thoughts on dwight howard

by **alexb618** on Thu Jan 06, 2005 3:17 pm

i am in the 2007-08 season and i got offered orlando after winning two titles with houston (traded yao for gasol and jimmy jackson and someone else for grant hill)

dwight howard - near impossible to hit a hook shot, gets about 3 boards a game, and about the same number of blocks

so is it just me or is dwight howard not all that great in live 2005?

want to get my hands on okafor but i just cant get him from the bobcats!!!

by **Shakes** on Thu Jan 06, 2005 3:25 pm

Dwight is an offensive beast. You shouldn't be shooting with him, just dunk dunk dunk with the odd layup thrown in for variety. I found it hard to hit under 75% with him, he's just too unstopable. He's a reasonable rebounder too, I can't see how you could only be getting 3 a game with him, he should be good for 10 a game.

by **alexb618** on Thu Jan 06, 2005 3:30 pm

an offensive machine should be able to hit hook shots from 5 feet though

by **Shakes** on Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:11 pm

alexb618 wrote:an offensive machine should be able to hit hook shots from 5 feet though

Why? A dunk and a hook shot both count for the same amount of points, it's just one goes in more often.

by **alexb618** on Thu Jan 06, 2005 5:33 pm

'versatility'

by **Shakes** on Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:12 pm

Fair enough, I guess it depends on how you play. I fire it into the big guy, look for a high percentage scoring change (dunk or layup), and if that's not there, fire it out. I can see how it might be annoying if you're someone who likes to take shots with your PF and C.

by **bEndoes** on Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:13 pm

It's just you mate.

I'm using Dwight in my 2005 season using Orlando.

In about 33 minutes, he's averaging 40.7ppg, 10.3rpg, 3.7apg, 1.3bpg, 1.2spg.

Just gotta know how to use him right!

by **addz** on Thu Jan 06, 2005 10:12 pm

dwight's a pretty good FG shooter too..
prolly 15 ft is his maximum range..but obviously the closer the better

by tc on Thu Jan 06, 2005 10:24 pm

40.7ppg

by **alexb618** on Fri Jan 07, 2005 9:55 am

tc wrote:
40.7ppg

agreed!

thats impressive, are you on all-star?

by **bEndoes** on Fri Jan 07, 2005 6:16 pm

I'm rolling on the hardest level (superstar? i'm bad when it comes to remembering names).

Get a lot of scores from running the stock 'post' play ... Stevie Franchise dumps the ball, and Dwight goes to town ... too easy.

by **ShivaSquad** on Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:52 am

it doesnt take skill to dunk

by **pookie** on Sun Jan 09, 2005 1:31 pm

haha ben, it wasnt that high until you had 3 games where he scored 100 points +with howard !!!!

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