Hello,
Seriously I don't get the love for Dwight Howard. What is it that people see in him? Is it that he can't hit a free throw in the clutch or pretty much any other time? After shooting .492 from the free throw line last season, Howard has improved his shooting percentage all the way to .500. Strangely enough in his rookie season he shot .672 from the free throw line. If Howard really cared about winning, don't you think he would be a much better free throw shooter? Why has his shooting percentage deteriorated so much since his rookie season?
Is it that he likes to act like a smiley asshole all the time? Is it his lack of heart and desire? Does anyone thinks that he has that maniacal drive to win? Again will someone please let me know why anyone would pay Howard so much money?
I think Howard is a big waste, but I have to admit he looks better than he did last season. That being said Howard not resigning with the Lakers will end up being a good thing for them. Now if LA could only figure out a way to pay Kobe Bryant what he's worth, then maybe they could return to glory. Not that's what I'd want to see, I'm so tired of the Lakers. But the Lakers do owe the Rockets a thank you card for signing Howard away.
Let's break down Howard's game last night. He was on the floor for 37 minutes and some of that time he actually played hard. Howard will always be wildly overpaid until he can expand his game. He was 5 for 10 from the field, although he should shoot an even better percentage since his range is only 3 feet and in. He was 5 for 16 from the free throw line, a not sterling 31% on the line. The Lakers took full advantage of one of his many shortcomings, his poor free throw shooting. Why did Houston agree to pay him so much money when is Achilles heel is known so well throughout NBA fandom. That and obviously he was little desire to improve on his free throw shooting.
The Lakers intentionally fouled Howard several times in the 4th quarter. Howard responded with being 5 of 12 from the free throw line in that quarter. Those 5 points were the only points he scored in the 4th quarter. One could argue, and I don't think that it would take much of an argument, to say that Howard hurt the Rockets more than helped in the 4th quarter. Due to Howard's limited offensive game obviously Houston isn't going to draw up a play for him with the game on the line.
Howard finished with 4 fouls and 4 turnovers. One thing that Howard excels at is grabbing rebounds. He finished with 14 rebounds last night, which is why I call him a glorified Dennis Rodman. But is his one outstanding skill enough to cover up for his many other deficiencies?
Yes, I know one game is a very limited sample size. However he has so many games like this that it's fair barometer of how good of a player he is. I'm sorry but $20.5 million just doesn't buy the same type of player that it has in the past. I'm glad that a team that I like isn't the team paying this fool that much money. That's especially when sometime this season he'll miss some games for "injury".
I'm sorry Rockets fans but Howard won't be leading you to the promised land, he just doesn't have what it takes to be that player.
Another player like that is Carmelo Anthony. And what are the average Knicks going to do without Tyson Chandler for 4 to 6 weeks? The Knicks will miss the fundamentally sound and hardest working Knick.
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