Dwight Discussion: Dwightmare on Figueroa St. Part Boo

therealdeal wrote:

Ras Algethi wrote:Looks like he's starting to get some of those legs back. Some of those dunks were more explosive.

gill wrote:I like how Dwight chews Pau whenever he misses a defensive assignment/rotation.

Finwë wrote:

Kingsama wrote:Sometimes Dwights post game is quite painful to watch. I really hope he can work with Cap at some point.

I thought he was awesome tonight.. He got us going in the 1st with a couple of great lefty hook shots, and the ones he missed throughout the game were all shots I'll take every day... He didn't get stripped which was the biggest problem.

Overall, he was just BEASTING out there. That block and dunk on the other end & that alley oop dunk with the left?

Kingsama wrote:he may never be a back to the basket guy, and I guess he really doesn't need to...

The Rock wrote:I cannot believe us Laker fans had pages upon pages upon pages of debate on whether you'd take Howard over Bynum

The Rock wrote:I cannot believe us Laker fans had pages upon pages upon pages of debate on whether you'd take Howard over Bynum

Congo Cash wrote:

The Rock wrote:I cannot believe us Laker fans had pages upon pages upon pages of debate on whether you'd take Howard over Bynum

But, but... Bynum can shoot FTs!

CaCHooKa Man wrote:28 and 13 at 80%. sooooo.. 35 and 16 when hes at 100%?!?!?

Scnottaken wrote:

Congo Cash wrote:

The Rock wrote:I cannot believe us Laker fans had pages upon pages upon pages of debate on whether you'd take Howard over Bynum

But, but... Bynum can shoot FTs!

Well to be completely fair, the points against Howard for Bynum are still valid. Bynum definitely has a more refined post game, and Dwight will never be a true 7 footer. Bynum's just shown that we had our legitimate reasons for fearing his health.

Dfishman wrote:

Scnottaken wrote:

Congo Cash wrote:

The Rock wrote:I cannot believe us Laker fans had pages upon pages upon pages of debate on whether you'd take Howard over Bynum

But, but... Bynum can shoot FTs!

Well to be completely fair, the points against Howard for Bynum are still valid. Bynum definitely has a more refined post game, and Dwight will never be a true 7 footer. Bynum's just shown that we had our legitimate reasons for fearing his health.

There can't be any valid points when Bynum might not even play this season. Whatever his advantages are/were, they cease to exist when he's dressed in a suit.

khmrP wrote:^^^must not be all that great if you're reinjuring body parts , guess all those times he was parked in Handicap spots was warranted after all.

Dave McMenamin ‏@mcten
Dwight on Deron Williams: "If he doesn’t want to be friends cuz I’m on another team, then so be it. There’s no need to smooth things over"
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Doc Brown wrote:

Dave McMenamin ‏@mcten
Dwight on Deron Williams: "If he doesn’t want to be friends cuz I’m on another team, then so be it. There’s no need to smooth things over"
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Didn't know they had beef.

Balance&Options24 wrote:Wasn't it reported Williams was mad at Howard or something for opting in? or something like that.

Dwight Howard doesn’t care if Deron Williams isn’t his friend anymore


Kurt Helin

Nov 19, 2012, 5:53 PM EST

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For years, Dwight Howard and Deron Williams talked about teaming up. They realized these kinds of super teams are the only way to compete with the Heat in the East.

And it almost came together. Williams was in Brooklyn (well, New Jersey soon to be Brooklyn) and Howard was trying to force a trade there, but the Magic screwed it up by not wanting Brook Lopez (or to send Howard where he wanted to go). Then Howard really screwed it up by waiving his early termination option — once he did that he lost a lot of trade leverage. Brooklyn’s management got tired of screwing around with it, went and got Joe Johnson and kept Lopez.

Williams is reportedly not thrilled with Howard waiving his leverage and not coming to Brooklyn.

Dwight Howard doesn’t care. Here’s his quote, thanks to Stephen Bondy of the New York Daily News, via Sulia:


“That’s my decision. It’s my life so if he’s upset because I made a decision for me, so be it. If he doesn’t want to be friends because I’m on another team, then so be it. There’s no need to smooth things over, you know?”

Howard is in a position not to care because did okay for himself in the end. After getting over the whole Shaq footsteps thing, he landed on a loaded team that can contend now and plans to rebuild around him in the coming years. And in a major media market. And he’s still near a Disney resort.

D-Will, he’s on a Nets team off to a nice start in the East (6-2), but still a team nobody really trusts in going all that far when the pressure really comes. But it’s another good landing spot, even if we question their roster construction.

And do you really think at the end of the day they’re not friends anymore?