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For me Dwight Howard.
For me, I'll take the obvious and go with Lebron James, at first I was in awe, but now with the way the league has trained him to expect calls, he's spoiled.
For me Dwight Howard.
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sick of him trying to be a comedian every time he does a interview. he fails miserably and just comes across immature, weird, and annoying.
The "Just wait till he develops a post game!" talk got really annoying, for the first few years of his career I bought into it, but now I see him as a player who is lazy and will never develop a post game. I know he made the finals last year but he really doesn't same to care about basketball.
Amare Stoudamire: Early in his rookie campaign, he looked like the next Moses Malone. Young, athletic, and he had the tools to play on both ends of the court. But between the injuries and Steve Nash/Mike D'Moron convincing him he doesn't have to play defense (when clearly we know he physically CAN) and an I don't care at ude, I now despise him as a player. What a total waste of talent.
lazy?That dude has one of the most ripped bodies in the NBA, especially at his size. Maybe he should devote more time to training post moves and less to the weight room
Wow, so much Dwight hate... Sure we aren't confusing him with Josh? I mean, he used to be one of the Twin Dallas Rookies that came ouuta nowhere... and then became a stupidhead. I like Dwight. As of yet, I have not turned on KG yet either, but I am close...
Rondo - Starting with CP3 even though he's ty by comparison, shoots less than 60 percent from the charity stripe and he's a god damn guard, can only shoot long distance during HORSE; for the golden era of PGs this guy's an all star?!?
Kobe - Colorado, primadonna bag ways
Howard - Baby Mama drama that kind of takes a silent on his 'good guy' image, one of the worst overall games in decades for being the "best big" in the league
KG - Pretty annoying to watch: fist pumping, barracuda jaw, fake tough guy act, etc. Acts tough yet takes little cheap shots when he can.
Roger Mason Jr - After that X-Mas shot it was all downhill, this guy is averaging around 20-28% from 3-point land since the beginning of the rodeo trip...shame the Spurs couldn't oblige on his trade request.
The Dwight hate about him not working hard?
The guy did everything he set out to accomplish. He announced he was going to lead the league in rebounding. (Check)
He also announced before the 2008-2009 season he would become the best defensive player of the season. (Check)
He also said he was further going to develop his post moves. He proved it in January and this month, February, he now has a left hook, a counter against overplaying his spin move, added a bank shot. (Check)
I think he even upped his FT%...
Josh Howard - This guy used to be the energy bunny. Always giving his all. Now he is a pot smoking nothing with a big ego.
Steve Francis - I liked him his rookie year but he got worse every year after that. His ego got huge as well.
He did compare to last year by an astonishing two percent so far (59% last year versus 61%).
Kind of interesting that his rookie year he averaged 67% percent from the line on 413 attempts. That was by far his best % of his career so far but also the fewest attempts he's had, by comparison he's taken 618 free throws this year and 849 the year before. Still kinda interesting that his best % was his rookie year imo.
co-signed.
the hate on dwight is inane. This guy is an extraordinary rebounder, great help defender, so-so man defender. His game reminds me alot of 2003-2004 ben wallace.
I'm tired of the scorer mentality i see here. Guy has stiff hands and does the best with what he has. Even fts are up. For a big you need defensive presence(check), rebounding (check), intimidation factor(check), 2-3 post moves(check as of late), decent fts (check as of late). Dwight is ok.
And the lebron hate... lol.. showmanship and being a sore loser and expecting superstar calls are all marks of being the best in the league. See kobe & jordan. He is what the league wants him to be in order to succeed, wtf is it so hard to understand. Raped nobody, rapped about nobody. Dancing is childish but understandable.. even 30-35+ guys start dancin when we get a nice dunk or play in the gym.
Furthermore i despise players that go for cheap shots and dirty plays:
dfish, kobe sometimes, laimbeer, bowen, reggie evans, etc
I don't despise guys playing hard or even getting away with playing hard. But being cheap and dirty is a completely different category. Example: john stockton, very physical, tough but no kicking in the nuts, no elbowing in the head, no spitting in other players heads. It's one thing to play hard and get into the mind of your opponent and one to just go for the balls, eyes, scratch, spit, etc .. that's just pussy toughness.
I'll go with Dwight and KG.
Dwight- tries too hard to imitate Shaq
KG-ultimate with his dumb antics which he can't back up, currently overrated
a no-brainer...Pau Gasol with memphis....
pau gasoft with the lakers...
artest ---same thing...
FTL!
Kg
I'd still trade Amare and a decent role player for Dhow in a hearbeat.
Vince Carter anyone?
Really loved the guy,but has now turned into a shot chucker...
used to be good few years ago...
Jason Kidd... I begrudgingly accepted the trade of Finley that brought him to Phoenix, and really enjoyed his first few seasons. Still, I started to become disenchanted when he started talking about how little he cared to work on his jumpshot. He took pride in that he could dominate a game without effective shooting/scoring. As his FG% decreased, so did his assists and his A/TO ratio. He started to lead the league in turnovers year after year and this Suns teams often underachieved, despite have good balance, quality frontcourt depth and, often, homecourt advantage. When he was arrested from beating his wife, then traded and cursed Jerry Colangelo, Phoenix and its fans, that's when I wrote him off completely. I went to the his first game back in Phoenix as a Net, and I waved a white wife-beater tank with #5 in the front and back and "Baby" written where the name should be (wanted it to read " " but knew I'd likely have the shirt confiscated). I like to say that middle-finger he gave the crowd was directed towards me, but I was nowhere near that tunnel. Still...
I no longer have have the feelings of hatred, but I don't care one way or the other.
Nash and his "fun" is starting to build similar feelings... Yeah, it's a game, yeah, it's neat he doesn't take himself too seriously... But while I acknowledge his offensive greatness and the sabotage of his ownership, I now watch and feel like there's a lot left to be left on the court. He's the captain and I no longer think he's leading by example with giving 100%...
If your argument is that Dwight is content being the player he is then you're only proving why I don't like him. Dwight should be a dominant big man (Hakeem Olajuwon, Moses Malone, etc.), he shouldn't be a rich man's Ben Wallace. I also don't like the whole obsession he has with stealing Shaq's shtick, his superman thing was completely based off Shaq, the difference is Shaq knows how to shoot a jump hook.
Kg
LeBron James
Amare Stoudemire
Garnett
Pre Celtics Garnett I really liked. Man I hate that POS now.
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