Dwight Howard injury thread (video)

Josh Smith is a weird cat. Very lefty type of game. I like him though. I'm a lefty too.

 

We need the defense only Dwight that was spoken of in the regular season. Dwight can start but needs to swallow his pride and be Capela's backup if his knee isn't 100%.

 

No info on that.

 

Dwight is not the youngest any more, Daryl has to plan ahead next time

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dwight Howard's uncertainty leads to big questions for Rockets before Game 2

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He did have one of the best backups available last year. I'd rather have Capela over Asik any day of the week though especially against the Warriors.

 

He did. That's why Capela was drafted.

 

Capela has to play 30 mpg consistently

 

I think our guys are gonna be in good shape if Howard doesn't play.

We were still competitive in the West without him in the lineup. From the interviews, these guys sound fired up and ready to do anything to win. They have come too far to make excuses.

 

We were competitive without Dwight WITH D-Mo and Beverley. This is not good, guys.

 

Pretty sure Morey got a little lucky there, at least in the short term. If he'd had his way, Capela would be playing in Elan Chalon right now. Good thing Clint and his agent were persistent.

 

But then we would have a better Capela for 4 years instead of a nonexistant one in his first year. He played 80 minutes in the regular season and burned a year of cheap labor. That isn't how Morey rolls.

 

This is true, but if Capela isn't here, the Rockets have another roster spot to work with.

 

I'd argue that a season in RGV, getting to learn the system, practice intermittently with the team and getting comfortable with our guys >> another season w/ Elan Chalon, for overall development purposes. But that's precisely my point -- it isn't ordinarily how Morey rolls, but I'd say it worked out in our favor this time.

 

In Capela I trust.

 

If it is just a sprain and he can't injure it by playing on it, then he should lace it up and go.

But if he can't play all out or is going to baby it, we are better playing Clint and letting him learn on the fly - we have nothing to lose, GS is the favorite any way.

Maybe sit Dwight game 2 anyway and hope to get him at home? Dunno.

Will be interesting, Dwight's image is on the line a bit here.

DD

 

Yao has some eligibility left, right?

I mean Yao could go for 4 weeks of basketball.....

And he can shoot FTs too.

DM - give Yao a call.

DD

 

Yao would have played through this.. he played through bone breaks in his foot