It’s not to often a guy gets fired, and then receives a thank you video for his services.

Hours after shipping Dwight Howard to the Hornets for Miles Plumlee and Marco Belinelli, the Hawks posted a farewell video to Instagram, thanking Howard for being “true” to the team, fans, and the city.

The video was odd because even though Howard is an Atlanta native, he only played in 80 games for the organization.

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