Our record without Dwight is actually better this season

As others have said... the quality of competition for the games Dwight missed was pretty poor... Dallas, Miami, Denver, Milwaukee, Sacramento, Knicks, Pelicans, Jazz, etc.


But I think we can sense from both last year and this year that the team is at least AS GOOD without Dwight as they are with him. Meaning, he doesn't really have much of an impact.

I'd rather have his $20+ million dollar salary back to add other players than pay him that much. Then the team could really improve.

 

you posted an article based on a opinion. no wonder your posts are extremely simple

 

You also gotta keep in mind that when they were sitting him out for the back-to-backs they would have him play in the more difficult game and have him sit out for the easier game that the team could win without him.

 

in other news santa clause is coming to town in december

 

May be... but on the other hand, before Dwight was on the team they had 45 wins and were fairly uncompetitive in the playoffs with the Thunder.

Then they get Dwight and they win 54 games (9 game improvement) and played a very competitive series with the Blazers (who were a really good team at that time). Then they won 56 games last year and went to the WCF.

This year is a stinker, but this is a crazy anomaly of a year.

Ever since Dwight got here, the team has certainly been trending significantly upward. How much of that is due to Dwight? I'm not sure.

Do the Rockets get to the WCF last season without Dwight? Probably not. So it really is a difficult question and I'm not sure I know the answer.

 

They improved from 45 wins to 54 wins the year before that. Did Dwight not have a hand in that?

 

Dwight is a noticeable drag on offense. He can't create a shot, space the floor, or pass very well. Last night in the 4th, he tried to get off a hook shot over a triple team and got swatted by Booker, instead of passing to an open shooter. That's a microcosm of his offensive game, he's either going to take a low percentage hook shot or turn it over off the dribble. He can still finish strong, but that depends on his commitment to set good screens and move without the ball, which he doesn't always seem to be interested in.

Factor in his declining defense and effort and there's no doubt that his salary could be better spent elsewhere. I appreciate his time here, but you'd have to be crazy to think he'll be more effective in the next few years. He's 30. The fundamentals will never be there at this point.

 

OP is right. Dwight is complete trash. He has no impact on games offensively because he's an awful passer, high TO prone, doesn't set good picks & refuses to pnr. Hell, it could be argued he negatively impacts the team since he clogs the lane.

His true impact was on the defensive side of the floor but that hasn't been the case all year.

Even Kobe knows the deal. He's a cancer.

 

There's a big difference between a sober and realistic analysis of a player's strengths, weaknesses, and limitations on the one hand, versus a constant litany/barrage of ad hominem attacks on a player on the other. We all appreciate the former . . . the latter, not so much.

 

True. Wonder if Morey has a stat.

X - Y: With D12 giving a crap
X - Y: With D12 daydreaming about hitting the X-Box and crushing a bag of cheeto's