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Friday, January 13, 2012

Why Dwight Howard isn't Dominating Offensively

Dwight Howard is a man, a beast, an absolute monster, defensively anyway. After last night's win against the hapless Golden State Warriors, the Magic barely escaped with a 117-109 victory. People look at me and ask "Are you stupid?" And I'll tell them "ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!!" Last night was another prime example of why Dwight Howard will never be as dominate as people make him out to be. I'm a Magic fan yes, but a Dwight Howard fan an emphatic, NO! People say how much he changes the game on both ends of the court and I say he changes one end not two. If you watch Magic games like I do then you know his liabilities on the offensive end. When you go to the line an obscene amount of times like Dwight Howard does, 42% from the line is an absolute joke. Dwight last night against the Warriors should have easily dropped 60 points against a team with no front line, and all the trips to the line. I'm not saying he needs to average 90% from the line but here are a few examples, Nene shoots 65%, Marc Gasol 70%, Joakim Noah 79% and he has the worst shooting form in the NBA outside of Shawn Marion, and finally Tyson Chandler at 78%. What this shows is that both offensive and defensive big men are hitting free throws at a higher percentage than "the most dominating big man" in the game today. If he has worked so hard all year on his free throw percentage then why is he shooting a career low, and that's just at the line. With the ball in his hand he still turns the ball over at a high rate, he still doesn't have any solid post moves down low, there is no skill to him on the offensive end. He is very limited in what he can actually bring a team as an offensive force outside of brute strength, and even with that he still gets called for his fair share of offensive fouls. I'm not saying he's not a difference maker on both sides of the ball, but don't call him the best big man in the game if he can only produce consistently in two areas, help defense and rebounding. Dwight Howard should average every night at least 28pts and 12rebs. There are no need for excuses for you to be in the league for 7-8 years and not improve significantly on the offensive end. If you wanna dominate hire Shaq to help your game out, since he wants to follow in his footsteps so bad.

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