Why Dwight Howard Sucks
"Superman" won the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year Award last season.
Ridiculous.
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Every time Howard blocks a shot he sends it as far up into the court side seats as possible. This is, without a doubt, the dumbest play in basketball because the offensive team retains possession. Should they score (and that is likely 50% of the time) the block becomes a meaningless stat since it prevented or changed nothing.
If I was "Superman's" coach I would sit his butt on the bench for the rest of the quarter every single time he did this stupid manuever.
It is unacceptable that he and so many players do this in today's game. Simply unacceptable.
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The greatest basketball player of all time is not MJ, Kobe, Wilt, Kareem, or anyone else you can name. No, the greatest of all ball players and the best team sport athlete in American sports history is Bill Russell. He was famous, in part, for basically inventing the art of the blocked shot. Russ would tap the ball to himself or a teammate like Bob Cousy or Sam Jones, who would lead a fast break often resulting in two points for the C's.
Doubt that Russell was the best ever? He won two NCAA titles while at the University of San Francisco, won a gold medal leading the 1956 USA Olympic team, then ripped off 11 titles in 13 years with the Celtics. The two years he lost in Boston: (1) suffered painfully sprained ankle against the Hawks and Bob Pettit. The C's nearly won the title with a hobbled Russell. (2) Wilt and the Sixers had a real good team but Russ was in his first year as head coach and was learning on the job. The C's would win the title the next two years.
That, my friends, is one bad ass muthafucka! Fourteen championships in sixteen tries.
And the reason Russell won all those rings and medals was not because he was the best athlete. Actually, he was a skinny high school kid in the Bay Area who was surprised when USF offered him a scholarship. But the man became the greatest combination of brains and drive ever seen in American sport.
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Which brings me back to Dwight Howard. I became convinced "Superman" would never win a ring when, during the dunk contest last year, he allowed Lil' Nate Robinson to dunk over him and win the title. Think Russ or even MJ would have ever allowed themselves to play the fool, even in a meaningless exhibition? The Magic had a good team last year and got to the Finals but were never really a threat to the Lakers, and have regressed this season in exchanging Hedo for Vince Carter. Howard will likely never come as close to a title as last season ever again.
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Russ came to win. Howard, and mindless players like him, come to entertain.
I predict Dwight Howard will go down as one of the most talented players to never win a title.
Ridiculous.
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Every time Howard blocks a shot he sends it as far up into the court side seats as possible. This is, without a doubt, the dumbest play in basketball because the offensive team retains possession. Should they score (and that is likely 50% of the time) the block becomes a meaningless stat since it prevented or changed nothing.
If I was "Superman's" coach I would sit his butt on the bench for the rest of the quarter every single time he did this stupid manuever.
It is unacceptable that he and so many players do this in today's game. Simply unacceptable.
-----
The greatest basketball player of all time is not MJ, Kobe, Wilt, Kareem, or anyone else you can name. No, the greatest of all ball players and the best team sport athlete in American sports history is Bill Russell. He was famous, in part, for basically inventing the art of the blocked shot. Russ would tap the ball to himself or a teammate like Bob Cousy or Sam Jones, who would lead a fast break often resulting in two points for the C's.
Doubt that Russell was the best ever? He won two NCAA titles while at the University of San Francisco, won a gold medal leading the 1956 USA Olympic team, then ripped off 11 titles in 13 years with the Celtics. The two years he lost in Boston: (1) suffered painfully sprained ankle against the Hawks and Bob Pettit. The C's nearly won the title with a hobbled Russell. (2) Wilt and the Sixers had a real good team but Russ was in his first year as head coach and was learning on the job. The C's would win the title the next two years.
That, my friends, is one bad ass muthafucka! Fourteen championships in sixteen tries.
And the reason Russell won all those rings and medals was not because he was the best athlete. Actually, he was a skinny high school kid in the Bay Area who was surprised when USF offered him a scholarship. But the man became the greatest combination of brains and drive ever seen in American sport.
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Which brings me back to Dwight Howard. I became convinced "Superman" would never win a ring when, during the dunk contest last year, he allowed Lil' Nate Robinson to dunk over him and win the title. Think Russ or even MJ would have ever allowed themselves to play the fool, even in a meaningless exhibition? The Magic had a good team last year and got to the Finals but were never really a threat to the Lakers, and have regressed this season in exchanging Hedo for Vince Carter. Howard will likely never come as close to a title as last season ever again.
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Russ came to win. Howard, and mindless players like him, come to entertain.
I predict Dwight Howard will go down as one of the most talented players to never win a title.
posted by joe sweeney at 8:47 AM
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