CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - FEBRUARY 17: Dwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat and LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers both of Team LeBron look on during the trophy presentation ceremony after their 178-164 win over Team Giannis during the NBA All-Star game as part of the 2019 NBA All-Star Weekend at Spectrum Center on February 17, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)LeBron James and Dwyane Wade played with Juwan Howard in Miami and were there during his first season as an assistant coach as well. They are close with the former star big man.
In recent days, Howard has been named as one of the top candidates for the head coaching position at his alma mater, Michigan. He reportedly interviewed for the job yesterday, and also picked up major public endorsements from James and Wade.
It started when Wade saw a tweet from Bleacher Report citing a Miami Heat blog report that Howard is expected to be the new Michigan coach. That report was a little premature, but the possibility of his old teammate getting the job certainly excited Wade.
“Talk to me nice. Say it is so!!!? My guy deserves this opportunity. This will only be right,” he wrote.
Talk to me nice. Say it is so!!!? My guy deserves this opportunity. This will only be right https://t.co/TWWH4UuiTZ
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) May 22, 2019
A short time later, LeBron piggybacked off Wade’s tweet and offered his own support for Howard.
“Man WHAT!!!!?? Absolutely the right choice and i hope it becomes a done deal ASAP!! One of my favorite people I’ve ever met at the age of 16 and been around since then,” James wrote in response to Wade’s tweet.
Man WHAT!!!!?? Absolutely the right choice and i hope it becomes a done deal ASAP!! One of my favorite people I’ve ever met at the age of 16 and been around since then. 🙏🏾 https://t.co/hdmF60odnm
— LeBron James (@KingJames) May 22, 2019
Having LeBron and D-Wade cosign you certainly won’t hurt Howard’s candidacy.
We’ll see if the former Fab Five member is hired in the next few days.
