MJ2KALLDAY i mean, idk. he was eh on the hawks and they didn’t really have any alphas. he did amazing with tmac, and he isn’t an alpha at all, so idk :/ i think it’s more his work ethic
Dwight was the best pick and roll center in the league, who stopped running pick and roll because Shaq said that's all he could do -_- That's the long and short of it. Dwight was a dominant force as a pick and roll center, who then decided he wanted to be the next Hakeem instead to prove to Shaq and "the world" that he had more to his game. That's why it also didn't work on the Lakers and why he pissed Steve Nash off. Nash was the best pick and roll point guard in the league, Dwight was the best pick and roll center in the league, Mike freaking D'Antoni the pick and roll king was coaching. You'd assume it'd be a match made in heaven. But Dwight decided "nah I don't wanna do pick and roll."... that's why it reached a head in the Miami game with Nash yelling at Dwight and raging at a teammate in a way I'd never seen Steve Nash do. Then in season 3 with the Rockets he "doesn't want to run pick and roll" anymore -_- and was soon gone from there too. Dwight's problem has always been between the ears, the moment he let that go and realized what he was and finally accepted it, he suddenly is playing effectively again... imagine that. If he'd figured that out 5 years ago, he'd probably have a ring by now.
Yeah Dwight's been pretty good recently. I think in his last two seasons in Houston, he just hasn't accepted yet that he was no longer a superstar, and his back/knee injuries slowed him down a lot too
Andy Hoops Yup and i cant blame him. Years of being the man in Orlando. 1 horrible season with an injury riddled Lakers team. He was eager to prove in Houston that he still has "it". Then at the age of 29/30 years, at the last years of his prime, was only being used as a lob target, rebounder and a shot blocker. Not surprisingly, it's being crazy consistent (albeit he's blocking way less shots now) at those 3 aspects of the game that has kept him in the league.
Fans killed Dwights career. As soon as Kobe said something the fans jumped right on board. All he ever gets is hate and never any love for the things he does. He is still top 5 in rebounding, but looks very uninterested on the court. The passion is gone and that left after his last home team the Rockets started to give him hate. You can tell he can still kill a team when he wants like when he plays his former teams his stats are real good. People need to stop hating on everything and appreciate more. Not just to dwigjht to players like Curry and Lebron. You can't deny they're good just because you hate them for no good reason.
A lot of it had to do with the guys on Inside the NBA taking shots at him as well...saying how he can't post-up and stuff. There was some truth to that, but sometimes it was way overboard. It surprises me sometimes that some fans don't believe he's a HoFer...
Howard actually revived his career this season & can possibly help a Championship team on defense like the Cavaliers or the Warriors in the near future, being that he's a veteran & not a star player anymore... He'll probably take a less important role
well James Harden and Dwight didn't always saw eye to eye, and that first season on 2013-14 rather worked out, and that 2014-15 when Dwight got hurt earlier on, but they really got it going when they made that playoff run and etc, but 2015-16 was just a bad season for them and Dwight left when Mike D'Antoni was hired to be their coach, Dwight was gonna leave cause of that
What does MDA have to do with Howard leaving? Howard was past his prime right before he left Houston. The reason why he left was because his chemistry with Harden was never there and he was offered more money in the offseason as an unrestricted free agent.
J Cole Twisties never knew that, no wonder they didn’t work out with nash dwight pau and kobr... Phil Jackson would have swept the playoffs with that team
John Neino prior to them hiring MDA . Phil was in consideration as well but Jim buss Had to much fucken pride n didn’t wanna higher Phil plus Jackson wanted more power in his role get what I mean lol but yeah your right Phil wouldn’t have had Kobe averaging 40+ minutes at the age he was . Period maybe Kobe would’ve had a 6th ring🤷🏽♂️ he was still dominant in my opinion that season
One of them should have spoken up to solve the beef lol. But crazy to see how the rockets roster has developed since then... their personalities just didn't mesh whatsoever. They are both better off in the situations they are currently in
2016 season really is bad. Finished 41-41 lose in the opening round to the Defending Champs Warriors. Better they off if Houston. Said by Calvin Watkins Harden disrespected Dwight.
Carleton Coleman it's in comparison to the pre back injury days. The dude could literally average 25 mid teens in rebs and 2 or 3.blocks . He was basically Ben Wallace that could play a little offense
Dwight always wanted to goof around... on top of that, he never really developed dependable low post moves, unless he was dunking or catching alley oops
Marquis Daniels Well that's very hypocritical of McHale... considering the fact that he was never a leader when he played... so all that says to me is that he was bitter about being fired
Church Service McHale WAS a leader on those boston teams. And not being a leader doesn't make him a hypocrite. Being passive agressive like harden would have made him a hypocrite, but he clearly isn't.
The thing I remember most about that time was that Shaq and most media blamed Dwight for every loss no matter how well he played and if Harden made key turnovers and misplays late in games
D Howard wanted more touches back in the day when you wanted to make your big man rebound and play great defense you let him feel that ball d Howard was never high volume shooter but he liked at least some of the offense to go thru him the only mistake Howard really made was leaving Orlando prematurely. Stan build a team around him and he got used to that no other team ever tryed building around him.again you have to appreciate were you're appreciated
Howard was always a chemistry killer after Orlando. Reporters talk about how the Hawks were jumping in excitement when they heard Howard got traded to Charlotte. SMH
kx smoove Dwight understands his role now, so he's fine. I always thought that he should've focused more on rebounding and defending anyway because post play is limited in today's league and he isn't a skilled enough scorer to get 20-30 every night like the post players in the past. Plus, most of these Bigs now shoot jumpers.
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I feel Howard's biggest struggle from his late Orlando to Atlanta era is being unwilling, or unable, to adapt his playstyle with new systems, where he is no longer the center (figurative, not position).
Dwight has actually bounced back this season with Charlotte. Averaged around 16 points and around 12 rebounds. He also seems happier there. He’s never the player he once was but is still a very solid center
I felt they actually played great together but I feel harden was becoming a superstar and Dwight still thought he was. Dwight proved to be the leader and best player in the postseason
They were good together for 2 years, and playoff Dwight was a real thing. there were no leaders on the team tho, that was the problem, Dwight more so of the two sure. but my question is what was jason terry doing during the beef. Thats what hes there for, locker room presence/vet leadership. Cant rely on a trash ass first year coach to solve it.
I wonder about the "dwight not liking pick n roll". Thats where hes most effective... he really had a lackluster, very rudimentary post game. Face up jab, bump and right baby hook. Or spin and dunk. He scored a lot of easy points in the pick n roll. Plus he was quite turnover prone in the post
Its the exact reason I dont believe that information . Until dwight utters that he hates pnr , then I won't beileve it . Its unfair and it doesnt make sense to just believe it. Funny how they tried to go away from D12 and then they went from the WCF to an average team . Just saying
Tommy Wong No he just doesn’t like running pick and roll with Harden. Harden shoots 3s or drives to the basket himself. He’s the main guy in the pick and roll not the person who’s setting the pick.
Howard had the same problem that other centers in the league has. They want the ball in the post but teammates dont want to score like that because they cant get the assist. When watching him play in Houston he got most of his points off of alley-opps and offensive rebounds.
My issue is that people really believe howard was trash in Houston. He declined obviuosly, but in what world is 14 and 13 trash. DJ, gobert, and drummond put up those numbers and make the all-star team. But Howard does it, and he's washed? Foh. People got to a point where they were really saying he isnt a first ballot HOFer. Everyone gets blinded by bias easily, and its really ridiculous.
I think they gave up on this pairing too quick. Yea they had ONE bad season were they still made the playoffs but they didn't reach the potential that should've been. Dwight is still a rebounding machine. I think 2015 was their best run tho. I loved that series vs Clippers.
He never complained to coaches, never blamed his teammates just continue to play as hard as he can (on offense of course),, You could call it professionalism..On that note he earned more respect from me..
Looking back on this situation I think they should have kept Howard and limited James shots. Sometimes shooting too much is a bad thing too especially when you don't make it.
He has accepted the fact that he isn't an elite level superstar on a consistent basis anymore and has improved s season compared to the rockets and lakers years.
The Rockets just replaced Dwight with a younger version of Dwight in Capela, while the Lakers in the 2013 off season replaced Dwight with an older and battered version in Chris Kaman, but D'Antoni wasn't good also he wouldn't been head coach if it wasn't for Nash being there and Kobe having praise for him, D'Antoni wasn't good for the Knicks, D'Antoni is good right now because of Harden and CP3, D'Antoni was good because of Nash in Phoenix. Have to say Dwight isn't great with his coaching system and that's why he left LA and Houston.
Would it be possible to make something pertaining to the okc trio of russ kd and harden? How they reached the finals, split now but all became mvps afterwards?
howard is shaq. the problem with the locker room stuff was, harden was looking for someone to help guide him, and dwight was going to do that but he wanted to be the man, and also when he gave advice because of the extremity of the scrutiny harden was under and all the other stuff it was just a storm if things. i remember one instance in particular howard said they are the two main pieces and the others are role players, no one said anything. then harden repeated it and everyone blew up at harden.
I think he just realized he wasn’t a super star like before when his hometown team traded him. Last time I remember, him and Hawks got a problem because of his role and playing time. I might be wrong tho
I think the bigest reason howard is this because of the lakers trade if he hadnt build too much expectations to kobe then he could have rested a bit instead of playing even though he had back injury this would zap him of his athleticism if it werent for fans pressuring his ass and if he was just a little more confident then he still might be great....
Rockets made a mistake with signed Howard. They had Ömer aşık and he is the type of center harden want. He is great pick and roll player he didn't want to ball his hands he is great offensive rebounder he is great rim protector. Rockets need one more great shooter like korver and role players. If he did that they could be a champion.
It wasn’t age w Howard. He was still relatively young and in his prime years especially for a center. It was his back problems that started w his injury last year in ORL that did him in. He wasn’t the same after that. He had a bounce back year his first year in HoU after healing from his surgery but never got back to his DOPY years. But like an old Ali he still thought he was that guy wanting the ball in the post.
Geeze.. Drama free after Howard left? What's the common theme here? When he was with Lakers, it was full of drama as well. Howard couldn't seem to get along with other stars.
While it may be true that Dwight wanted more post touches during his time in Houston, I don't get where everyone is stating he REFUSED to play pick n roll because of it. I watched his last season with houston. He was very inefficient in the post then, but after they stopped feeding him there, all he did was pick n roll. He may not have loved it, but he did in fact play pick n roll to the tune of 14ppg for the rest of the season. I agree that Shaq's comments on his lack of postgame probably did affect him negatively and that he probably was the source of locker room drama, but let's not pretend he refused to contribute, or was absolute trash in his actual play. He ran the pick n roll all game with james pretty well all three years. The only time Dwight's post game was strong was the first year in the playoffs against the Blazers where ironically, Harden played terribly for 5/6 games. Howard averaged 27 & 13 or something that whole series, largely as a mix of postups and pick n roll.
Never understood why Dwight doesn't like pick and roll plays, it's perfect for quick, athletic big men without post-up game. You run that on offense and save energy for defense, where as a three time consecutive defensive player of the year Dwight should have excelled.
it always befuddles me on why howard was so against playing the pick n roll. Being an undersized (height wise) athletic center play pick n roll with harden should've maximized his athleticism he never had good post moves and once his back got hurt he got even stiffer in the post
In Orlando Dwight wasn’t a post up threat, he was never that, Dwight was a pick and roll center. That wasn’t a problem until he took one of Shaq’s nicknames and Shaq started criticizing him for having no post game, saying that to be a great big man you have to dominate in the post. Ever since then all Dwight wants to do is post up, badly.
The biggest problem was dwight was making 20 million dollars at a time when only Lebron Kobe joe Johnson and melo were making that kind of money. And as the nba style was changing fast, he was the only one that can’t pass dribble or shoot. Just athletic, phased out like d rose.
The problem was Harden showed he could lead this team and Deight comes in then they give him the keys to the car but dwight didn’t prove anything before he was crowned the king. Houston said you did good in Orlando so we don’t even have to see you play before we divide your the man on this team. Even tho harden just had a top 10 player type season at 23.
Howard has a problem with alpha shooting guards
MJ2KALLDAY i mean, idk. he was eh on the hawks and they didn’t really have any alphas. he did amazing with tmac, and he isn’t an alpha at all, so idk :/ i think it’s more his work ethic
MJ2KALLDAY love your vids too
Jake TMAC? He never played with Dwight......
MJ2KALLDAY Everyone has a problem with Kobe so that wasn't Dwights fault.
Kyrie Irving everybody is overexageration lol, pau and kobe did fine
Dwight was the best pick and roll center in the league, who stopped running pick and roll because Shaq said that's all he could do -_- That's the long and short of it.
Dwight was a dominant force as a pick and roll center, who then decided he wanted to be the next Hakeem instead to prove to Shaq and "the world" that he had more to his game.
That's why it also didn't work on the Lakers and why he pissed Steve Nash off. Nash was the best pick and roll point guard in the league, Dwight was the best pick and roll center in the league, Mike freaking D'Antoni the pick and roll king was coaching. You'd assume it'd be a match made in heaven.
But Dwight decided "nah I don't wanna do pick and roll."... that's why it reached a head in the Miami game with Nash yelling at Dwight and raging at a teammate in a way I'd never seen Steve Nash do.
Then in season 3 with the Rockets he "doesn't want to run pick and roll" anymore -_- and was soon gone from there too.
Dwight's problem has always been between the ears, the moment he let that go and realized what he was and finally accepted it, he suddenly is playing effectively again... imagine that.
If he'd figured that out 5 years ago, he'd probably have a ring by now.
carrastealth.
Shaq was always hating on Dwight
He has a ring now
@@Zeus0886 All because of a superhero name
@@Zeus0886 Shaq hated on him
Dwight has actually revived his career the moment that he realized and accepted that he's no longer the superstar he once was.
Yeah Dwight's been pretty good recently. I think in his last two seasons in Houston, he just hasn't accepted yet that he was no longer a superstar, and his back/knee injuries slowed him down a lot too
Andy Hoops Yup and i cant blame him. Years of being the man in Orlando. 1 horrible season with an injury riddled Lakers team. He was eager to prove in Houston that he still has "it". Then at the age of 29/30 years, at the last years of his prime, was only being used as a lob target, rebounder and a shot blocker. Not surprisingly, it's being crazy consistent (albeit he's blocking way less shots now) at those 3 aspects of the game that has kept him in the league.
WormChemistry His hornets season is actually great and he was a borderline all-star
Adam Twarowski right but the team is trash. It's him and kimba are against the world.
WormChemistry he sucks now idk what you are watching
Fans killed Dwights career. As soon as Kobe said something the fans jumped right on board. All he ever gets is hate and never any love for the things he does. He is still top 5 in rebounding, but looks very uninterested on the court. The passion is gone and that left after his last home team the Rockets started to give him hate. You can tell he can still kill a team when he wants like when he plays his former teams his stats are real good. People need to stop hating on everything and appreciate more. Not just to dwigjht to players like Curry and Lebron. You can't deny they're good just because you hate them for no good reason.
RedDynamt3 that's because kobe dickriders are delusional idiots
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A lot of it had to do with the guys on Inside the NBA taking shots at him as well...saying how he can't post-up and stuff. There was some truth to that, but sometimes it was way overboard. It surprises me sometimes that some fans don't believe he's a HoFer...
shut your bitch ass up. dwight killed his own career by being a fake ass bitch in Orlando. take this L and refrain from ever commenting again
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U deserve a W for that thumb nail.
When chandler Parsons was expected to be the next Superstar
Lmao 😂😂😂 anyone with a brain knew Pardons was trash. Harden even said so
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Destiny Brinkley nice bro
@@Mamba24_81 I don’t know how U did it. U deserve an award 🥇
Howard actually revived his career this season & can possibly help a Championship team on defense like the Cavaliers or the Warriors in the near future, being that he's a veteran & not a star player anymore... He'll probably take a less important role
Bruce David he's been great for me in fantasy this year
Good call
well James Harden and Dwight didn't always saw eye to eye, and that first season on 2013-14 rather worked out, and that 2014-15 when Dwight got hurt earlier on, but they really got it going when they made that playoff run and etc, but 2015-16 was just a bad season for them and Dwight left when Mike D'Antoni was hired to be their coach, Dwight was gonna leave cause of that
bruce lau see eye to eye *
What does MDA have to do with Howard leaving? Howard was past his prime right before he left Houston. The reason why he left was because his chemistry with Harden was never there and he was offered more money in the offseason as an unrestricted free agent.
Whoa there buddy . Cause when Dwight was on the Lakers who was the head coach? Lol MDA
J Cole Twisties never knew that, no wonder they didn’t work out with nash dwight pau and kobr... Phil Jackson would have swept the playoffs with that team
John Neino prior to them hiring MDA . Phil was in consideration as well but Jim buss Had to much fucken pride n didn’t wanna higher Phil plus Jackson wanted more power in his role get what I mean lol but yeah your right Phil wouldn’t have had Kobe averaging 40+ minutes at the age he was . Period maybe Kobe would’ve had a 6th ring🤷🏽♂️ he was still dominant in my opinion that season
As I started the video I saw a NBA notification, “Dwight Howard has 32 points, and 30 rebounds.” *illuminati music cues.*
One of them should have spoken up to solve the beef lol. But crazy to see how the rockets roster has developed since then... their personalities just didn't mesh whatsoever. They are both better off in the situations they are currently in
DFLOW's NBA Talk Dwight was very very stubborn. The whole team wanted him to pnr cus he’s pretty dam good rolling to the rim
2016 season really is bad. Finished 41-41 lose in the opening round to the Defending Champs Warriors. Better they off if Houston. Said by Calvin Watkins Harden disrespected Dwight.
Dwight is still a very good center in this league, too bad not a lot of people realise it anymore. Great video
The problem was that Howard was interested in different balls from the ones used during the games, LOL.
Well Dwight just posted 32p and 30r with 11 offensive reb lmao
Howard just dropped 32 pts with 30 rebound right after you posted this lol.
Less than spectacular with the Lakers yet he led the league in rebounds
Carleton Coleman it's in comparison to the pre back injury days. The dude could literally average 25 mid teens in rebs and 2 or 3.blocks . He was basically Ben Wallace that could play a little offense
I guess if you compare it by his standards and his previous years with the Magic, his season with the Lakers was underwhelming
The 2014-15 season was really the only successful season for the duo, even though they lost in the WCF.
Dwight always wanted to goof around... on top of that, he never really developed dependable low post moves, unless he was dunking or catching alley oops
Harden's passive aggressiveness is exactly why Kevin McHale said he wasn't a leader and why Chris Paul is good for the rockets
Marquis Daniels
Well that's very hypocritical of McHale... considering the fact that he was never a leader when he played... so all that says to me is that he was bitter about being fired
Church Service
McHale WAS a leader on those boston teams. And not being a leader doesn't make him a hypocrite. Being passive agressive like harden would have made him a hypocrite, but he clearly isn't.
Marquis Daniels wasnt McHale the guy thats only remembered for playing with Bird?
Church Service I'm pretty sure Mchale knows how a leader carries himself, considering his past experience with one of the best.
Yash Patel he was known as the man with a thousand moves. Chuck said he was the hardest pf to defend
The thing I remember most about that time was that Shaq and most media blamed Dwight for every loss no matter how well he played and if Harden made key turnovers and misplays late in games
I feel like Dwight Howard is his own worse enemy
It's his 8 Baby Mommas
Onestop Funstop you mean his 8 ladyboys
D Howard wanted more touches back in the day when you wanted to make your big man rebound and play great defense you let him feel that ball d Howard was never high volume shooter but he liked at least some of the offense to go thru him the only mistake Howard really made was leaving Orlando prematurely. Stan build a team around him and he got used to that no other team ever tryed building around him.again you have to appreciate were you're appreciated
He a champ
@@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz4839I love the big Diesel, but Shaq takes shit too far sometimes, just like with Javale McGee
Another great video by the great Andy Hoops! 👍🏾👌🏾🙏🏾
If only Dwight would do pick and rolls. Him in LA would have worked. Steve could have gotten that pick and Dwight could have rolled for the lob.
The 15 season harden carried the team on his back I think he got snubbed out of the MVP single handedly carried them with no help
Your videos are very good and interesting. Their perfect for falling asleep to, that is not to say their boring your voice is very soothing.
Howard was always a chemistry killer after Orlando. Reporters talk about how the Hawks were jumping in excitement when they heard Howard got traded to Charlotte. SMH
kx smoove are you stupid? He's playing great for charlotte
kx smoove you fucking corn ball
kx smoove Dwight understands his role now, so he's fine. I always thought that he should've focused more on rebounding and defending anyway because post play is limited in today's league and he isn't a skilled enough scorer to get 20-30 every night like the post players in the past. Plus, most of these Bigs now shoot jumpers.
This was 100% made up and not true, it has been said by Hawks players numerous times since then
Now your going to have to do one on Chris and Harden😂💀
Now Russ and Harden
Looks like Harden is the problem
Dwight has actually been pretty good on the hornets.
D12 doing pretty well now. People act like he's a bust, but he had a really solid career.
That thumbnail got me dead😂💀
I wish Howard wouldn't have hurt his back. That LA team would have won at least one ship and he'd be up there with the all time great centers....
Daniel Clark trolling
Daniel Clark ?
Think about if Kobe could have played with Orlando Dwight. That combo would we almost as good as shaq and Kobe
Daniel Clark nah
Daniel Clark dwight to much of a pussy I can't see him playing with kobe at that time
They may not have won a championship, but they were monsters in 2k together
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Dope video dude.
That was a lot of power struggle between Dwight and Harden. No team can succeed with that kind of distractions.
I feel Howard's biggest struggle from his late Orlando to Atlanta era is being unwilling, or unable, to adapt his playstyle with new systems, where he is no longer the center (figurative, not position).
Dwight has actually bounced back this season with Charlotte. Averaged around 16 points and around 12 rebounds. He also seems happier there. He’s never the player he once was but is still a very solid center
I felt they actually played great together but I feel harden was becoming a superstar and Dwight still thought he was. Dwight proved to be the leader and best player in the postseason
emmanuel dukes people always gloss over dwight killing it in the playoffs.
They were good together for 2 years, and playoff Dwight was a real thing. there were no leaders on the team tho, that was the problem, Dwight more so of the two sure. but my question is what was jason terry doing during the beef. Thats what hes there for, locker room presence/vet leadership. Cant rely on a trash ass first year coach to solve it.
I wonder about the "dwight not liking pick n roll". Thats where hes most effective... he really had a lackluster, very rudimentary post game. Face up jab, bump and right baby hook. Or spin and dunk. He scored a lot of easy points in the pick n roll. Plus he was quite turnover prone in the post
Its the exact reason I dont believe that information .
Until dwight utters that he hates pnr , then I won't beileve it .
Its unfair and it doesnt make sense to just believe it.
Funny how they tried to go away from D12 and then they went from the WCF to an average team .
Just saying
Tommy Wong No he just doesn’t like running pick and roll with Harden. Harden shoots 3s or drives to the basket himself. He’s the main guy in the pick and roll not the person who’s setting the pick.
Hmmm .. that makes much more sense to me
He got Stan Van Gundy fired for wanting him to focus on that, rebounding and D.....He hated what he was good at doing
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Howard had the same problem that other centers in the league has. They want the ball in the post but teammates dont want to score like that because they cant get the assist. When watching him play in Houston he got most of his points off of alley-opps and offensive rebounds.
4:49 did he just hit a free throw!?!?
My issue is that people really believe howard was trash in Houston. He declined obviuosly, but in what world is 14 and 13 trash. DJ, gobert, and drummond put up those numbers and make the all-star team. But Howard does it, and he's washed? Foh. People got to a point where they were really saying he isnt a first ballot HOFer. Everyone gets blinded by bias easily, and its really ridiculous.
CPGoat #3 I completely agree
4:55 clintz?!?! Wtf
Pink Starburst haha. Clintz capela. Wtf. Hilarious. Hahaha
I think they gave up on this pairing too quick. Yea they had ONE bad season were they still made the playoffs but they didn't reach the potential that should've been. Dwight is still a rebounding machine. I think 2015 was their best run tho. I loved that series vs Clippers.
Dwight has like 8 Baby Mama's. He has some personal responsibility issues.
He never complained to coaches, never blamed his teammates just continue to play as hard as he can (on offense of course),, You could call it professionalism..On that note he earned more respect from me..
Looking back on this situation I think they should have kept Howard and limited James shots. Sometimes shooting too much is a bad thing too especially when you don't make it.
Rockets Nation...... Been here since 05.........
How convenient? When tmac was a rocket
He has accepted the fact that he isn't an elite level superstar on a consistent basis anymore and has improved s season compared to the rockets and lakers years.
Great video
Maybe do a video on Dwights resurgence with the Hornets. I know it is just one season, but he looks better than he has in years.
hey andy can u make a t mac video?
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Best thumbnail ever
I think we know why
Dwight Howard scored in playoffs 25 20 against Portland. In this same play off series James Harden was 32 for 100 in that same series!
The Rockets just replaced Dwight with a younger version of Dwight in Capela, while the Lakers in the 2013 off season replaced Dwight with an older and battered version in Chris Kaman, but D'Antoni wasn't good also he wouldn't been head coach if it wasn't for Nash being there and Kobe having praise for him, D'Antoni wasn't good for the Knicks, D'Antoni is good right now because of Harden and CP3, D'Antoni was good because of Nash in Phoenix. Have to say Dwight isn't great with his coaching system and that's why he left LA and Houston.
When rockets drafted me in 2k15 i won a championship with howard and harden and i was shocked they didnt win ring at real life
rockets improved a lot when he left
Would it be possible to make something pertaining to the okc trio of russ kd and harden? How they reached the finals, split now but all became mvps afterwards?
they split because presti chose to pay ibaka over harden
Stupid presti
"An anonymous player who joined the Rockets midseason that year..." Geez, no one could possibly break that wall of anonymity.
howard is shaq. the problem with the locker room stuff was, harden was looking for someone to help guide him, and dwight was going to do that but he wanted to be the man, and also when he gave advice because of the extremity of the scrutiny harden was under and all the other stuff it was just a storm if things.
i remember one instance in particular howard said they are the two main pieces and the others are role players, no one said anything. then harden repeated it and everyone blew up at harden.
what about williams and boozer duo in utah?
What kind of big man doesn't like pick and rolls? That's where they eat in the modern NBA
Shaq, apparently. XD
And now? Houston is one win away from making another Finals Appearance. This was the first time we’ve seen GSW vulnerable since the 2014-2015 season
Howard is now a champion
Dh did the exactly same thing at LA. Didn't wanna play pick&roll and want more post. The problem is, he is not a great post players tho.
Crazy how 17 & 12 was a “down “ year for Dwight in la
you cant win championships with howard
I hate pick and rolls
Your team doesn't need you
Because you injured
Look at the thumbnail
Marquis Daniels They clearly do. Causal fan that doesn't know shit
John Wall you're a cancer in the locker room
It’s like the reverse with CP3 now
I don't hate Dwight Howard. He played great for the Rockets.
Imagine if James and dwight wouldve patched there issues and had good chemistry...
I think he just realized he wasn’t a super star like before when his hometown team traded him. Last time I remember, him and Hawks got a problem because of his role and playing time. I might be wrong tho
I think the bigest reason howard is this because of the lakers trade if he hadnt build too much expectations to kobe then he could have rested a bit instead of playing even though he had back injury this would zap him of his athleticism if it werent for fans pressuring his ass and if he was just a little more confident then he still might be great....
Rockets made a mistake with signed Howard. They had Ömer aşık and he is the type of center harden want. He is great pick and roll player he didn't want to ball his hands he is great offensive rebounder he is great rim protector. Rockets need one more great shooter like korver and role players. If he did that they could be a champion.
It wasn’t age w Howard. He was still relatively young and in his prime years especially for a center. It was his back problems that started w his injury last year in ORL that did him in. He wasn’t the same after that. He had a bounce back year his first year in HoU after healing from his surgery but never got back to his DOPY years. But like an old Ali he still thought he was that guy wanting the ball in the post.
Harden deserves a fucking ring by now
Geeze.. Drama free after Howard left? What's the common theme here? When he was with Lakers, it was full of drama as well. Howard couldn't seem to get along with other stars.
They could've been like the kobe ant shaq combo😭😭😫
While it may be true that Dwight wanted more post touches during his time in Houston, I don't get where everyone is stating he REFUSED to play pick n roll because of it. I watched his last season with houston. He was very inefficient in the post then, but after they stopped feeding him there, all he did was pick n roll. He may not have loved it, but he did in fact play pick n roll to the tune of 14ppg for the rest of the season. I agree that Shaq's comments on his lack of postgame probably did affect him negatively and that he probably was the source of locker room drama, but let's not pretend he refused to contribute, or was absolute trash in his actual play. He ran the pick n roll all game with james pretty well all three years.
The only time Dwight's post game was strong was the first year in the playoffs against the Blazers where ironically, Harden played terribly for 5/6 games. Howard averaged 27 & 13 or something that whole series, largely as a mix of postups and pick n roll.
Howard did his best in Orlando.
Shouldve never left orlando... i think hes just the kind of guy who likes to try new things and if it doesn't work or goes his way he up and leaves..
I got an ad for Houston lol but i live therr lol
Can you do a “ How good was Manu Ginobili actually”?
Shame. It was fun to play with them on 2k, Howard is so much better in 2k then in real life 😂
Never understood why Dwight doesn't like pick and roll plays, it's perfect for quick, athletic big men without post-up game. You run that on offense and save energy for defense, where as a three time consecutive defensive player of the year Dwight should have excelled.
it always befuddles me on why howard was so against playing the pick n roll. Being an undersized (height wise) athletic center play pick n roll with harden should've maximized his athleticism he never had good post moves and once his back got hurt he got even stiffer in the post
Andy you should put in new background music
In Orlando Dwight wasn’t a post up threat, he was never that, Dwight was a pick and roll center. That wasn’t a problem until he took one of Shaq’s nicknames and Shaq started criticizing him for having no post game, saying that to be a great big man you have to dominate in the post. Ever since then all Dwight wants to do is post up, badly.
The biggest problem was dwight was making 20 million dollars at a time when only Lebron Kobe joe Johnson and melo were making that kind of money. And as the nba style was changing fast, he was the only one that can’t pass dribble or shoot. Just athletic, phased out like d rose.
The problem was Harden showed he could lead this team and Deight comes in then they give him the keys to the car but dwight didn’t prove anything before he was crowned the king. Houston said you did good in Orlando so we don’t even have to see you play before we divide your the man on this team. Even tho harden just had a top 10 player type season at 23.
Speaking of James Harden, I never heard or read any thing about he complain his team , teammates or coaches.
Does anyone know if Andy played any high school or college b-ball?
what was with the music in the first 50 seconds? Did Dwight die in a tragic car crash?