\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"image_count\\\":1}","author_name":"Aric John Sy Cua","section_name":"Sports","sub_section_name":"","slide_show":0,"breaking_news":0,"visit_count_update_date":"2024-02-04 14:40:32","old_cms_article_id":null,"permalink":"2024\/01\/10\/sports\/pba-im-only-69-come-get-me-in-the-league-dwight-howard\/1927514","show_image_in_thumb":0,"api_status":2,"a_custom_data":"{\"exclude_from_gallery\":null,\"lead_image_id\":null}","publication_id":2,"max_publish_time":"2024-01-10 12:44:11","page_number":"0","homepage_article_flag":0,"article_shortlink":null,"cropped_image":0};
