Koolaid_Man: Unless he's at the line. Or gets into foul trouble.
Kool with no regard for human life goods.hey my friendwhat's with the uber excited and childish name calling....is this amateur hour at the Apollo? Come on guy you're smarter than that...use your intellect and wit to put me down...
and@ Durant being a borderline elite wing defender...perhaps a borderline Chicken Wing defender....
Dwight has the foot speed to stay with point guards? Obviously you don't have a clue what you're talking about. Girls shouldn't talk basketball. Assuming you are a girl with a pink name.
we working on that....we have the right shooting coaches..similar to how we helped Bynum be a good freebie shooter...but the other thing is that we have a defensive minded team that should keep him out of foul trouble...
Dwight Asking Lakers Not To Gamble On Defense
Dwight Howard is the NBA's single most influential defensive player and he is already asking his new teammates on the Los Angeles Lakers to play a certain way on that end of the floor.
“The biggest thing is we don’t have to gamble,” said Howard. “That’s the one thing I told those guys — don’t gamble. We’re solid on defense, we work hard for 24 seconds on defense and then we’re out.
“That’s when you put everybody else in bad predicaments, when you do gamble. But when we’re solid, we have some great defenders on the wing. We have some great defenders on the post. So there’s no need to gamble. We all just have to trust our instincts and play the right way.”
Via Gary Washburn/Boston Globe
Lebron would butt Kobe..but Kobe would kill Lebron...would you prefer to be killed or butt ed....
^ Another pussy I'm about to I see....
Dwight runs a 4.2 - 40 for your info....
what big man have you ever seen get to the rack and / or a lead fast break like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7zcDZUrqNM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX6c4...layer_embedded
wow, that has to be a top 3 for best bull post ever..
How Dwight Howard Shuts Down Tony Parker and Russell Westbrook
Statistics Prove Dwight Howard Has a Major Impact in Limiting the Effectiveness of Russell Westbrook and Tony Parker Around the Rim
If the Lakers are going to win the 2013 NBA le they very well may have to get past both the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder.
Dwight Howard could be the key in getting past the Spurs and Thunder by shutting down their explosive point guards near the rim.
Since Dwight Howard joined the Orlando Magic in 2004-2005 he has had a major impact containing Parker and Westbrook from within five feet of the hoop. With data taken from Pro-Basketball-Referene.com, here is the summary:
FG% on Shots Within Five Feet Since 2004-2005
Tony Parker - vs. Orlando Magic: 57% (51-89), vs. All Other NBA Teams: 63% (2719-4291)
Russell Westbrook - vs. Orlando Magic: 49% (22-45), vs. All Other NBA Teams: 53% (1203-2291)
When facing Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic, Tony Parker saw his FG% fall six points when shooting from within five feet of the rim. Russell Westbrook's FG% fell four points against the Magic.
Much of this significant decrease in Parker and Westbrook's ability to score near the rim against the Orlando Magic would logically be attributed to Dwight Howard's defensive presence.
The Steve Nash - Dwight Howard Partnership
The implications of this are huge for the Lakers.
While Steve Nash will greatly benefit the Lakers' offense with this playmaking, penetration, and killer jump shot, Nash can be a defensive liability when matched up against younger, more explosive point guards.
The Lakers will likely face the Spurs and/or the Thunder in meaningful regular season games and in the playoffs, and Dwight Howard's play against their aggressive point guards will be vital.
Stopping PG's Key to a Lakers' le
In the 2012 playoffs the Lakers point guards were exposed in the first round by the Denver Nuggets' Andre Miller and Ty Lawson. The Lakers escaped with a 4-3 series win.
In the second round the Lakers were obliterated by the Thunder's Russell Westbrook.
Fortunately for Lakers fans like me, Dwight Howard's presence will significantly reduce the effectiveness of the west's elite point guards like Tony Parker and Russell Westbrook around the rim.
Dwight Howard will help in covering up Steve Nash's defensive flaws, and the new Nash-Howard duo may very well power the Lakers to an NBA le in 2013.
What will Dwight do about this?^ Another pussy I'm about to I see....
Dwight runs a 4.2 - 40 for your info....
what big man have you ever seen get to the rack and / or a lead fast break like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7zcDZUrqNM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX6c4...layer_embedded
Last edited by Durantula35; 10-28-2012 at 09:15 AM.
Uh 49% is still efficient and those numbers are not really a good measure considering the sample. Westbrook will blow by Nash at will and force Dwight to guard two players.
block from 15 feet with an overhead kick tbh...
that true people been puttin him as bein top 5 defensive player just cuz he stood infronta rose when heat use funnel tactic ta stop Rose. He good at defense but he dun hold a candle ta the defensive specialists like chandler or tony Allen. only thing he got goin fo him is bein a physical mismatch on defense
If the Rockets gave up this package for Harden, imagine what Orlando could have gotten from us if Dwight wasn't such a . Oh well, I hope they're happy with Aar
Martin is one-dimensional, he's a shooter and not much else. Harden was a good spark off the bench for the Thunder. He could shoot, get to the line, assist and do a decent job vs Kobe on defense.
On paper, things just got easier for the Lakershow tbh.
lol westbrook-martin-durant will be awful defensively. The Lakers already have the Thunder beat on the inside game, and now they're about to kill them from outside.
If you think Harden sucks youre a dumbass tbh. Id love this trade if I was a Rockets fan.
Spurstalk is ing re ed when it comes to basketball discussion. I understand that nobody likes Harden, but acting like he isn't a good player is just stupid. I don't know what will happen with the draft picks OKC got in the future but their championship hopes for this season are done.
yeah, but hes a 6th man type player.. thats what he established himself, idk if he can handle the pressure of being a more go to guy.. harden is a baller, but i think its downhill from here
He's only 23. He has time to improve.
^Harden was arguably the 3rd best SG in the game last season. Hes not just a bench player, and certainly wasnt coming off the bench because he wasnt good enough to start.
how long do you guys want to wait for a another ring? thats a very young team, very questionable. only 2 players livingston and delfino have played 7 years. the rest of the roster max is 3 year experience.
They don't have to make another move right now just to make one. They have max money to spend next summer which alot can happen between now and then. For example, CP3 wanting out of LA, Bynum's situation in Philly which could be another sign and trade scenario, Demarcus Cousins situation. The goal now was to make Houston a better destination tp team up with another star. No need to mess with the max money now.
how did u feel about scola?
Serviceable but played no defense and didn't really help towards setting a direction.
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