Dwight Howard- I get it

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30 points---13 Rebounds...

Oh but according to a few chuckleheads ---he sucks.

[Tektonik]

1. He far from sucks, but

he isn't polished yet. He needs to find his signature move on offense and he could be the best player in the game right now, even more so than Lebron.

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2. Oh I agree

Not sure if he could be better than Labron--- but he'll certainly be top 5.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. He's Awfully Close Now

I think it would be hard to name 10 guys better than Howard. So, he's top 10 anyway. And he's maturing as a player, and a defensive force already.

I'd sure take him on the Bulls!!!
GAC

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

7. Skyhook.

[wilt the stilt]

4. Bill Simons of ESPN

The obvious parallel with him is David Robinson: Phenomenal athlete and specimen, splendid person, way too nice. And Robinson won an MVP. Then again, Robinson was a genuinely skilled offensive player who averaged 30, 28 and 27 points for three straight seasons; Howard can beat slower guys off the dribble if he's facing up, but he gets most of his points on alley-oops, fast-break dunks, offensive rebounds and those "standing next to the basket and getting a free dunk because my teammate drew my guy over to him" plays. A scoring touch in the low post can't be learned over the years, it has to be in your DNA. Al Jefferson averaged 50 a game in high school. Kareem was draining sky hooks as a high school sophomore named "Lew." Kevin McHale grew up wanting to play hockey but drifted toward basketball because he had a natural knack for scoring any time someone passed to him. Even someone like Hakeem went from kicking soccer balls in Nigeria to drop-stepping the likes of Sampson and Ewing in college in about two seconds. He just knew how to do it.

If Howard was going to become a dominant low-post scorer, we would have seen flashes by now. ... Right? Watching Kendrick Perkins body him up and force Howard into bad shot after bad shot was kind of startling. (After five years, Howard's best low-post move is the one when he dribbles away from the basket, turns his body and slings a jump hook against the rim at 97 mph. When they say Patrick Ewing is his "big man coach," what does that mean? He coaches Howard how to play Scrabble and make eggs? What is he teaching him?) On the other hand, there are 29 NBA teams and only a handful of them have a defensive center like Perkins. So yeah, maybe Howard can get to 24-25 a game one year just on athletic prowess; throw in a 60-win season and a 15/3 in the rebounds/blocks department, and that might be enough to steal an MVP during a "we're all bored of voting for LeBron" season. I say over. But I wouldn't bet it.

[madinmaryland]

5. Well when he was playing the Celtics,

he was quite a mismatch against a team without KG. It would have been interesting to see the magic play a celtic team fully loaded.

BTW, go chuckle the chucklehead!

[cboy4]

6. You always have an opinion about somethign!!

:eyes:

[madinmaryland]

8. Isn't that the point of this PUBLIC message board.

:eyes:

And yes, I have an opinion on everything. Especially your stupidity!

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9. Woulda shoulda coulda

Sounds like big sour grapes to me.

[many a good man]

10. He looks pretty damn good to this stressed-out Cavs fan

I wish he wouldn't get so many damn rebounds. He gets himself into foul trouble every game. Without Rashard's three pointer Magic would be nuthin'.

[wilt the stilt]

11. 10 frikkin' points

I never said he was bad. What I said is he lacks low post moves. The Magic do not build their offense around him Great NBA centers almost score at will. As I mentioned in my post he wasn't even like McHale or Dantley who set low post for Boston and Detroit respectively. What separates the great centers from the ok centers is that the offense revolves around them. You do notice I didn't mention Ewing who I thought was a major disappointment. He could only score if he dribbled. Olajuwan killed him.

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12. Dude---what is your fucking problem...

The kid---and I say kid---- is phenomenal and has a great future.... Every sports pundit out there including Kevin Garnett thinks he's an outstanding player.

BTW: 18 fucking rebounds.

[wilt the stilt]

13. he's ok and I always said that

but right now he is not a dominant offensive center. all great centers are dominant offensively.

[Onceuponalife]

14. calm down big guy

It's only basketball. It's not a like real sport like hockey.

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15. Kick

Dwight owned the 2nd half

[fishnfla]

16. did you see him pack lebron

what a block

The press up here is going nuts on how dwight is being treated vs what james is getting away with

[ellacott]

17. I hope part of that press doesn't include Mike Bianchi

He's the Skip Bayless of print journalism.

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18. 27-14

10 in OT.

[fishnfla]

19. I think the difference is Dwight plays on a team

the cavs look like 4 guys and james