re: Dwight Howard: Interested in Rockets and Mavericks?

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It seems like Dallas has been striking out in free agency a lot lately.

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Cuban gonna Cuban.

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not sure how I feel about the D-train in D-town

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You want Dwight to run Carlisle out of town?

howard with harden...would be fun to watch potentially

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Asik+TRob+Picks for S&T Josh Smith, for example.

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DEAL!!!

Teams are interested because he's still young enough to have 7 great years if he's motivated.

I don't know how you decide if he's motivated or not just from talking to him, but i absolutely appreciate the Houston front office for getting the team back into contention if it happens.

A core of Parsons/Lin/Harden/Howard puts them in good shape against anyone in the NBA in 2 years. All based on Howard being motivated which is impossible to know

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As a Rockets fan, I do not want Howard anywhere around this team

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I would much rather keep Asik and make a play at Josh Smith in free agency

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MSB gonna MSB?

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Why are teams interested in him? All Dwight Howard really does is get injured

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New fan to the NBA?

Welcome, you're gonna love it. My first suggestion would be to brush up on the "history" of the NBA, pre-2012.

Dwight Howard to me is not a franchise piece.

I am not saying that he is not good, but people are over valuing him.

Howard turns it over way too much in the low post, is extremely limited offensively, and is an offensive liability at the end of games due to his free throw shooting.

He is also not a leader, he is proving to be a bad teammate, and a bit of a locker room cancer.

Very few players are capable of lifting a franchise to championship levels and I do not know that Howard is one.

The Orlando team was a very talented team as a whole in an Eastern Conference that was very weak. That team had three all-stars and almost a fourth. They had good depth and they were made to play inside out with the three point shooters on that team. Howard's primary role on that team was to punish people if he got deep post position and as an eraser on defense. I am a life long Magic fan and it annoys me that people act as if Dwight single handily lifted that Orlando team to title series. People forget that when Dwight was injured or suspended that Gortat filled in and the Magic did not miss a beat.

I can go on for days on this subject. There were a lot of bad trades made, but people ignore that fact that Dwight forced the issue with some of those deals (Arenas was his buddy that he had faith in, asking for Turk to come back, etc. etc.)
Also the firing of Van Gundy whose only crime was trying to coach Howard.

I'm not saying Dwight is not good or doesn't put up numbers, he reminds me a lot of Chris Webber who was a life long 20/10 guy, but never when it mattered most.

Lastly, people swear by how injured he was. Are these the same injuries that prevented him from flying from L.A. to Orlando to attend "His" camp, but were okay enough to fly out to China a week later after he was traded? Maybe its the injuries that were going to take him until after February to be ready to go, but he was ready for pre-season once he got traded? I have no idea just how "hurt" he really is, and I do not think anyone does. However, lets say he is not the same, do you really want to build a franchise around a player with a bad back, a player who relies completely on his athleticism?

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Dwight Howard to me is not a franchise piece

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Let me ask you this, how many franchise pieces are there in the NBA?

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Lastly, people swear by how injured he was. Are these the same injuries that prevented him from flying from L.A. to Orlando to attend "His" camp, but were okay enough to fly out to China a week later after he was traded? Maybe its the injuries that were going to take him until after February to be ready to go, but he was ready for pre-season once he got traded? I have no idea just how "hurt" he really is, and I do not think anyone does

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He had a major back surgery and played through another injury missing less time than most guys do with that injury.

Let's not be too biased lifelong Magic fan.

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dwight is still a really big risk, imho

injuries + attitude problems in big men are 2 major red flags. if he's not howard of that 2010/2011 range he'll kill your franchise for 5 years. 3 years ago it wouldn't have been a question...but now? it's messy

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Sure there's a risk element, but when you weigh all the options, I don't see how you can choose anything other than signing him if that is a choice.

If you're Houston or Dallas, I simply can't see another viable option right now with the information we have today that would give you a better shot at winning over the next 5 years.