[WOJ] Dwight Howard vows to follow LeBron James' path from villain to champion

*reads thread title... refuses to read article and begins hating on Howard for vowing to follow LeBron to Miami in order to win championships*

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Yeah, IB4 that^

In all seriousness, I do see Howard vindicating himself here... but not until next season... again, following LeBron's pattern of winning in his 2nd full season with his new team. Hope he proves me wrong, and becomes a champ this season.

 

IMHO this article is exactly why people who take about athletes taking the "easy path" don't really understand what they're talking about.

People aren't mad LBJ went to win rings with Bosh and Wade, they're mad because he went of his own will instead of waiting for a GM to trade for him. It was something new and unheard of at the time, and now that LBJ proved that playing with superstars doesn't mean he can coast around every game, people are more accepting of that notion.

Winning is everything in the NBA, and to be honest I don't think a lot of people viewed DH as a villain, except maybe people from Orlando and LA. Once he wins a ring, or even reaches the finals I think everyone will forget about it and move on.

 

You might be right but somebody started the term dwightmare and that seems to have stuck. It's easy to understand why he feels vilifide.

 

Howard with the help of Harden and Lin will prove all his critics WRONG.

He will rise above .... (literally)

 

So Dwight gives us the response to Kareem: Kareem is a seven-footer and didn't suit Dwight's game, so Dwight didn't want to work with him. That's why Kareem is over there criticizing Dwight for lacking the will to do what it takes to win.

 

all howard needs to do is win in ring like lebron

if he does, all will be well

if he doesnt, many many in league will still hate him

 

New and unheard of Shaq, Tmac, Nash did it. Of course, plenty of guys forced trades before they even got to free agency (remember Steve Francis?).

Lebron was criticized because he left his hometown team, and made a huge spectacle out of it.

 

I know it sounds impossible, but the next villain will be Durant.

 

This is what I been telling everybody Dwight out to prove all the haters wrong Lebron style they should of just let Dwight be now he has a chip bigger than Texas on his shoulders Dwight is going to shut all the haters up especially Kareem

 

winning cures everything. just win baby ...

 

Pretty tame for a Woj article. I don't care if people like Dwight. I like him. It's nice to have a team worth hating for once. Can't wait to drink all those salty OKC fan tears when we blow past them in the playoffs.

 

Asik, Chandler S&T, 2 1st rd picks

 

count me in on this.
Every team needs leaders, serious competitors, blue collar glue guys and
class clowns

 

Maybe we get lucky, nobody forgives Dwight, he lets his rage run loose, breaks some backboards and goes Charles Oakley on the entire league.

 

SOOOOOO DRAMATIC WOJJJ

 

Mowray why u no Scola/Martin 4 Dwert?

 

I know it is b/r article, but Howard Beck is a well respected writer, and I really enjoyed this one. Don't want to start a new thread, so I hope it fits here.

Dwight Howard Feeling at Home with Kevin McHale in Houston

 

The problem in the league is players who run teams instead of coaches.

If Dwight was really detrimental to the team, he would have said no. Good to see he was willing to go above and beyond. And even better that McHale was joking. I think both coach and player probably learned a lot from each other from that.