Dwight Howard Makes Unusual Demand Amid Big3 Controversy With Lance Stephenson

The hype from the release of NBA 2k26 got Dwight Howard too. Perhaps his Hall of Fame co-headliner, Carmelo Anthony’s cover moment was inspiring. But he’s not aiming for the same. He actually sent a suggestion Ice Cube would like to consider. There’s no shortage of content inspiration either. With Ice Cube’s blessing, former NBA pros are hashing out their rivalries in the BIG3. It’s making quite the spectacle too.

Dwight Howard’s BIG3 debut in fact caused a stir. He got into a scuffle with his former NBA rival, Lance Stephenson while their teammates watched during LA Right and Miami 305’s first matchup. The league decided to not punish them for the brawl because they’re ‘rookies.’ And it kept the BIG3 chatter alive.

The Orlando Magic legend suggests taking it further with a single line tweet. “Can we make a big 3 video game ” he tweeted after the LA Riot beat the Chicago Triplets 50-30. Howard had only 9 points while Jordan Crawford led the team with 17 points.

This is being touted as Dwight’s breakout 3vs3 game despite the single digit score. At one point, Montrezl Harrell dared to take on Howard and Dr J, Chicago’s coach, challenged the foul with a Bring the Fire rule. In the ensuing one-on-one possession, Howard bulldozed past Harrell up to the bucket to score 2 points. But that wasn’t the big event that inspired his idea. It was what happened in Game 2 on Sunday night.

Can we make a big 3 video game

— Dwight Howard (@DwightHoward) July 21, 2025

LA Riot’s biggest rivals, Miami 305 played against Dallas Power in Week 6. Almost reminiscent of the first week of the 2025 season, a scuffle broke out. The star of the brawl was Lance Stephenson.

Dwight Howard, who went on a Taylor Swift-ian tour to talk about his first brawl in the BIG3, saw it and suggested an idea to settle the score with Stephenson in a different space.

Lance Stephenson has another BIG3 brawl

On Sunday night, things got heated between the 305 and Power. Their stars, Lance Stephenson and Glen Rice Jr. got into a scuffle in the second half. Stephenson hard-fouled him, it resulted in the pair shoving each other, and their teammates had to break up their fight.

Lance Stephenson and Glen Rice Jr. scuffle breaks out @thebig3 pic.twitter.com/X66KJY22Ur

— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) July 20, 2025

Miami suffered a narrow 50-47 loss to Dallas. Stephenson finished with 10 points and Rice had 17. Reigning BIG3 MVP Michael Beasley had 25 points in case anyone’s interested.

In his first BIG3 season, Stephenson is getting into scraps with opponents more than once. And here we thought there would be tension within the Miami 305 instead when Beasley refused to play with him.

Beasley completely stayed out of it when Lance got in Dwight Howard’s face, resulting in his ejection. He got away without consequences then and Miami won. But the LA Riot is on a winning streak now, admittedly with a big boost from Jordan Crawford.

Howard’s not over it though. One of his main complaints is that none of his teammates came to help him. Stephenson also had some big words for the NBA champ. There is however no redemption opportunities in the near future. The LA Riot and Miami 305 won’t play against each other this regular season again. They’d have to make a calculated effort to face each other in the playoffs – which the 305 are the favorites for with Beasley at the helm.

Maybe if there was a video game, Howard could take on Stephenson in different matchups. Your move, Ice Cube.

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