NBA veteran Dwight Howard has been left red-faced on the opening day of the free agency period after accidentally tweeting that he had re-signed with the Lakers, before deleting the tweet and signing with the Philadelphia 76ers.<\/p>\n
Howard was under the impression that he had been offered a one-year deal worth $US3 million from the reigning champions and immediately tweeted announcing that he was going to re-sign.<\/p>\n
"I'm staying right where I belong," he wrote in the since-deleted tweet.<\/p>\n
"Laker nation I love y'all. Purple and gold never gets old."<\/p>\n
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However, according to a Yahoo Sports report, a formal offer from the Lakers to Howard was never made, with a "deal concept" proposed instead, with the 34-year-old forced to delete his tweet.<\/p>\n
It is understood that Howard believed that if he had agreed to the "deal concept" that the deal would be finalised.<\/p>\n
The report stated that the Lakers management had told Howard's agent that they had to run the deal by the team's owners before making an official offer.<\/p>\n
Howard waited for nearly an hour with no response, before eventually singing with the 76ers after being courted by All-Star Joel Embiid and new head of basketball Daryl Morey.<\/p>\n
Fans were left in stitches on social media after Howard's incredible mistake.<\/p>\n
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