[nba open court]Charles Barkley on Kevin McHale & Dwight Howard

best player he's ever played against...and the best thing that's ever happened to dwight. oh god...

 

Interesting. During the Dallas game- DH was beasting. Too bad the Rox choked the game away in the 4th q with James Hardheaded 3-pt-chucking.

 

Charles might be right. Dwight looked great last night, and he's been looking pretty solid all year. The times he hasn't looked as great is when he's over-thinking it and trying to do things he not capable of/comfortable with, when he keeps it relatively simple (jump hooks, up-and-unders, dunks, alley-oops, ect.) he plays his best. If he would just keep it simple and not try and do anything too fancy (sorry Hakeem), he would be a lot better player. That said, McHale is not a good coach, and they really need to find a coach who can hold on to a 10+ point lead for 12 minutes.

 

Howard did look good last night when he wasn't being doubled. But he didn't look good against Andrea... I've said he doesn't have much of a post game but apparently he does. I think a lot of his issues are mental. He has a low BB IQ in the post (as in fighting for position and being where he needs to be to be effective)... Offensively he comes and goes... No argument about McHale...

 

Man, I forgot how fat Barkley was - dayum.

 

McHale's better but Howard fits Charles game better. Charles' a bull as Howard should be.

 

Charles wasn't just a bull. The guy could run the floor with the ball and throw behind the back passes. Charles skill level goes so underrated.Charles had the backdown move post fadeaway, which he was killing the young timberwolves for us in the playoffs and used it really well against the Jazz. He could put the ball on the floor and create a shot for himself. He could make a step back jumper from all the way to the 3pt line.

Charles is one of the most complete offensive players of alltime.

 

haha Chucks saying McHale is the best guy for Howard and the poll question disagrees

 

Obviously WAS.