That seems like a really good way to get Howard going. He could probably school Meyers with one healthy leg.
Top 10 if they played to their potential instead of cruising as they do. But even with that--not Matthews, and I doubt Lopez, would make the list.
He also leads the entire NBA in 4th quarter blocks and is an 82% FT shooter who is a smart player who makes his teammates better. He's easily a top 10 center and arguably top 6 - 8 when you consider total impact and not just individual stats. There just aren't that many great centers in the league these days. We're lucky. We got one who is relatively young and extremely cheap for a starting center that isn't on a rookie contract.
Lets stat it up! NBA.com player stats to date (04/03/14) Looking at all players who PPG are 15.0 or more. Houston Code: PLAYER TEAM GP MPG PTS James Harden, SG HOU 66 38 25.1 Dwight Howard, C HOU 68 34 18.5 Chandler Parsons, SF HOU 68 37.7 16.3 Blazers Code: PLAYER TEAM GP MPG PTS LaMarcus Aldridge, PF POR 64 36.2 23.3 Damian Lillard, PG POR 76 35.9 21.1 Wesley Matthews, SG POR 76 34.1 16.3 That's like a 1 point margin (go Blazers) between the 3 'consistent' scorers for both teams. We figure Dwight might not be there at 100% so that helps our cause...but assume he is. If these 6 'wash' each other out, its rotation time. Lin is about the only offensive 'concern' off the bench for Houston. Mo could try to match but I don't think he has too. If T-rob, Will, and D W can get some production I think they can match anything that Houston can bring from the bench and then some. Likely these games get decided on the production from the rest of the starters. Batman & Robin (production) vs Jones (guess we could call him Indy...) I don't see Garcia, Hamilton or Canaan doing much...
