Dwight 2nd on Trade Value List

[jack l j 0]

howards limited offensive skills is a big part of his problem. plus a lot of double teams and his poor passing skills make it difficult for him. add to the fact that we have a poor pg and you start to see why. if he would pass the ball more get better position from it he would get more good shots. at the end of the day you have to have someone that can get him the ball in good spots.

[Kramer 0]

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Originally posted by jack l j:

howards limited offensive skills is a big part of his problem. plus a lot of double teams and his poor passing skills make it difficult for him. add to the fact that we have a poor pg and you start to see why. if he would pass the ball more get better position from it he would get more good shots. at the end of the day you have to have someone that can get him the ball in good spots.

 

Yeah, and JJ needs to learn how to pass as well. And if Redick wasn't blown by everytime defensively, Dwight wouldn't ever get into foul trouble. Really, I'm pretty sure all of Dwight's issues are a direct result from Redick being a rotation guy. You see where I'm coming from obviously

[~O~ 565]

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Originally posted by Darthmagic:

Bill simmons:

 

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2. Dwight Howard

Fact: Howard has played every game this season.

 

Fact: A whopping 75 players have attempted more field goals than he has, including Jason Thompson, John Salmons, Danilo Gallinari, Luis Scola, Carl Landry, Raymond Felton, Andrew Bynum, Jamal Crawford and Kenyon Martin.

 

Fact: He's 109th in the league in field goal attempts per game, tied with Ryan Gomes at 9.6. Ryan Gomes!

 

Fact: Teammates Vince Carter (14.9), Rashard Lewis (11.9) and Jameer Nelson (10.3) all average more field goals attempts than he does.

 

Fact: He leads the league in free throw attempts (10.4 per game), so realistically, that means Howard is getting about 14-15 scoring touches per game. Not even four a quarter.

 

 

My take: He's too nice of a guy. It's both the best and worst thing about him. If you ever played basketball, you know there's one rule with big guys: Make sure they touch the ball enough. If they don't get enough touches, they get cranky. They stop running the floor. They stop setting good picks. They stop crashing the boards. Big guys are like women -- they need affection, they need to be stroked every so often, and if you ignore them, they start to resent you.

 

In Howard's case, nobody in Orlando has to worry about keeping him happy. He's always happy! He's a good soldier. In a roundabout way, he's avoiding the responsibility of carrying an offense every night. This is easier. He gets to run around, jump over guys, ram some dunks home, block some shots, flex his muscles, smile to the crowd and concentrate on his strengths. Of course, he will never, ever, ever get better this way, and if you look closely at his stats these past three years, he is what he is: 18-19 points, 13-14 rebounds, 3 blocks, 60 percent shooting. Alpha dog pedigree, sidekick mindset. Too bad.

 

Part 1

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn...e=simmons/100208/one

 

Part 2

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn...e=simmons/100208/two

 

Ha......hahahahahahahaha

[ManuGinobili 0]

If/When Dwight becomes a 25-15-5 beast, as Shaq used to be in his prime, we will be favorites to take it all.

 

If he develops a jumper, even if it's 50% of Duncan's, then we will be extremely dangerous.

[ThisIsTheYear 241]

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Originally posted by ManuGinobili:

If/When Dwight becomes a 25-15-5 beast

 

Five?!

 

Whether you mean blocks or assists, it doesn't matter. That is simply upsurd.

[BMP 424]

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Originally posted by ManuGinobili:

If/When Dwight becomes a 25-15-5 beast, as Shaq used to be in his prime, we will be favorites to take it all.

 

If he develops a jumper, even if it's 50% of Duncan's, then we will be extremely dangerous.

 

When was Shaq ever a 25-15-5 guy?

[ManuGinobili 0]

Shaq never averaged 4 or 5 dimes per game?

[BMP 424]

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Originally posted by ManuGinobili:

Shaq never averaged 4 or 5 dimes per game?

 

He never averaged over 3.8 assists a game. Nor he did ever average over 14 rebounds a game (and only had 3 seasons where he averaged over 13 rebounds a game).

[cpower 13]

Shaq avgs 29.7 13.6 3.8 3.0 in one season

[ManuGinobili 0]

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Shaq avgs 29.7 13.6 3.8 3.0 in one season

 

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