{"id":404969,"date":"2025-10-21T11:13:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/nieuws\/dwight-howard-ontkent-100-miljoen-deal\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T00:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T22:21:08","slug":"dwight-howard-ontkent-100-miljoen-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/nieuws\/dwight-howard-ontkent-100-miljoen-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwight Howard ontkent $100 miljoen-deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The money keeps rolling in as the start of the new regular season approaches, and the sums some players are commanding shouldn\u2019t surprise NBA fans.<\/p>\n<p>However, former Orlando Magic star Dwight Howard has weighed in on the subject, essentially saying he never received a contract that reached the $100 million mark.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8\ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8 yall saying underpaid man these boys getting paid I ain\u2019t never even sign a $100 mill contract <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jFOp5F2y2T\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/jFOp5F2y2T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dwight Howard (@DwightHoward) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DwightHoward\/status\/1980511629856108819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">October 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p>To put things in perspective about how life has changed overall\u2014especially salaries for today\u2019s mid-to-high-level players\u2014here are some numbers Howard handled over his NBA career:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He earned a total of <strong>$245 million<\/strong> during his NBA run.<\/li>\n<li>His largest renewal was <strong>5 years, $88 million<\/strong> in 2013 with the Houston Rockets.<\/li>\n<li>His <em>rookie<\/em> extension was <strong>5 years, $83 million<\/strong> with the Orlando Magic.<\/li>\n<li>As a veteran, he signed the following deals:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>2 years, $11 million<\/strong> with Washington in 2018.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1 year, $2.5 million<\/strong> with the LA Lakers in 2019.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1 year, $2.5 million<\/strong> with Philadelphia in 2020.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1 year, $2.6 million<\/strong> with Philadelphia in 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The current market<\/h2>\n<p>A quick comparison between what the center signed when he was active from 2004 to 2021 and the salaries being handed out today, especially to the league\u2019s \u201cnew arrivals.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>These deals are skyrocketing\u2014some look inflated. To name a timely example: Devin Booker, who is only 28, has ensured at least <strong>$535 million<\/strong> over his pro career.<\/p>\n<p>This past summer, he agreed to a 2-year, $150 million extension with Phoenix after previously securing $217 million from the Arizona franchise.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/geruchten\/devin-booker-jaagt-op-150-miljoen-dollar-verlenging\/\">Devin Booker\u2019s 2-year, $150 million extension<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kevin Durant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/nieuws\/durant-verlengt-bij-houston-nadert-600m\/\">closing in on $600 million career earnings<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Christian Braun <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/nieuws\/christian-braun-verzilvert-topcontract-in-denver\/\">secures $125 million rookie extension<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The franchise adrift: Sacramento <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/geruchten\/keegan-murray-verlengt-contract-bij-kings-voor-140-miljoen\/\">locks up Keegan Murray for $140 million<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Indiana resigns <a href=\"http:\/\/nbamaniacs.com\/noticias\/indiana-echa-cerrojo-a-aaron-nesmith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Aaron Nesmith for 2 years, $40.4 million<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dyson Daniels <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/nieuws\/dyson-daniels-benut-mip-verlengt-bij-atlanta\/\">secures his future with $100 million<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Portland shells out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/nieuws\/portland-deelt-172-miljoen-uit-in-nieuwe-deals\/\">$172 million across extensions for Sharpe and Camara<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>(Cover photo: Imagn Images)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The money keeps rolling in as the start of the new regular season approaches, and the sums some players are commanding shouldn\u2019t surprise NBA fans. &#8230; <a title=\"Dwight Howard ontkent $100 miljoen-deal\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/nieuws\/dwight-howard-ontkent-100-miljoen-deal\/\" aria-label=\"Lees meer over Dwight Howard ontkent $100 miljoen-deal\">Leeg meer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14501,"featured_media":404968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[128],"class_list":["post-404969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nieuws","tag-dwight-howard","no-featured-image-padding","resize-featured-image"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/usatsi-verrast-rivalen-met-zinderende-slotsecondezege.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Nora Elisabeth van den Heuvel","author_link":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/auteur\/nora-elisabeth\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14501"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404969"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":404989,"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404969\/revisions\/404989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}