No I ain't playing anything out. You can't change my opinion so I went back to the very start of this topic and pointed out that I said Dwight is the better player. And you guys agreed. I don't need to argue who's better on offense. I know Dwights is - you think Jefferson is. And we can't change each other's opinions so it's over. Now I'm meerely going back to the main point of this thread to show you guys what I origonally said and I still believe Dwight is a better offensive player - and I never said he was way better at offense, I just said he was better at offense. So, I'm just going back to prove the point of my opinion and the main idea of this thread - that Dwight is a better player.
The point is that Dwight Howard is very limited offensively. All he can do as of right now is dunk. He is atleast 2-3 years away from being a #1 scoring option. Jefferson could be a #1 option right now and was for much of the time Pierce was sidelined. If you exclude freethrows their scoring average is exactly the same. But there are also other factors in place. Although Howard is nowhere near ready to be a viable scoring option he is called upoun to be one for the young Magic. If you point Jefferson in a system where he had as much freedom has Howard has he would easily average over 20ppg on the season. Jefferson showed what he could when Pierce went down. This next season should be injury free for him and I expect atleast 18ppg as the C's second scoring option. The point is that if you give the ball to Jefferson in the post is either gonna get 2 points or he is gonna get you 2 points and a foul shot because he confused the hell out of the defender with his amazing up and head fakes. You give the ball to Howard in the post and you either get nothing or you get a couple of free throws, which he only makes 60% of the time. Putbacks don't count, that would just make Howard a better rebounder, which if you must look at the numbers isn't by much. Bottom line is Jefferson will score more points than Howard over his career.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DRob-50-Forever @ Apr 10 2007, 12:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The point is that Dwight Howard is very limited offensively. All he can do as of right now is dunk. He is atleast 2-3 years away from being a #1 scoring option. Jefferson could be a #1 option right now and was for much of the time Pierce was sidelined. If you exclude freethrows their scoring average is exactly the same. But there are also other factors in place. Although Howard is nowhere near ready to be a viable scoring option he is called upoun to be one for the young Magic. If you point Jefferson in a system where he had as much freedom has Howard has he would easily average over 20ppg on the season. Jefferson showed what he could when Pierce went down. This next season should be injury free for him and I expect atleast 18ppg as the C's second scoring option. The point is that if you give the ball to Jefferson in the post is either gonna get 2 points or he is gonna get you 2 points and a foul shot because he confused the hell out of the defender with his amazing up and head fakes. You give the ball to Howard in the post and you either get nothing or you get a couple of free throws, which he only makes 60% of the time. Putbacks don't count, that would just make Howard a better rebounder, which if you must look at the numbers isn't by much. Bottom line is Jefferson will score more points than Howard over his career.</div>I honstley have no ida what you're talking about since Dwight averages just 3 dunks per game which is only 6 of his 17 per game. You guys are seriously putting Dwgith's offensive game down. So I don't even think it's worthwhile to argue when people don't have the facts straight. And dunks do count as low post scoring - it means Dwight is quicker, stronger, and athletic in the post so he can get dunks. Maybe Jefferson doesn't get as many because he isn't as strong, quick or athletic.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Legacy @ Apr 10 2007, 04:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I honstley have no ida what you're talking about since Dwight averages just 3 dunks per game which is only 6 of his 17 per game. You guys are seriously putting Dwgith's offensive game down. So I don't even think it's worthwhile to argue when people don't have the facts straight. And dunks do count as low post scoring - it means Dwight is quicker, stronger, and athletic in the post so he can get dunks. Maybe Jefferson doesn't get as many because he isn't as strong, quick or athletic.</div> Samuel Dalembert is long, quick, athletic, and fairly strong... does he have a better post game than Tim Duncan because Duncan doesn't smash on people? And Al Jefferson is very quick, have you ever watched a Celtics game?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ Apr 10 2007, 04:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Samuel Dalembert is long, quick, athletic, and fairly strong... does he have a better post game than Tim Duncan because Duncan doesn't smash on people?And Al Jefferson is very quick, have you ever watched a Celtics game?</div>Duh I've watched Celtics game or else I wouldn't be talking.And your first comment was very dumb and unthoughtful. That is not what I said and you know it.
