Bynum just being best Center of Playoffs so Far

[SomeCallMeTim]

Bynum (30.4 mpg): 13.2 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 1.2 apg, 58.3% FG, 58.8% FT, 2.2 bpg, 0.2 spg, 0.8 topg, 2.6 fpg

Dwight (26.5 mpg): 9.8 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 2.3 apg, 48.1% FG, 37.1% FT, 5.0 bpg, 0.8 spg, 3.3 topg, 5.5 fpg

Camby (31.2 mpg): 6.2 ppg, 11.2 rpg, 2.4 apg, 41.2 % FG, 50% FT, 1.4 bpg, 0.6 spg, 0.2 topg, 3.0 fpg

None of these big men are making their FTs. Terrible percentages even by their modest standards.

[eisfeld]

If you just take the stats into account then yes Bynum > Howard in this series on offense. Defensively Howard still gets the edge.

If you take the players the two matched up with into account then Howard > Bynum.

Ratliff, Mohammed, Chandler >>>>> Krstic, Thomas

[mogrovejo]

Howard doesn't need to put up numbers to impact the games offensively. He's the reason why Orlando perimeter players are so productive.

[mogrovejo]

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/201...ailing-to.html

Felton not alone in failing to stop Nelson

Orlando point guard made Bobcats pay for focusing their defense on Howard in Game 1


By Rick Bonnell
[email protected]
Posted: Monday, Apr. 19, 2010


ORLANDO, Fla. The "crib midget" going off during the first half of Sunday's playoff game wasn't all Raymond Felton's fault.


"Crib midget" is Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard's nickname for point guard Jameer Nelson, a 6-foot rocket who made 10 of 12 first-half shots and scored 24 points in the Charlotte Bobcats' Game 1 loss. He finished with 32 points.

"We kind of left Ray out there to dry," guard Stephen Jackson said of how little defensive help Felton got early.


The problem runs to the core of what got the Magic to the NBA Finals last season; how do you keep Howard from dunking you into submission without conceding open jump shots to every other Orlando player?

The Magic annihilated the Bobcats in early game pick-and-roll, in part because Charlotte's big men were instructed to stay back with Howard, rather than jump out in the direction of Nelson to cut off his movement with the ball.


Howard scored just two first-half points, but by the time the Bobcats focused on Nelson, he'd made four of six 3-point attempts.


"We didn't do a good job of helping Raymond, and (Nelson) made a lot of shots where, no matter how much we helped Raymond, it wasn't going to change the outcome," Brown said Monday.


"Maybe we didn't find (Nelson) in transition, maybe our bigs weren't attached (to the dribbler) when they ran pick-and-roll. And (Nelson) was phenomenal."
They can't afford much more phenomenal from Nelson if they expect to compete in this best-of-7 series.


"We definitely have to guard that screen-and-roll better, but we won the third and fourth quarters," Felton said. "Our game plan was for the bigs to sit back and stay with (Howard). The bigs weren't wrong and I wasn't wrong. We had to give up something, and that was the shot from Jameer."


This was Felton's first playoff game and, just as Jackson predicted, he was initially shocked by the intensity.


"It was different and my body is feeling it right now. The level of physicalness is definitely different from the regular season," Felton said. "You've got to be much more focused, more tuned-in, because every possession counts.
"I'm good now - I'm ready for Game 2."

[mogrovejo]

The other day I read an article written by one of the Lakers assistant coaches, Jim Cleamons, where he was explaining their strategy for last season finals and the first thing they focused when preparing the series was on Orlando transition 3s.

Why is Orlando such a good team in the transition/secondary break? Well, one reason is because they have good shooters and know how to run the floor, but one equally as important is Howard's presence - he runs the floor so well for a big and is so difficult to stop 1x1 especially when he catches rolling to the basket that he forces teams to sink too deep or to not close out on shooters.

[TheManFromAcme]

hakeem would rape howard, heck even david robinson would too

Yuppers.

But I'd still take me some Dwight over Drew. Right now that is. If Drew really ever blossoms into what he can potentially be, I may channge my tune.

[Muser]

Those OKC big men sure are great!

[Giuseppe]

Ya stutterin' pricks, ya. PG has the Board rank & file turdhounds in hot pursuit chasin' their assholes round their elbows.

It's absolutely adorable.

[lefty]

Bynum (30.4 mpg): 13.2 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 1.2 apg, 58.3% FG, 58.8% FT, 2.2 bpg, 0.2 spg, 0.8 topg, 2.6 fpg

Dwight (26.5 mpg): 9.8 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 2.3 apg, 48.1% FG, 37.1% FT, 5.0 bpg, 0.8 spg, 3.3 topg, 5.5 fpg

Smackin that Overrated Dwight Howard Around

Non Issue

Considering the lack of true Centers nowadays, it's not really an achievement.


FAIL

[Giuseppe]

Considering the lack of true Centers nowadays, it's not really an achievement.


FAIL

Perhaps, but, couple PG's cited stats line with Howard bent over in Florida last Summer, Bynum 8 inches deep in his caboose and it's pretty sweet.

tee, hee.

[NBAfan83]

good offensive centers are harder to find than good defensive centers, dwight's gonna lose his athleticism way faster than bynum and he'll be stuck with a shaky jump hook, and weak ass lay ups.

Bynum, will probably be playing when he's 38, dwights gna retire when he's 32

[TheManFromAcme]

good offensive centers are harder to find than good defensive centers, dwight's gonna lose his athleticism way faster than bynum and he'll be stuck with a shaky jump hook, and weak ass lay ups.

Bynum, will probably be playing when he's 38, dwights gna retire when he's 32

Cool analysis. Never looked at it through that angle. Dwights extreme atheleticsm is what might contribute to his early retirement. Your legs with that height can only take so much. I am not saying that Drew is some lethargic Koala bear but he's just not that, for lack of a better term, mobile nor lightning fast. I like Drew's overall footwork compared to Dwight but Dwight's hovering presence is what makes him a beast right now.