UNCASVILLE — Dwight Howard will be officially enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday just three years after his final NBA season. The eight-time All-Star, eight-time All-NBA honoree and three-time Defensive Player of the Year is a first-ballot entrant and is still coming to terms with his induction at age 39 while he believes he’s still capable of playing NBA basketball.

“When I first got the call, after I cried, I was like, ‘Man, I thought I was gonna get in when I was like 60 or something.’” Howard said Friday at his Hall of Fame press conference. “I’m 39, and I’m in the Hall of Fame. I’m just thankful that my kids and my family and my mom and dad and grandparents get a chance to see me get this award, and I’m at a very young age to where, I’m not old. I’

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