Dwight Howard

I actually could see him doing a Lebron and going to his hometown in Atlanta...Houston could get Horford for him

 

A breaking down soon-to-be UFA?

Harden is the only Rocket with trade value.

 

The Hawks definitely say no. Horford is superior to Dwight.

 

Celtics-Have-Nearly-No-Interest-In-Dwight-Howard-Prefer-Al-Horford

http://basketball.realgm.com/wireta...o-Interest-In-Dwight-Howard-Prefer-Al-Horford

 

I'm not even going to take the time to read this entire thread. I'm going to assume that it's twelve pages of nothing but Blazers fans rejecting any cap possible scenario in which this clown comes to town. Right? 12 pages of total agreeing?

Good. Moving on....

 

Draco no likey

 

http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/ot-dwight-howard-flew-out-underage-girls-to-florida.264515/

 

yeah, but there's more sobbing over there

 

Quit bumping old threads. No need to add to the Dwight clutter when there's this thread right here. We get it. You don't want Dwight here.

 

We can trade Miles Plumlee even though he's not on our team? Cool!

 

I'm not necessarily against bringing him in; just found a few posts in those threads interesting.

It's an odd fascinating situation to have these perennial all stars available for so little.

 

Apparently the Hornets are interested in trading for D12. Ya, like he would really resign there!

 

Howard, when healthy, is essentially a beefier Tyson Chandler. He protects the rim well, rebounds well and his offensive game is largely limited to finishing on pick-and-rolls. Or, if you like, an older and less healthy DeAndre Jordan. He's valuable in that role, but the Blazers already have two big men who have that sort of skillset in Mason Plumlee and Ed Davis. Neither is, obviously, the household name that Howard is, but they're not necessarily much worse and they cost a fraction of what a declining Howard does.

I, personally, wouldn't be at all interested in trading for, or signing, Howard.

 

Just to play devil's advocate, Howard is light years better at scoring in the paint than Plumlee or Davis. Not sure I'd give one of them up for a one season rental on Howard, but Leonard is likely going to want more money than the Blazers will want to pay him next season. Might make for a fun experiment with little to lose.

 

Howard has really never been a great post scorer; and he's worse as he's declined. His scoring in the paint mostly comes from finishing on the pick-and-roll and put-backs. He has the occasional big game where he has unusually good touch out of the post, which are out of the reach of Davis or Plumlee, but those occasional games aren't really worth the money he'll command over the likes of Plumlee and Davis, IMO.

 

When Houston gets Howard the ball, he dominates as he has done against us. But Harden doesn't get him the ball.