Manny Pacquiao remains red-hot despite his departure from the fight game.

Late Thursday night, Pacquiao welcomed a bevy of basketball players, including Dwight "Superman" Howard and his teammates who are playing for Strong Group Athletics in the forthcoming 33rd Dubai International Basketball Championship that get going next week in the United Arab Emirates.

Howard, who won a National Basketball Association title with the Los Angeles Lakers and member of US team that won gold in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, is an eight-time All-Star and winner of countless accolades.

Donning a Superman get-up, Howard ruled the 2008 dunking competitions.

Howard, who is listed as 6-foot-10, even played chess with the eight-division champion during the visit.

A renowned basketball fan, Pacquiao, who retired from professional boxing in 2021, is no stranger to being visited by NBA stars.

While training in Hollywood many years ago, Kobe Bryant came to see him.

Jordan Clarkson, Klay Thompson and Karl Anthony-Towns also paid a visit in 2021 at the Wild Card Boxing Club when the Filipino dynamo was getting ready to fight.

Apart from NBA stars, Hollywood celebrities have also checked on Pacquiao at the famed sweat shop on Vine Street.

Mark Wahlberg, Keanu Reeves, Sylvester Stallone, Steven Segal and Robert Duvall likewise had been seen at the Wild Card with him.