Roy is going to be positive about his teammate. We'll see though. Should be some interesting match-ups throughout the next decade.
I actually think Howard is overrated, as strange as that might sound. He puts up big numbers consistently, but his shortcomings -- under-sized and under-skilled offensively -- were exposed in the Olympics. I'm surprised teams haven't followed that road map to slowing him down. Too many converted power forwards trying to guard him, I guess.
Oden is already a better help defender than Howard. No way to really tell what his post defense is like because he didnt face an opponent in the post tonight, but I'd assume Oden is better there too. Offensively it's hard to tell what was rust for not really having played in 18 months and what was just poor and aloof play, but defensively Oden might be our best player in about a month.
I gotta say, I don't know about Oden being on Howard's level, but it was no accident that Portland went to him so often in the post in the first half. The announcers kept going on about how Oden was unprepared for that kind of focus, but Nate and Roy aren't dumb. They must see something pretty incredible in practice to be running so many basic post ups for Oden in his first real game. Especially when you've got scorers like Roy, Aldridge, Rudy and Outlaw out there too. I've got a feeling that once he gets 10 or 12 games under his belt and gets over the jitters, he's going to be a hell of a threat posting up.
How the hell does anybody get 10 blocks in an NBA game? Somewhere there was an NBA player out there who was looking at Howard with 9 blocks and thinking, "I think I'll take it into the paint. No way he gets 10." Unbelievable. Oh wait, it was Oklahoma City. It was probably a D-Leaguer looking to earn another 10 day contract. Nevermind.
lol, you get on his case for giving out facts that so far true for your rebuttal that Oden>Howard....give me a break
It's totally recockulous. Oden will probably end up having a pretty decent year, but D-12 is a force of nature. Greg has miles and miles to go before people even use his name in the same paragraph as Howard.
The record is 17, believe it or not. Elmore Smith of the Lakers. Against Portland. Among active players, Josh Smith's career high is 10.
Did these guys do it with 30pts/19REB also? Guy was ballin' on both ends of the floor and got a triple-double
No reason other then Greg is a size bigger, every bit the athlete, and is the most hyped big man prospect of the past decade...well maybe Yao would be in that discussion too. Other then that I got nothing because Greg has never been on the floor STOMP
