Howard still has a long way to go

[FENDI 4]

Hey, a double-double!

 

Hey, big deal.

 

Three of Howard's baskets resulted from offensive rebounds (one of which bounced straight into his hands). Two came when his defender, Ben Wallace, stepped up to help on ball-penetration, whereupon Howard slipped to the basket, received a lob pass, and showed off his dunking technique.

 

Not to say that there's anything wrong or shameful about scoring ten garbage points. In fact, a big man who can consistently register double-digits without having the offense aimed at him is an extremely valuable asset to any ball club.

 

The trouble was that Howard only tallied a single hoop on a legitimate low-post move. On his initial touch, he received the ball on the left box, dribbled once with his right hand into the middle of the lane, then executed a rather slow and mechanical drop-step that turned him toward the baseline, and banked home a point-blank floater.

 

Howard tried this same move three times more with the following results: Two of his shots were blocked, and he committed a charge.

 

Every other attempt to score in the paint was a straight power-move that pointed either his left-hand or his right-hand to the basket. Nothing fancy. Nary a spin nor duck-under. No jumpers or jump hooks either. Nada. No shake and certainly no bake.

 

In other words, Howard's drop-steps represented his only change-of-direction weapons in the pivot. Coupled with his straight-arrow moves, his offensive repertoire was therefore extremely limited and extremely predictable. The effectiveness of this meager arsenal is maximized against finesse-only centers, and against teams that haven't done their homework. And is mostly ineffective against experienced centers who aren't afraid to bang, and against the league's best defensive ball clubs.

 

Not only that, but Howard fell victim to Wallace's rugged defense even before he got to touch the ball. Time and again, Wallace pushed and/or bumped Howard off of the prime real estate on, or near, each box. Sad to say, Howard offered little resistance and simply allowed himself to be bullied

[FENDI 4]

Hey, a double-double!

 

Hey, big deal.

 

Three of Howard's baskets resulted from offensive rebounds (one of which bounced straight into his hands). Two came when his defender, Ben Wallace, stepped up to help on ball-penetration, whereupon Howard slipped to the basket, received a lob pass, and showed off his dunking technique.

 

Not to say that there's anything wrong or shameful about scoring ten garbage points. In fact, a big man who can consistently register double-digits without having the offense aimed at him is an extremely valuable asset to any ball club.

 

The trouble was that Howard only tallied a single hoop on a legitimate low-post move. On his initial touch, he received the ball on the left box, dribbled once with his right hand into the middle of the lane, then executed a rather slow and mechanical drop-step that turned him toward the baseline, and banked home a point-blank floater.

 

Howard tried this same move three times more with the following results: Two of his shots were blocked, and he committed a charge.

 

Every other attempt to score in the paint was a straight power-move that pointed either his left-hand or his right-hand to the basket. Nothing fancy. Nary a spin nor duck-under. No jumpers or jump hooks either. Nada. No shake and certainly no bake.

 

In other words, Howard's drop-steps represented his only change-of-direction weapons in the pivot. Coupled with his straight-arrow moves, his offensive repertoire was therefore extremely limited and extremely predictable. The effectiveness of this meager arsenal is maximized against finesse-only centers, and against teams that haven't done their homework. And is mostly ineffective against experienced centers who aren't afraid to bang, and against the league's best defensive ball clubs.

 

Not only that, but Howard fell victim to Wallace's rugged defense even before he got to touch the ball. Time and again, Wallace pushed and/or bumped Howard off of the prime real estate on, or near, each box. Sad to say, Howard offered little resistance and simply allowed himself to be bullied

[Emory889 353]

Who is the a** that wrote this article? I guess he wasn't available to see the two games that Dwight completely dominated Ben Wallace. This guy is a bigger loser than the reporter that was suggesting that the Mavs should maybe trade Josh Howard to get Dwight. I swear I could be a better reporter than 50 percent of the ones out there.

[magic berto 0]

Seeing his age, I can't understand why he made a judgement on Dwight based on that lone Chicago loss. He should be wiser.

 

Thirteen books? Geez, must be another one of those know-it-alls we all hate. Please go watch more games rather than writing about stuff you don't know.

[Marc Acres 3:16 418]

Lots of these guys only get to watch 1 or 2 games and they base their evaluations on those 1 or 2 games.

 

Yes Dwight does have a lot to learn but I would think that he would have a different opinion of Dwights defense and offense if he watched him in some of his better games. It's almost laughable how he suggests that Dwight is putting up his numbers with little effort, or that they are "admirable numbers." I would say quite a few times would think 17 and 12 is more than "admirable."

[richnba 3]

LMAO a bonifide version of Adonal Foyle or Nazr Mohammad, lmao......

 

What a puttz......

 

He has one bad game and now we cant build a team around him, did he miss when he owned Timmy, when he owned garnett.

 

I wonder if maybe the reason he isnt being as phychal is because of when attempts to power his way past them they flop an the refs are dumb enough to call it...