How good will Dwight Howard be in his prime if he's not already in it now?

[QUOTE=lilmarcgasol]exactly. Dwight just isnt a hard worker at all and this is proven in his complete lack of offensive game despite being in the NBA 6 years and getting coached by Ewing.

In comparison, ill give you a hard worker.


Bynum only started playing ball in highschool, and was being trained by Kareem Abdul jabbar for 3 years. By putting in alot of hard work in his footwork, Bynum at 21 already has better post moves than the veteran Howard, who is like 24-25, will ever get.
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Were you trying to get almost every single fact wrong or are you just that ignorant..

In this thread: People hating, who would take Dwight in a second over whoever they have.

I will say it. Dwight is better than Yao. Maybe not in the game (yet), but so far Yao has never been out of the first round, and has been plagued by injuries.

Talk to any GM in the league about which Center they would like to make a franchise player right now. Duncan is great, but he is aging and doesn't have too many years left.

I will say it again because I think it's lost on a lot of people... DWIGHT HOWARD IS 23 YEARS OLD!! He is not even close to his prime, athletic or otherwise.

what facts, Howard's age? who cares I dont. Wait, weren't they in the same draft? Look at the huge disadvantage Howard has to Bynum offensively. Footwork wise, post move wise, everything. Clearly shows Dwight is not working on his game no matter how hard you look at it. Adding a 30% bank shot in 6 years in the league is improvement on your offensive game? ok

[QUOTE=visirale]In this thread: People hating, who would take Dwight in a second over whoever they have.

I will say it. Dwight is better than Yao. Maybe not in the game (yet), but so far [B]Yao has never been out of the first roun[/B]d, and has been plagued by injuries.

Talk to any GM in the league about which Center they would like to make a franchise player right now. Duncan is great, but he is aging and doesn't have too many years left.

I will say it again because I think it's lost on a lot of people... DWIGHT HOWARD IS 23 YEARS OLD!! He is not even close to his prime, athletic or otherwise.[/QUOTE]
Hey wake up. In the East, Howard's biggest competition is Zydrunas Ilgausgas and Rasheed Wallace. Everytime he goes up against Rasheed Wallace, the only legit center in the east, he gets owned. Put Yao in the East he would probably be in the ECF every year.

I wish that Dwight Howard had someone other than Patrick Ewing teaching him how to play. Shaquille O'Neal to the Magic?:D

[QUOTE=Dresta]He's nothing like Olajuwon. He does sort of play a bit like a mini Shaq, with more hustle but much less skilled. They both try to power there way to the basket though.[/QUOTE]

Actually he reminded me a little of a young Olajuwon. Hakeem was a beast like Dwight when he just came from College. But on the other side Hakeem started to play basketball for real when he was 18 so that's why he developt some parts of his offensive game so late so my first comparison wasn't that good even though they both dominated with athletic as hell and btw, Hakeem was alot better then Dwight when they both were at Dwight's current age.

Scouting reports out of highschool said Dwight had NBA quality handles and jumper, and they forcast him as the next Kevin Garnett.

Scouts also said Tyson Chandler, Kwame Brown, and Darko Milicic had NBA quality jumpers. I wonder why their NBA quality jumpers and in Dwights case handles, all disappeared.

[QUOTE=lilmarcgasol]Hey wake up. In the East, Howard's biggest competition is Zydrunas Ilgausgas and Rasheed Wallace. Everytime he goes up against Rasheed Wallace, the only legit center in the east, he gets owned. Put Yao in the East he would probably be in the ECF every year.[/QUOTE]
Seriously?

The Magic swept the Lakers and the Spurs this year. Which competition do you want us to beat in the west?

If Yao was in the East, he'd still fall on himself and get injured. Get your West homerism out of this thread please. Both conferences have strong points and weak points, and this season 3 of the 4 strongest teams are in the East, so you don't have too much room for argument there.

[QUOTE=visirale]Seriously?

The Magic swept the Lakers and the Spurs this year. Which competition do you want us to beat in the west?

If Yao was in the East, he'd still fall on himself and get injured. Get your West homerism out of this thread please. Both conferences have strong points and weak points, and this season [B]3 of the 4 strongest teams are in the East[/B], so you don't have too much room for argument there.[/QUOTE]

Boston/LA/Cleveland
San Antonio/Utah
Orlando (sorry, without Nelson they aren't getting to the Finals)

[QUOTE=visirale]Seriously?

The Magic swept the Lakers and the Spurs this year. Which competition do you want us to beat in the west?

If Yao was in the East, he'd still fall on himself and get injured. Get your West homerism out of this thread please. Both conferences have strong points and weak points, and this season 3 of the 4 strongest teams are in the East, so you don't have too much room for argument there.[/QUOTE]

Please, Howard has no chance against Yao. He's been dominated by Yao and the Rockets since the day he entered the league.

Howard has faced Yao 8 times during his career, of these 8 times Yao has won 6 of the games.

Yao has been dominating Howard statswise to.

Yao's average against Howard: 24 points on 55% from the floor and 78% from the FT-line, 2.1 blocks, 9.8 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 0.6 steals.

Howard's average against Yao: 12.1 on 45% from the floor and 64% from the FT-line, 1.5 blocks, 9.8 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 1.5 steals.

Okey, some of you guys will say that some of the matchups are from when Howard just entered the league but even last year Dwight got outplayed vs Yao....

[QUOTE=LA_Showtime]Boston/LA/Cleveland
San Antonio/Utah
Orlando (sorry, without Nelson they aren't getting to the Finals)[/QUOTE]
Ok, you obviously haven't watched the Magic since they got Alston. We're #3 in the power rankings. This year we have Cleveland's number (that game wasn't close), 1-2 against Boston (They still need to get healthy) and 2-0 against LA.

We just embarassed Utah, and swept SA.

Try again, once you watch a game.

[QUOTE=White Chocolate]My friend thinks current Dwight is better than prime Shaq, which resulted in me laughing in his face and telling him to watch old Shaq clips. Anyway, assuming Dwight isn't in his prime now(which he probably isn't), how good do you think he will be in his prime? I figure he will be a poor man's Olajuwon or poor man's Shaq.[/QUOTE]

Is your avy your friend? :lol

[QUOTE=AllenIverson3]Is your avy your friend? :lol[/QUOTE]


:oldlol: No, but he's not far from the dude in terms of weight.