Am I the only one who noticed how much Dwight Struggled?

He was up against the 2nd best post defender in the NBA. Of course he will struggle.

 

You might be the first one making a thread about it

 

Frankly, I don't care.

Meanwhile:
He's meshing well with the starters, he's cramming tons of new post moves, he'd limited Hibbert. It's preseason.

I'd be more worried if it's late December and he's still looking like this.

 

Roy Hibbert was the main reason the pacers almost upset the Heat. He is a very good player. Probably the best center Dwight will face all season.

 

Thoughts:

- He's testing out his mid-range jumper
- Our spacing has been poor (players are staying to close to him), and defenders are having an easier time collapsing on him
- Hibbert is a very good defender

 

He's supposed to be the best center in the NBA. No excuses.

 

Guarding Dwight is about matchups. Against big slow guys he has to use his quickness but their team defense is pretty good so it's harder for Dwight to score with such a limited range on his shot. He did hit one bank shot jumper that I saw. If he can start hitting that and it becomes a real threat then the inside will open up more for his drives.

 

hibbert is a stud

guy is so much bigger than dwight. seems like he was a good 5 inches taller

 

Who are the other "bigger centers like Hibbert?" Except, you know -- Hibbert. Dude, Hibbert is like 7'2 with a 9'+ vertical reach. Anyone would struggle. Count your blessings that (1) we only play them twice, and (2) we'll (hopefully) have Asik to relieve some of the pressure. Dwight will be fine. We will be fine.

Chill more.

 

Howard used to struggle against Yao's size and Hibbert is a giant so that's not unexpected. But actually a lot of it was that they double teamed him pretty quickly and he took too long to wind up and make his move so that by the time he put the ball up, there was often a crowd of two big guys around him and a small guy to strip the ball. He needs to review his Olajuwan lessons and just go straight into his move as soon as he catches the ball.

 

He struggled. Trying to do to much one-one-one in the post, sometimes guarded by three Pacers one of which was Hibbert. Didn't play smart: should have passed out on some of those post plays. Only had 6 rebounds and had 5 fouls. In his defense he said that he hasn't had much sleep of late and is tired.

Asik could have done as much defensively and put up those kind of offensive numbers in his sleep.

 

Howard's post game isn't the strongest part of his offensive arsenal, his PnR rolling has traditionally been his strongest weapon. He has to be more selective about his choice of post up moves when he has the better post up defenders on him.

Personally, I'm more worried about how fast he racks up fouls. I remember a bunch of games for the Lakers where he racked up fouls very fast.

We're really going to need Asik to fill in those minutes so that Dwight can keep playing physical defense.

 

Hibbert is taller than Dwight so he already had an advantage. Just like how Yao played against Dwight last time. Except, hibbert have difficulties getting buckets.

 

Howard just need to be patient. I feel like he's rushing on offense and also on defense...he doesn't need to front Hibbert. Just play him straight up and dare him to do anything.

 

i was hoping dwight could show off some of his hakeem moves. but oh well

 

Oh pleaseee. Dwight had Bert's 8ft 400 pound ass in check you aint even know it .Dwight didnt get the touches though

 

Oh, I thought you were open to logical discussion. My bad. LOL.