Dwight Howard Discussion: The Taiwan Terror

btw, to tie together some of the loose points here, I think howard absolutely MUST play with 4 three point threats on the floor. his offense just isn't good enough otherwise. nobody has done that for him since his Orlando days. he might put up points again if someone does.

still not sure it means you win anything.

dallas would be a great fit for him, as they would have been for Jordan.

 

Always used to wonder why Orlando, would fall to pieces after half times etc. Thought it was a SVG thing. After Dwight and his last playoff performance for us am convinced it was entirely a Dwight thing.

He was asked about improving. He kept clucking on about hitting the weights. I like most people thought what about the post moves and the free throws?

I feel Dwight is stuck in a trap. Weights are easy for him, they help him get the ladies. Basketball is work and he can fail at it. So what does he do? The path of least resistance that wont show him up.

His problem is all summed up in that Rockets pitch. He wants to be epic. If he put in the work and shut up people would have liked him ok. Instead people "hate" and mock him. It was a really smart idea to take on LA's legend Kobe in LA with the stat sheet and that amnesty BS.

My opinion is that Dwight is his own worst enemy. It is unbelievable he went from Kobe to Harden and thought he would become the man.

He is that one contract away from irrelevancy. He doesn't care about winning, but he knows it is the right thing to say. And that is his story. But I am not rich, and I can't dunk so what do I matter?

 

I think this is what barkley was trying to tell him the other night. but they were imploring him to ring chase a la david west, I think.

btw, don't be surprised if some Dwight to SA chatter starts percolating. great image rehab for him, needed defensive talent boost for them.

 

And a coach that would sit his arse down and tell him how it is too.

Nope, won't do it.

 

whoa.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15596878/dwight-howard-qa-superman-returns

there's WAYYYY more in there, including a lot about his time in la.

 

A really good read and interview. The gal from ESPN, Jackie MacMullan, if she was doing the interview, asked really pertinent and probing questions .... tough questions even and followed up on them. Well .... "really good read" .... if you care about what is going on in the mind of Dwight Howard. He really does have a need to be liked and a fear of looking bad on the floor. Says he practiced in Orlando tons on a short jump shot after contacting Kobe and getting his advice with the 1,000 shots a day routine. But then was afraid to ever shoot them because of how it would look if he missed or people said, what the hell is he doing. Agree with realdeal above that he's so afraid of failure. Exact opposite of Kobe Bryant. Well he was a champion in the dunk contest with the cape on. He'll always have that.

 

Whenever I see the name "Festus", I think of this.

 

the tweet is funny, but i do think folks have gone overboard on dwight's on-court slippage. he's still a top-notch nba center, and he's still significantly better than festus ezeli.

 

AND......

He's a champion.