Dwight Discussion: Houston we have a problem (986)

CaCHooKa Man wrote:d'antoni seems to think that going 5/10 at the end of the game means "hes hitting his free throws"

at the expected 50% i guess.

I don't think this guy really cares about his free throws. If he did, he'd put some effort into working on them. It doesn't appear (or even sound like, considering the reports that he shoots the most 3's of anyone in practice) he does.

Pay me millions of dollars, I can make free throws

at least drew could actually make free throws

Pretty embarrassing for Dwight I'd say. Professional athlete yet you are detriment to your team down the stretch because you can't hit 50% of your fts.

432J wrote:at least drew could actually make free throws

he could but last time I checked he's out indefinetly

Dwight is pure garbage from the line.

If he bolts... then meh! Go terrorize another team with your FT shooting.

Yes, that's how mad I am right now.

khmrP wrote:

432J wrote:at least drew could actually make free throws

he could but last time I checked he's out indefinetly

Nobody wants Bynum. We want Dwight to make his free throws.

if u are team that can't get stops then take d12 out when hacking starts but if u can get stops during hack time hacking doesn't matter and it backfires to other team like it did in Nets game

^ Nah; because if Dwight can't shoot 50%, then no team in the league plays D well enough to hold off the opposition. Every team is surrendering at least .99 points per possession. Check the math.

We should get D12 involving more in first 3 quarters.

odom1year wrote:We should get D12 involving more in first 3 quarters.

Nah. It's not within the Bryangle system.

He was a consistent 60% free-throw shooter until 2011. That would be good enough for him. But 45% is unadmissible.

By the way recovering from a back injury operation for months, I wonder if could have focused in throwing free throws...

He struggled early but he made 4 out of the last 6 FTs. Hes gotta do a better job on the glass as well

The whole team right now gets demorazlied when he misses FTs in the 4th, this is a veteran team they should display more mental strength then they have the last 2 games. Regroup and go at it again tomorrow

Dwight said Free throws were not the reasons we lost...come on man

Lol anyone watching post game? Dwight is saying his missed free throws had "nothing" to do with them losing the game...

What's the point of getting Howard if we only use him on defense while Kobe chucks on offense?

LakerFan1235 wrote:Lol anyone watching post game? Dwight is saying his missed free throws had "nothing" to do with them losing the game...

Here is goes, it all started with Kobe blasting Pau and his teammates, now the first shot have been fired. Now it's Dwight time to blame other.

If it's fair to blame a loss on one key factor, it's Dwight's shooting in the Hack-a-Dwight situation. And it's not even close.

GoldenKnight wrote:What's the point of getting Howard if we only use him on defense while Kobe chucks on offense?

Exactly what I said in another thread. I thought the whole purpose of Dwight was to take advantage of an interior presence both on offense and defense.

If we don't want him involved at all on the offensive end that's fine, I guess he's a huge expiring contract.

Howard consumes the second most possessions per 36 minutes on the team. Second only to Kobe. You make it sound like he never touches the ball.

Sorry Dwight, Kobe was a chucker tonight, but your free throws doomed us.

trodgers wrote:If it's fair to blame a loss on one key factor, it's Dwight's shooting in the Hack-a-Dwight situation. And it's not even close.

Disagree. It was a 4pt game when they started Hack a Howard with what, about 3 mins remaining? We were up 11 at hmmm the 7 min mark or so?

Plus he shot 50%. If you expect him to shoot much better than 50% in order for us to win games, then we aren't going to win any really.

And by my recollection, wasn't he 5 of 8 (62.5%) in the 1 minute span they employed hack a howard?