Not against dwight, when he guarded him LA was completely hopeless. Terrance jones? Ya he ate him alive
If curry was competing with harden and not lebron curry would have won it over harden again. That year was all about not giving it to lebron, in that case harden was the lesser of two evils
Lost in the sauce of everybody fighting about Dwight vs. Harden is that McHale royally ****ed up that series letting LA get into a rhythm vs. T Jones.
That wasn't my memory. Dwight guarded him after Game 2 more often, Dwight did a much better job, however I would not describe him as "useless" against Dwight. Maybe it was because he was already in a rhythm thanks to T-Jones, but I remember Dwight also being unable to get big stops on Aldridge when we needed it.
You could be right, it's been a while. I just remember Jones getting scored on basically every single time and dwight mostly locking him up. If dwight guarded him the entire series LA wouldn't have been able to put up anything impressive IMO.
I honestly think he needs the off season to recover. This has to be a serious wakeup call though if he ever wants to be elite again. Like he has to do the chris paul diet or lebron regimen
I was team dwight when he was here but I just remember praying every night for him to have a respectable game
I just don't know man. I think that leg injury was his undoing. He definitely doesn't have the same off-season programs he did back when we were an elite team. I felt like he was significantly more dedicated. Especially after 2016. I hope this is a wakeup call because it's painful to watch. Comparing him to last year pre injury it's like he's been space jammed.
yea its not impossible but its also not a guarantee. However weve seen players come back from bad injuries recently. He is still way better than chris paul in 2019. Durant took a year off for his achilles and came back a superstar This off season is really going to be a test to see how dedicated he actually still is. If he comes back again looking like hes wearing 3 t shirts than thats it lol
why are people in here arguing about dwight howard ? i hope its not pretend like the rockets should have won a championship because he played here. he was no longer a superstar, and this was right around the time the 3pt revolution was about to takeover the NBA. his numbers declined every year after we got him and he was useless against GS so it doesn't matter anyway. the rockets never put enough talent around james to win it. even in 2018 the warriors were still much more talented the rockets had a chance because they were hungrier.
That’s ****ing Pathetic if true. This is what happens when you limitless talent but a mental midget mindset. You force a trade, don’t play, get fat and party and look washed just 2!yrs out from dominating the league meanwhile cp3 is still beasting. One is a coincidence, but just about every star playing with harden has beef with this ish
