This is a simple question folks. Gortat had a pretty solid half against the Celtics while Howard was a disappearing act. Who has better post moves, Gortat or Dwight?
Howard's post moves are pathetic against a center that he can't back up. Both Perkins and Davis are shorter than him but because he can't get within 2 feet of the basket he misses constantly. Yao would just simply turn around and shoot over anyone.
Gortat knows how to play on the offensive end, Howard looks like a r****ded donkey on the offensive end.
i was just thinking of that today. why would anyone double team dwight? he's not gonna go off for 40 or 50 points if you play him one on one. might as well let him get his 20 points against one defender and stay home with the rest of the shooters. double teaming him plays into the magic's game plan. they don't really want dwight taking a lot of shots inside, they want the open 3's they get from teams doubling dwight.
OK first of all, at least Dwight has some sort of post move. Gortat only has the ability to finish around the best. Is there even a time where the Magic have thrown the ball into Gortat and he has made a move? No. So how can anyone say he even has a post move when nobody has seen it?
It is a stupid and silly poll. But I see what you mean, and yes, Dwight has no post moves and he HASN'T IMPROVED AT ALL since last year.
Yea i never understood why teams decided to double him, celtics prove it´s better if you just defend him with a strong center, so the rest won´t get open shots.
I don't think many teams have a 300 LB center to just push Howard around, though. I've always assumed that would work, too, because Howard is all power and little skills. And it's no wonder that when Orlando does play a credible team with a credible center, the Magic tend to lose.
The media are able to hype a player up. Without so many people outside the arena saying how good dwight is, chances are he wudnt attract as many double teams. He relies on strength over his opponent to score, and that fails against good defenders who can play him straight up. Hes getting better though
even if a team doesn't have a great defensive center... how many points can dwight really score? he's not going to win a game by himself on the offensive end. i'd rather lock down the other guys than double dwight and leave all of those shooters open.
Didn't Cleveland try to play him one on one last year? I see what you guys are saying but I think you still have to have the right personnel to play him straight up.
i don't believe so. i think they learned from their mistake last year and acquired shaq for the sole purpose of guarding dwight one on one this year.
You need a strong center that can withstand Dwight's attempts to back them down while having just enough mobility to stop him from going around you. That's part of the reason Yao dominates Dwight head-to-head. Other strong centers with a low center of gravity and some lateral mobility do the same. Heck, DH can't even overcome Big Baby of the Celtics. That guy is not even tall, he is just super thick and strong. If DH had any sort of offensive game he could easily shoot over him like Yao does.
