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Old 05-13-2009, 10:37 PM
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What you aren't getting is that the ONLY reason they can get anything is because of Howard's presence in the middle. It's the same thing that happened with the Lakers and Miami. When Shaq was with LA, everybody shot higher percentages and the team was among the league leaders in fg percentage. Miami was nowhere near the top. Once they traded Shaq to Miami, it totally switched around. The presence of an inside threat is going to open up the floor for the outside guys. It's been that way since the beginning of the game. Howard doesn't have to be a guy that can score 30 a night. He has to be a guy that the defense has to respect that his team can go to him inside and he can consistently get you 20 a night and on given nights go for 30+. When you don't even go inside to him and the defense has to pay no attention to him, then you get what you got last night. Guys running around throwing up airballs and trying to create off the dribble too much. Howard doesn't have to score but he is a threat to score and has to be respected when he gets the ball. By not giving him the ball at all, you are only hurting yourself.
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Old 05-13-2009, 10:57 PM
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What you aren't getting is that the ONLY reason they can get anything is because of Howard's presence in the middle. It's the same thing that happened with the Lakers and Miami. When Shaq was with LA, everybody shot higher percentages and the team was among the league leaders in fg percentage. Miami was nowhere near the top. Once they traded Shaq to Miami, it totally switched around. The presence of an inside threat is going to open up the floor for the outside guys. It's been that way since the beginning of the game. Howard doesn't have to be a guy that can score 30 a night. He has to be a guy that the defense has to respect that his team can go to him inside and he can consistently get you 20 a night and on given nights go for 30+. When you don't even go inside to him and the defense has to pay no attention to him, then you get what you got last night. Guys running around throwing up airballs and trying to create off the dribble too much. Howard doesn't have to score but he is a threat to score and has to be respected when he gets the ball. By not giving him the ball at all, you are only hurting yourself.
I think Howard has done a poor
job of being physical and getting seals for easy
passes. He is standing straight up asking for the ball.
He is not working very hard to receive the
ball in good position, which for him is very close to the
basket.

He needs to get his damn butt into someones legs
elbow out and ask for the ball at the right time. Like after
the ball has moved around away from him and is on
its way back. He is totally relying on his athletic ability
and forgetting any sort of technique. Taking the lazy
route.
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Old 05-13-2009, 11:02 PM
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Howard doesn't have to score but he is a threat to score and has to be respected when he gets the ball. By not giving him the ball at all, you are only hurting yourself.
Holy God. You clearly haven't been watching this series. The guy can't score outside of three feet, and he's not strong enough to back down Perkins or even Davis. He's been completely exposed in this series, and comparing him to Shaq in his prime is so ridiculous I don't even know where to begin. If he can't score one-on-one and the Celtics are never going to double him, throwing the ball to him in the post every possession is a hindrance, not a necessity.
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Old 05-13-2009, 11:09 PM
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How low class are you when you have red lips tattooed high up on the side of your neck?
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Old 05-13-2009, 11:14 PM
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How low class are you when you have red lips tattooed high up on the side of your neck?
You are next on the list after he
beats up Mark Cuban.
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Old 05-13-2009, 11:52 PM
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Right under his ear. He can't even cover that for a funeral (not even with a turtleneck.)
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Old 05-14-2009, 12:03 AM
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They got enough Hyundai signage on that TNT show?
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Old 05-14-2009, 12:35 AM
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Charles' push-ups are so fake that Cybelle could fit under him.
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