D takes a while to develop. I'll say this: it's probably true that it has improved, but honestly (and this is not said sarcastically) you have to admit that it was very bad prior to AJ (so it kind of had to improve, nowhere else to go). However, imo, Dallas' d is still not up there with the best defensive teams (Detroit and SA- no arguments based upon anomalies or the first few months of November for reasons given above). Perhaps, some time in the future, Daniels and Howard will become good post up players and they have probably to some extent (as I have watched them this year and last year) improved. However, neither of them is really a post player who regularly posts up. Neither of them, in other words, is a power forward. You can't take a big guard (which Howard is) and call him a post player as Duncan is or Shaq or as Rasheed can be. If Howard stayed there (on the block), he would be killed due to his height and weight and he would be a hindrance to the offense.
I'm not saying anything you probably don't already know as do most fans, but you all need to get a prime time, post player who can score consistently with his back to the basket. Trade for somebody good.
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