OFFICIAL: Rockets land Dwight Howard!

Rockets offseason gets a C+.

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/68399/all-hail-the-nba-offseason

 

Nicely done

Asik really bulked up this summer. :grin:

 

The Warriors are the new darlings. Rockets are the new team to hate and root against.

 

And I'm okay with that. Sometimes, it's fun to be the bad guys.

 

Of course. Especially if Houston lands another star.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>We worked all summer to get DH to Dallas. Welcome back to the Mavs, Devin Harris....</p>&mdash; Dirk Nowitzki (@swish41) <a href="https://twitter.com/swish41/statuses/354695986368622593">July 9, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Welcome to 4 days ago!!!

 

You've got to be kidding! The crap members of the "media" will say to get attention. Give us a break.

 

It's been about a week and it's still surreal

 

This. I still can't believe that Dwight is a Rocket.

Rep me, I'm dreaming

 

Anyone like a good laugh? Seriously, Nick Young? Kaman?


http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=162871&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=25

 

The real funny thing is, that even that signing fell through at the last minute...

 

Here's the article's caveat though:

 

I have no problem with this grade. But if he's grading the Mavs badly("give Dirk a hug is basically an F) because they didn't get Dwight, give the Rockets a C+ because we did get Dwight, how does that work? Shouldn't Dirk have gotten a high five for dodging the Dwight Howard bullet instead?

 

Bill, why'd ya have to call him "Rocketman"?! Now everyone on ESPN is rolling with it
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the fact that they gave phil jaxxons comment about dwight an "A+++++++++++" just demonstrates they have an agenda against dwight. To think people in the media don't carry grudges against certain players is just as crazy. We see it all the time with baseball 'writers' The hate is strong with grantland.

 

ESPN may have an agenda against Dwight.

Probably better for them if he stayed in LA.

 

OK so Dwight is officially a rocket, and everyone has seemed to embrace him.

Even if I'm not paying a single dime of the $88 million he will be receiving, I would still wait for the results on the court,

My expectations are :

1) Dwight makes an effort to improve his free throw % to 75%
2) Dwight plays all 82 games of the season
3) The Rockets at least reach the conference finals

I think anything less would be a dissapointment. Not to mention all the other fans' expectations, which I would think wouldn't be far from what I'm hoping for from Dwight.

Is that too much to ask?

 

Well, based on history, yeah. His FT% has gotten worse since his rookie year when it was acceptable. He just has garbage form and hasn't fixed it for whatever weird psychological reason.

 

Let me clarify, expecting a pro basketball player to shoot over 60% on free throws is very reasonable. It's just that Dwight is probably not going to, ever.