Dwight Howard

Chris Paul has been perfecting his start-and-stop from the comfort of his living room. Dwight Howard can't seem to decipher his own feelings about the Magic. Lamar Odom, as collateral from the Paul fall-out, whined his way to the Mavs, who were spurned earlier in the week by Tyson Chandler (Knicks). Chauncey Billups took his frequent flier miles to the Clips (though he could be dealt again by the time I finish this sentence) and Big Baby was swapped for Brandon Bass.

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Courtney Lee? Really? 

Game 4-Offensive defensive indifference! Although Dwight Howard threw up enough clutch-time bricks from the line to build an estate, it was Jameer Nelson's mind-numbing mind-numbness that truly cost Orlando down the stretch. Lets recap: Magic cling to a three-point lead with seconds remaining. Derek Fisher brings the ball across half-court. Nelson, who by this point should have lodged his way into Fisher's shorts, inexplicably remains behind the three point line with a disarming "did-I-leave-the-gas-on?" expression clouding his face. Fisher takes full advantage of Nelson's ill-timed ambivalence and nails the game-tying three, forcing the game into an overtime period and causing Stan Van Gundy to lose a lung on the sideline. Mother.. 

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Yes, Dwight Howard doesn't have a ton of post moves, but he's only 23 years old.  HE'S GOING TO GET BETTER.  He's already the best rebounder and shot blocker on the planet, and he can

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ates in the 2008 Olympic Basketball gold medal game, raining down threes, making plays and putting Dwight Howard on a poster with a fierce slam dunk down the stretch.

People in Portland are excited about basketball again, and many expect big things from this team this year (grumblings of a playoff berth have become distinctly audible).  I’m not sure if I’m drinking that kool-aid just yet, however the prospect of the Blazers making the playoffs is not that far fetched.  The bottom of the Western Conference will be wide open this year, with many teams losing key pieces to contending squads (Denver, Golden State, the Clippers), and with other perennial contenders looking as though they’ve lost a step (San Antonio, Phoenix, Dallas), it’s very reasonable to expect the Blazers, who posted a .500 record in the toughest conference ever last year, to be right there at the end.

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bsp;Orlando is still young, razor thin at the point, and lacking a true power forward to compliment Dwight Howard.  What about the Pistons?  They still have the same group of guys that haven't been able to get over the top for several years, and it appears as though the rest of the NBA has surpassed them.  As for the cavaliers, they scare me more than anyone else in the East, especially after adding Mo Williams to provide another reliable offensive weapon next to King James, but they too still appear to be a step or two away from being a championship level team.  

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llege to mature, where do players like LeBron James, Martell Webster, Kobe Bryant, Jermaine O'Neal, Dwight Howard, Kevin Garnett, Tracy McGrady, Rashard Lewis, Amare Stoudemire, Monta Ellis or Al Jefferson fit in?  What about those guys with NBA ready bodies and/or minds?  Is it fair to keep them from something that they're obviously ready for just because some of their peers are not?  How can we really justify robbing those players (and many others) of several years (or potentially a lifetime, if a player gets hurt in college) of NBA salary?

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series with Cleveland, 2-2.  Orlando also presents some tough match-ups for the Celtics, with Dwight Howard in the middle and Rashard Lewis and Hedo Turkoglu on the perimeter.  While none of the Orlando players present as difficult a cover as LeBron James (Howard is close, but his game is not as diverse as LeBron's, nor does he have the same combination of speed and strength that makes James almost impossible to contain), the Magic have three legitimate scoring options that are capable of sinking any opponent on any night.

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The always entertaining and God praising Magic Johnson professed that the excitement and allure of the NBA All-Star Weekend "is back! It is Back!" Wow, Magic, that is amazingly profound! The truth of the matter is that the All-Star Weekend is NOT back ... it just happens to be the ONLY All-Star event in professional sports that is any good and can captivate a decent pool of the sports viewing public. I mean seriously, what is it competing against?

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