"It really hurt me at the time when a Laker fan threw a Jersey at my face" - Dwight

[Thebesteva]

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao This guy is just too sensitive for a pro athlete

Great interview, shows how mentally retarded this guy is. @ 1:36

Also LOL @ him saying he is more than just potential


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW8CUk5L8gQ

[AchillesHeel]

The Begging

[Michael Jordan.]

http://media.rhizome.org/blog/3136/custom_1244578630421_begging.jpeg

[Thebesteva]

2x3 tbh

[Bynumite]

His interview about the time Kobe teabagged him is equally hilarious, he sounds just like a rape victim describing the act during a support meeting, definitely a mental midget.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p5M6KKx6GA

[Thread]

Thank Christ he is who he is. If he were substance over symbolism we'd have 15 instead of 16.

[Venti Quattro]

:cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry

[dunkman]

Doesn't sound like an idiot, tbh.

[Michael Jordan.]

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[Michael Jordan.]

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[Michael Jordan.]

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[Michael Jordan.]

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[Michael Jordan.]

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[Michael Jordan.]

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[Michael Jordan.]

Copied Orlando?

http://cdn.niketalk.com/c/c6/500x1000px-LL-c6050e78_espnw_staydwight_576.jpeg

[Michael Jordan.]

http://content.lakersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dwightbanner.jpg

[Michael Jordan.]

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[Michael Jordan.]

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[NRHector]

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao This guy is just too sensitive for a pro athlete

Great interview, shows how mentally retarded this guy is. @ 1:36

Also LOL @ him saying he is more than just potential


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW8CUk5L8gQ
But I bet Kobe's achilles are going to be more sensitive this season

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Meanwhile Jimmy Buss can't believe how accurate that fan must be and is signing him to a four year deal as we speak.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

And should we just go ahead and assume that Rachel Nichols is pregnant now?

[Mori Chu]

#stayD12 :lol

[Michael Jordan.]

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao This guy is just too sensitive for a pro athlete

Great interview, shows how mentally retarded this guy is. @ 1:36

Also LOL @ him saying he is more than just potential


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW8CUk5L8gQ

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[unforeseen]

The Begging followed by The Rejection.


http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/heat_fusion/hB1431463_zpsb5ea082a.gif

[lefty]

Dwight sensitive ? :lol


What about the whole city of L.A .......... the begging

:cry please stay
:cry we'll suck your dick

[spurraider21]

Good to see The Saltiness is alive and well

[Michael Jordan.]

The Rejection
http://i.neoseeker.com/mgv/368838-Smell%20The%20Chiken/838/20/slap_display.gif

[Koolaid_Man]

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao This guy is just too sensitive for a pro athlete

Great interview, shows how mentally retarded this guy is. @ 1:36

Also LOL @ him saying he is more than just potential


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW8CUk5L8gQ


dude just wants to be loved....he's still 18yrs old in the mind..and doesn't quite get it..it's pretty sad to watch how rudimentary his thought process is...much like his game...he's just 10 steps behind everyone else...

[Koolaid_Man]

and lol at the fan throwing his Jersey in Dwight's face :toast that's a real Laker Nation G...it had to be LakaLuva

[whitemamba]

what a pussy.

[lefty]

The Pondering
The Begging
The Decision
The Rejection
The Saltiness

[whitemamba]

The Pondering
The Begging
The Decision
The Rejection
The Saltiness

The Cuck
The Choke
The Coming Out
6
28
Kobe 5> TD 4
?

[lefty]

lol pussy Lakers fans :lol
Saying Dwight is a pussy :lol
Lakers franchise and their fans are bigger vaginas :lol




:cry Please stay, despite all the headaches you gave us last season
:cry you are going to Houston ? Is there anything we can do to change your mind, despite all the headaches you gave us last season and you betraying us ?
:cry we'll suck your dick

:cry fuck you then
:cry We have our pride; we are not going to beg
:cry we are better without you
:cry we'll miss MWP but not you
:cry our offense is smoother without you

[LkrFan]

http://media.rhizome.org/blog/3136/custom_1244578630421_begging.jpeg
WTF? :lmao

[Buddy Mignon]

and lol at the fan throwing his Jersey in Dwight's face :toast that's a real Laker Nation G...it had to be LakaLuva


Or someone like me...

[ambchang]

That really is a sign of mental weakness. Really? You were hurt by fans throwing jerseys at you and it's something you will never forget in your life?

What's next? Your teammates not standing behind you after you raped and snitched on them?

[Bynumite]

That really is a sign of mental weakness. Really? You were hurt by fans throwing jerseys at you and it's something you will never forget in your life?

What's next? Your teammates not standing behind you after you raped and snitched on them?

Word on the street is that Cuckan loves when teammates stand behind him... literally.

[Venti Quattro]

:cry :cry :cry :cry :cry It really hurt me :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry

[Thread]

Your teammates not standing behind you after you raped and snitched on them?

You've nary room. Your Neal raped. Your Rodman snitched.

[ambchang]

Word on the street is that Cuckan loves when teammates stand behind him... literally.

We all know you liked it with Duncan behind you and Jefferson in front of you.

[ambchang]

You've nary room. Your Neal raped. Your Rodman snitched.

I don't expect a person who can't distinguish between team and personal accomplishments to have the mental capacity to distinguish between the case between Nash and Achilles.

[Thread]

I don't expect a person who can't distinguish between team and personal accomplishments to have the mental capacity to distinguish between the case between Nash and Achilles.

Fine. Nonetheless your Neal raped. Your Rodman snitched.

Let us proceed...

[DPG21920]

I have to side with Amb here. No bias, just facts.

[LkrFan]

The Cuck
The Choke
The Coming Out
6
28
Kobe 5> TD 4
?They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRvcFCxKmBH8Z1tZv52iiGTixxWYco4a rW8r2ZtP7QTuFBePicI

EL :lolH EL!

[RsxPiimp]

i keep telling people no one wants dwight in LA, this is proof. no one respects a quitter and self entitled loser like dwight.

[Venti Quattro]

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRvcFCxKmBH8Z1tZv52iiGTixxWYco4a rW8r2ZtP7QTuFBePicI

EL :lolH EL!
The Bronze

[RsxPiimp]

his interview with stephen a says it all...

"i am a winner, i have a gold medal, if i dont win a title, thats ok, i have a great life, im blessed, that makes me a winner"

loser mentality tbh :lol

[Michael Jordan.]

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[whitemamba]

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRvcFCxKmBH8Z1tZv52iiGTixxWYco4a rW8r2ZtP7QTuFBePicI

EL :lolH EL!


The Bronze

Venti pretty much shanked what i was going to say :lol

[jimbo]

his interview with stephen a says it all...

"i am a winner, i have a gold medal, if i dont win a title, thats ok, i have a great life, im blessed, that makes me a winner"

loser mentality tbh :lol

Michael Jordan said the same shit when Pat Riley interviewed him

[Leetonidas]

tbh that was a good interview, he was professional and answered everything the right way, not sure how you could hate on a guy for that. Yeah he's stupid as a fucking rock and he's kind of a pussy but he turned down 30 million to give himself the best shot at a title (lol lakerfan thinking that is in LA :lmao ) and this is what everyone is always crying for stars to do...sacrifice the money to win. And that's what he did, which I respect, even though he's a faggot

[LkrFan]

The Bronze
http://www.iruntheinternet.com/lulzdump/images/gifs/Antonio-Banderas-computer-you-got-me-yospos-reaction-13677939419.gif

[RsxPiimp]

Michael Jordan said the same shit when Pat Riley interviewed him

we talkin about dwight before winning a championship. jordan said that after he had won championships. :lol

dwight is already setting himself up for failure with that state of mind

[jimbo]

we talkin about dwight before winning a championship. jordan said that after he had won championships. :lol

dwight is already setting himself up for failure with that state of mind

Jordan said that before he won anything


During the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals, soon-to-be New York Knicks head coach Pat Riley sat down with Michael Jordan for what resulted in one of the most revealing interviews of His Airness’ career.

http://www.thesportsfanjournal.com/sports/basketball/pat-riley-michael-jordan-lost-conversation/

[RsxPiimp]

i aint gonna read all that, even if mj said that, you cant be serious and compare jordan's mentality to dwight howard :lol

jordan was a killer dwight is a quitter

done deal

[IronMaxipad]

That laker fan deserves his jersey hung from the rafters :cry:cry #Legend

[lefty]

lol pussy Lakers fans :lol
Saying Dwight is a pussy :lol
Lakers franchise and their fans are bigger vaginas :lol




:cry Please stay, despite all the headaches you gave us last season
:cry you are going to Houston ? Is there anything we can do to change your mind, despite all the headaches you gave us last season and you betraying us ?
:cry we'll suck your dick

:cry fuck you then
:cry We have our pride; we are not going to beg
:cry we are better without you
:cry we'll miss MWP but not you
:cry our offense is smoother without you

[Clipper Nation]

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRvcFCxKmBH8Z1tZv52iiGTixxWYco4a rW8r2ZtP7QTuFBePicI

EL :lolH EL!
A picture really DOES say it all :lol

http://i.imgur.com/n9hM68u.png

The Rape
The Snitching
The Original Begging

[Buddy Mignon]

A picture really DOES say it all :lol

http://i.imgur.com/n9hM68u.png

The Rape
The Snitching
The Original Begging

That's the same look Kobe when has when busting someones ass.

[Clipper Nation]

i aint gonna read all that, even if mj said that, you cant be serious and compare jordan's mentality to dwight howard :lol

jordan was a killer dwight is a quitter

done deal
You were wrong, and now you're deflecting.... I understand though, the thirst was real, The Rejection was the cherry on top :lol

[ambchang]

I don't appreciate what Howard is doing though. He knew how it feels to have a jersey threw at him and how bad it hurts, so why is he throwing his jersey at the lakers like that? It's not cool.

[gaKNOW!blee]

Dwight's message to Laker nation at 1:04 :lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yYedcNYkC8


fuck youuuuuuuuuuuuu

[Leetonidas]

i aint gonna read all that, even if mj said that, you cant be serious and compare jordan's mentality to dwight howard :lol

jordan was a killer dwight is a quitter

done deal
:cry you made me look like an ignorant faggot so im not gonna read that :cry

[spurraider21]

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[Rogue]

Rocket fans will throw their chopsticks at him when the season ends and the Rockets fail to clinch the #2 seed. Rin is untouchable on this team so it has to be either DH or Harden to take the blame and be made the scapegoat.

[lefty]

351713481847869443
:lmao

[The Third Man]

his interview with stephen a says it all...

"i am a winner, i have a gold medal, if i dont win a title, thats ok, i have a great life, im blessed, that makes me a winner"

loser mentality tbh :lol

The greatest thing you have ever accomplished does not add up to one of Dwight Howard's bowel movements, Mr. Winner. Get off your roommate's computer and get back to bussing tables.

[LkrFan]

Bill Simmons (http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9308573/searching-dwight-howard):


Reality No. 5: The odds are extremely favorable that Dwight will keep declining


In just two seasons, Dwight's per-game averages dropped from 22.9 points and 14.1 rebounds (2011) to 17.1 and 12.4 (2013), and his PER free-fell from 26.1 (2011) to 19.2 (2013). I looked up the year-by-year PER of every memorable "big" from Kareem on to see if any of them suffered a 25 percent PER drop-off within a two-year span during the first 12 years of their career.


Our results: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (not even close), Shaquille O'Neal (no), David Robinson (yes), Hakeem Olajuwon (no), Tim Duncan (no), Moses Malone (close in Year 10, but no), Kevin Garnett (no), Yao Ming (no), Artis Gilmore (no), Patrick Ewing (no), Bob Lanier (no), Kevin McHale (no), Alonzo Mourning (yes), Chris Webber (yes), Jermaine O'Neal (yes), Charles Barkley (no) and Karl Malone (no).


So only four of those 18 guys suffered a comparable drop-off, all because of injuries: Robinson (back), Webber (knee), Mourning (kidney) and Jermaine O'Neal (everything).7 None of them ever regained their kick-ass form — Robinson came the closest, making two more All-Star teams before his body finally broke down (although his days as a 26-12 guy were long gone). Are you willing to wager $118 million that Dwight Howard will become the first marquee big guy in four-plus decades to buck that 25 Percent Drop-off trend? History says Old Dwight is never coming back.


:downspin:

[Venti Quattro]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAklUagV28Y


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yxcoplph3w

:cry :cry :cry It hurts :cry :cry :cry

[LkrFan]

Reality No. 3: Dwight Howard peaked already


We already covered this problem in Howard's Trade Value section: From 2008 through 2011, Howard dragged a half-decent Magic team to a 219-102 record and one Finals appearance. These last two seasons, Howard's Magic/Lakers teams finished 75-55. Huge, huge difference. His offensive numbers dipped dramatically …


2011: 22.9 PPG, 14.1 RPG, 59% FG, 60% FT, 227 dunks, 26.1 PER (2nd in NBA)
2013: 17.1 PPG, 12.4 RPG, 58% FG, 49% FT, 187 dunks, 19.4 PER (36th)


… and defensively, he wasn't the league's dominant shot-blocker/rebounder anymore. You could argue that Joakim Noah, Marc Gasol AND Roy Hibbert are better at anchoring a defense than he is. (In fact, I think I just did.) Remember when Orlando sneaked into the 2009 Finals thanks to timely 3-point shooting and a monster two-way performance by Dwight? In the past 40 years, only Kareem, Dave Cowens, Moses Malone, Duncan, Shaq and Howard averaged a 20-15 in the postseason for a Finals team. That's five Hall of Famers plus Dwight, including four of the best players ever.


You could interpret that 2009 run two ways: either as "that was only four years ago," or as "that was FOUR FULL YEARS AGO."


My take: He's not the same guy. Back surgery didn't help, obviously. Nine years of lesser players body-blocking him, yanking his arms and hammering him from behind — that didn't help, either. New Dwight looks like a slightly hampered, less athletic, more headcase-y version of Old Dwight. That's not a smart $118 million investment whether you're ridiculously wealthy or not — especially when prohibitive luxury tax rules restrict your ability to use free-agent exceptions for veteran role players. And if you're shelling out that much money for him, you're really praying that another summer of rest will "heal" Dwight's back, that 758 games of wear and tear haven't fundamentally altered him. You're paying New Dwight without knowing if Old Dwight is ever coming back.


:lol

[LkrFan]

Reality No. 4: Dwight's offensive game hasn't improved


Did he fail out of Hakeem's summer camp and we never got the memo? Every Dwight jump hook looks like he's hurling a rock through a window. His footwork gives you that same "I'm just trying to get through this sequence alive" feeling you get when you're watching D-list celebs on Dancing With the Stars. He can't make even a 10-foot jumper, and his free throw shooting is more ghastly than ever (49 percent). He's a lousy passer from the low post who has never averaged even TWO assists per game. And he rarely out-hustles other bigs down the floor for layups or dunks anymore, something Tim Duncan gleefully exposed during the humiliating Spurs beatdown. Should Duncan (37, nearly 1,382 career games) repeatedly beat Howard (27, 758 career games) down the floor in a playoff game? You tell me.


By Year 10, you are who you are as a big guy. Hakeem peaked the latest of anyone — Year 9 — and trust me, Dwight Howard ain't Hakeem. Kareem peaked in Year 2 and kept peaking all the way through Year 8. Shaq, Mourning and Moses peaked in Year 8. McHale peaked in Year 7. Ewing peaked in Year 6. Duncan, Robinson, Gilmore and Walton peaked in Year 5. Dwight Howard peaked from Year 5 through Year 7, and now he's here. Along those same lines …

R:lolcket Fans

[LkrFan]

Last troof bomb:


Reality No. 6: Dwight Howard can't handle it


What's "it?" Um … the media … expectations … pressure … the responsibility of being a leader … the expectations of being a franchise guy … should I keep going? NBA people started questioning him during the 2008 Olympics, when he annoyed teammates and coaches for being so happy-go-lucky. He nearly fouled out of the gold-medal game against Spain, playing just 17 minutes and getting outplayed by the Gasol hermanos. (That's the biggest reason Kobe Bryant initially resisted a Dwight trade last summer; their Olympic experience soured him, leading to their famously awkward phone call that nearly derailed a possible Lakers deal.) When back surgery knocked him out of the 2012 Olympics, the USA Basketball community wasn't exactly crestfallen. As one insider told me at the time, "Now we don't have to babysit him."


Oh wait, I never mentioned how Howard sold out Stan Van Gundy last year, or how he completely caved during the 2012 trade deadline with one of the strangest flip-flops in NBA history, or any of the woe-is-me crap he pulled this season, or his bizarre decision to get booted from that final Lakers playoff game. Who does that???? Another mega-contract only creates bigger expectations: The Lakers would be effectively saying, "We're passing the torch from Mikan to Elgin to West to Kareem to Magic to Shaq to Kobe to Dwight." This guy needs MORE pressure? He couldn't even handle a trade deadline! Throw in his increasingly desperate quest to remain goofy and irreverent — which nearly drove Kobe to commit a homicide last season — and I don't know what to tell you. When your best player isn't a leader, but he isn't a follower, either … where are you really going?


:lmao

[Def Rowe]

Dwight's a solid rebounder. He's a very good 14 mil a year center. Any team that pays him more than that is overpaying.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

It's funny watching Lakers fans as they cope with their best player leaving their team. Enjoy paying post achilles Bryant $30m+ for the next few years and taking Houston's spot as the perennial 9th seed.

[TDMVPDPOY]

Dwight's a solid rebounder. He's a very good 14 mil a year center. Any team that pays him more than that is overpaying.

depends if he can get back to scoring like he scores fertilizing woman

overrated piece of shit tbh, but who wouldnt want a dominant big man on their team?

[LkrFan]

It's funny watching Lakers fans as they cope with their best player leaving their team. Enjoy paying post achilles Bryant $30m+ for the next few years and taking Houston's spot as the perennial 9th seed.
C:lolping? We're the Lakers. We've lost true legends of the game and still went on to stack chips. Trust me - he ain't no legend. :lol

Oh I get it. The Begging! is funny until truth bombs are dropped. ;)

[FuzzyLumpkins]

C:lolping? We're the Lakers. We've lost true legends of the game and still went on to stack chips. Trust me - he ain't no legend. :lol

Oh I get it. The Begging! is funny until truth bombs are dropped. ;)

I said best player not legend. More rationalization I see.

Now you are left with 34 year old post achilles Bryant, Steve Nash and Jordan Farmar. Your best bet is for Bryant to not play next season and go full on tank for next years draft. I'm betting on a 10th seed myself. 14th pick in the draft.

[TDMVPDPOY]

d12 with the salt, spursfans with the lemon juice on that open pain in the rectum of lakerfans still salty after the decision

[LkrFan]

I said best player not legend. More rationalization I see.

Now you are left with 34 year old post achilles Bryant, Steve Nash and Jordan Farmar. Your best bet is for Bryant to not play next season and go full on tank for next years draft. I'm betting on a 10th seed myself. 14th pick in the draft.
And you would be wrong:

Kobe - 27/6/5.6 - PER: 23.10
D12 - 17.1/12.4/2.4 - PER: 19.48

:wakeup

[FuzzyLumpkins]

And you would be wrong:

Kobe - 27/6/5.6 - PER: 23.10
D12 - 17.1/12.4/2.4 - PER: 19.48

:wakeup

You are living in the past. Wakeup indeed.

http://fullcourtpumps.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/kobehurt.jpg

DOB: August 23, 1978, 35 at the start of next season and he isn't a 7'er. If you thought Howard's back injury is bad, just wait until you see how much Bryant chucks shots this year. Even if he recovers well, he is going to lose more of that agaility and explosiveness that was obviously declining anyway. That of course assumes he plays at all.

[LkrFan]

You are living in the past. Wakeup indeed.

http://fullcourtpumps.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/kobehurt.jpg

DOB: August 23, 1978, 35 at the start of next season and he isn't a 7'er. If you thought Howard's back injury is bad, just wait until you see how much Bryant chucks shots this year. Even if he recovers well, he is going to lose more of that agaility and explosiveness that was obviously declining anyway. That of course assumes he plays at all.
You said D12 was the best player. I brought up this season's stats. :lol

Anyway, we'll see what the old man has left in the tank. History says Kobe knows how to come back strong from an injury. D12? Not so much.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

You said D12 was the best player. I brought up this season's stats. :lol

Anyway, we'll see what the old man has left in the tank. History says Kobe knows how to come back strong from an injury. D12? Not so much.

You lost Howard a couple of weeks ago. At that time he was the best player. When the season ended he was your best player. Right now he would be your best player.

Howard is 27 and entering his prime as the best C in the NBA.

Bryant has a history of exaggerating ankle and wrist sprains. There is a difference between a broken finger and an achilles tear.