Dwight Discussion: D12 felt marginalized by MDA (989)

JoelMyersScrotalSack wrote:

mcten: Dwight Howard said the Lakers reunited starting five went on a 28-0 run against the subs at practice ... http://t.co/e8ES6fV1aj

Funny part is Dwight was wrong. It was a 38-0 run

Jordan-esque wrote:Dwight Howard:

20 points - 15 rebounds - 8/9 FG - 4/5 FT

Sad part? He had 0 attempts in the entire 4th quarter.

Jordan-esque wrote:Dwight Howard:

20 points - 15 rebounds - 8/9 FG - 4/5 FT

Sad part? He had 0 attempts in the entire 4th quarter.

JoelMyersScrotalSack wrote:

mcten: Dwight Howard said the Lakers reunited starting five went on a 28-0 run against the subs at practice ... http://t.co/e8ES6fV1aj

Funny part is Dwight was wrong. It was a 38-0 run

Jordan-esque wrote:Dwight Howard:

20 points - 15 rebounds - 8/9 FG - 4/5 FT

Sad part? He had 0 attempts in the entire 4th quarter.

JoelMyersScrotalSack wrote:

mcten: Dwight Howard said the Lakers reunited starting five went on a 28-0 run against the subs at practice ... http://t.co/e8ES6fV1aj

GoldenKnight wrote:

Jordan-esque wrote:Dwight Howard:

20 points - 15 rebounds - 8/9 FG - 4/5 FT

Sad part? He had 0 attempts in the entire 4th quarter.

This had me completely heated up last night, there's no reason why Kobe needs to shoot the ball every single time in the 4th or for Metta to try to force a drive with like 30 sec left, absolutely terrible.

DuddlyDoRight wrote:

GoldenKnight wrote:

Jordan-esque wrote:Dwight Howard:

20 points - 15 rebounds - 8/9 FG - 4/5 FT

Sad part? He had 0 attempts in the entire 4th quarter.

This had me completely heated up last night, there's no reason why Kobe needs to shoot the ball every single time in the 4th or for Metta to try to force a drive with like 30 sec left, absolutely terrible.

This is what I dont understand, if the game is to move the ball, not everyone has to clear out for Kobe, just move in the offense, and if Kobe does drive cut to the basket and hell find you. When players clear out and stay there thats when the offense stagnates and we have problems. Not because of the iso itself.

dj vitus wrote:I didn't mind Kobe jacking up most of those shots in the 4th quarter. They were all pretty good looks. Had he hit just ONE, we would have won.

lotus wrote:

dj vitus wrote:I didn't mind Kobe jacking up most of those shots in the 4th quarter. They were all pretty good looks. Had he hit just ONE, we would have won.

Kobe dominating the offense the last 3 minutes of a game is not always going to work. Everyone on that team would likely agree. But what's so disappointing is that they don't seem to know when it's not working enough to avoid it.

Rooscooter wrote:

JoelMyersScrotalSack wrote:Kobe's rationale:

"I passed the ball enough for the first 3 quarters, time for me to get my shots up"

I think he had more shots in the 4th quarter than he did through the first 3 combined. That is absurd

Who do you want with the ball down the stretch? Howard? Nash? or is it just easy to pick on the guy that missed the shot?

You're always here to tell everyone how it SHOULD have been... why not for once tell us how it's going to happen with all of your knowledge and skill?

That game was lost at the defensive end. They got open shots on 90% of their possessions... they missed them in the first quarter and didn't over the next 3... it wasn't as if we were stopping them from getting what they wanted.

.... and as for Kobe's shooting. Pencil out a play that would get someone an open and clean look from 10 feet like the one Kobe missed. Tell us who takes a better shot and how they get it while your at it.

JSM wrote:40 minute podcast interview with Dwight:

http://www.sheridanhoops.com/2013/03/24 ... ht-howard/

Some of things he touched on --
-Dieting.
-Dunks.
-His injuries.
-He'll get the team to do the Harlem Shake if we a 'ship.
-He and Hakeem talk/text during the season and he is going to work with him in the summer. Thinks he is the best big for him to work with.
-He will work with Cap too.
-Worked with LA's coaching staff on how to finish quicker to combat the opposition's hacking and how hard they hit him.
-The game in Orlando was the first time he's marked his calendar for a game.
-On what he's learned from Kobe/Nash: They don't let the things on the outside affect who they are and they've been stressing that all year (so has Pau and MWP).
-Superman nickname originated from teammates because he listened to Soulja Boy 24/7 when it first came out, benching 325 (estimation) in the weight room, and from dunking over Bo Outlaw in practice...the culmination of those events led to his Supes nickname.
-Doubts he'll ever do another dunk contest.
-Discusses his longstanding relationship with Adidas and what he wants to do with them in LA and has some big ideas on that front (doesn't sound like something you'd think all that much about if you weren't here for the long haul).
-Prefers blocking over dunking.
-High point in the season: coming together, working everything out, and listening to the passion of these guys wanting to win. And how Kobe, Nash, MWP, Pau want him to be one of the greatest

BTW, these interviewers (Jabari Davis, Jamieson Welsh, and Jory Dreher) seemed as though they didn't know what to say after Dwight answered one of their questions besides "cool, cool."

SpencerHarrison wrote:It would be a dark day indeed to see the Lakers do a harlem shake video.