DH is getting better this year, but he hasnt done a thing yet, so save your DH love juice until at least playoff. I want to see how DH responds in a locked down defense determined to take him out of the game in a hostile envrion. Until then, he is a good player, that's about it. Yao is better.
Damn.. it's amazing he has such a terrible offence game - which is what Yao is known for a lot this season.. but look at those EIGHTEEN rebounds.. geez i'd love Yao to grab that many boards while shooting only 7 shots.. Damn
Last year, Howard dunked 31 percent of his baskets, and was assisted on them 63 percent of the time. This year, 37 percent of his hoops are slams, and 79 percent are assisted. (Amare Stoudemire, playing for the pass-happy Suns, gets his dunks assisted 81 percent of the time, and gets 14 percent of his baskets off dunks.) And now guess Yao's number. There you have it.
****ing Ridiculous? "Its not Shaq or Duncan..." Are you serious? Shaq is soo washed up and Duncan is a PF.
howard doesnt have the offense run through him like yao does yet he still averages the same, if not better numbers than him. plus, yao hasnt proven anything either. gimme dwight howard any day of the week.
cool numbers, but its the ability to put up to those numbers that makes him good. Anyway going by the numbers you just shown, where Amare gets 81% of his 14% total shots assisted, meant he is not a product of the system. Which is certainly not. Yao would not even dunk when he is 7"6, he rather go for a layup, only at marque match-up, like duncan,shaq, will only you see Yao gets aggressive and "attempt" to dunk. Yao is a polish player who plays with the rim behind him, while dwight is a beast under the rim and is still learning post moves from Patrick Ewing, the same teacher that yao haves. For now, offensively, Yao have the slight advantage with his effectiveness to the free throw line, while defensively dwight with his mobility and explosiveness have the edge over the 7"6 giant. Looking at potential, surely Dwight haves the advantage.
I wonder if there is even ONE GM in the league who would rather have Dwight over Duncan come April. I'll bet there is not. D. Howard's ceiling is limitless but some of these writers need to get real. Isn't one of the knocks on Yao that he hasn't been past the first round? Has Howard even made the playoffs yet?
Ask Dwight stay at high post to dribble and pass, play motion offense and see who's the better center.
The 18 rebounds is because D-How is a freak of an athlete. You aren't going to teach Yao how to jump almost the height of the backboard like D-How does. That just pure god-given talent.... Although I believe Yao can improve on his boards if he learned to box out a little better. That's one of his problems, but even with proper box out, Yao's boarding ability might be limited because his height is rendered useless when freaks athletic freaks like Al Harrington jump as high as they do.
By the time Howard is as old as Yao, he will have been to the second round. Probably several times too.
My bad for the redundant thread, I really only check this forum now, and haven't been posting regularly on here for years. But repititve threads have been a pet peeve for me, and shame on me for committing it myself! Yao is more versatile, Dwight is just a beast. Right now, I'd still give a slight edge to Yao.
How do you even compare Howard and Yao? One is a power center, while the other is a finesse center. Just because they're both "centers" doesn't mean they're similar where a comparison is warranted. That would be like trying to compare Jason Kidd and Gilbert Arenas since they're both "point guards".
Yao will never truly dominate the center position because he can't rebound/box out. All the great centers from the past were rebounding machines. D.Howard is reaching that status with his 15 rpg. Yao is just too soft to dominate the paint. rpg >>> ppg cus each rebound can lead to a 4 to 6 points differential.
I can read your mind. You're hoping Yao schools Howard so it settles the debate. It's not going to matter though. The media will simply look the other way like they always do. To them, Duncan, Howard, Stoudamire, and Shaq are in a league of their own as far as big men goes. Yao's just a big softie that can score over people easily because he's 7'6".
Free throws. Howard shoots 60% from the line. Last game he shot 40%, or some ****! That really hurts with 2 minutes left in a close game. Least Yao can hit from the line, when he's not fumbling the ball away, travelling, or getting whistled for the O foul. It'll be interesting to see them go head-to-head. Howard'll posterize Yao a few times, for sure, and all the teens will run out and buy his shoes, but Yao's got that fadeaway action, baby. There all worth 2, right?
