If Dwight gets the ball in his hands away from the basket, he looks terrified and treats it like a hot potato. Compared to someone like Jokic, where the Defense has to worry about him passing, driving and shooting
YaboiShaun Dwight didn’t fade because he went to LA. He faded because he had terrible back injuries hampering him that year and he played through them. Then he just got older. Centers don’t last as long as the other positions. He never would’ve been the next Shaq, he played for 7 years before he left ORL and he wasn’t nearly as dominant or good as Shaq. He was an elite center in a time where very few great centers existed, then lost it due to time and injuries. The coach in LA also played him totally wrong most nights he wasn’t hurt.
It’s so cool when they zoomed out and showed how intensely Ernie, Chuck and Kenny were listening to the Big Aristotle when he broke down what it takes to be the most dominant player in NBA history.. love these guys!
It's kinda funny how people used to hate on Shaq for saying Howard should be better, His comments are supportive in comparison to what people call Howard now, we could've had another great center but he was too scared to really improve, or maybe he didn't his job all that seriously. Like Barkley and Shaq said, those same predictable post moves his entire career.
no shaq never said dwight should be better, shaq talked shit about people in their primes and ruined their contracts. he never said "he should be better" shaq is justa piece of shit who ruins players contracts
@@blanc18 ruin contracts ? Talk shiit ? What world are you living in dumbass , Shaq was right , dwight back then had an advantage no other center had their was Gasol but he wasn't athletic , so Dwight could have dominated both ends of the floor and deliveeed the numbers Shaq was talking about but since he left Orlando he became an average player and the years after this proves that at 30 he became a bench player
He should've been great, but he's too goofy. He had Patrick Ewing in Orlando and Kevin Mchale and Hakeem in Houston, and still never developed a real post game. Even going as far as saying that he didn't want Ewing's advice. He went to play with Kobe, Kobe was on his ass from day one just like he was with Gasol. Except Gasol didn't let it get to him, and he actually listened to what Kobe was saying and they got a ring. Dwight just folded. In Orlando Matt Barnes would say that he would be goofing around in the playoffs during their title run. Instead of locking in because he was playing against the Celtics, and Matt would go onto say in his podcast: 'We're playing the Celtics. They HATE you. You can't be goofing around before the game.' And now he finally has a ring because LeBron wanted another big man. He still has no post game. I don't wanna say that he lucked into a ring, but there was a reason that he was jobless for most of the year and hasn't had a steady team in 5 years.
It's crazy how this conversation about Dwight could be applied to the Ben Simmons dilemma in Philly, almost same exact thing (though I think Dwight contributed a lot more compared to Ben)
Thats a great comparison! Ben Simmons is just so in his own head right now it's hard to see him recovering from whatever he is going through mentally which is sad
dwight howard went too hard on the weights, he was waaay waaaay too big and stiff and i believe that contributed to his back injuries which is a damn shame
Right. He has a set of bowling balls on his shoulders. Has to turn sideways to fit through a door frame. Big legs, thick glutes, nice calves. I tell you I really salivate over this guy
100% correct. Believe it or not, his summer prep + season in Charlotte is when that probably finally got addressed. Dwight hired a full time personal trainer who said he was so suprised how stiff Dwight was. They then did a lot of plyometrics, calisthenics, balance training, running, some slimming down and we got a lean, agile and mobile Dwight back. Unfortunately it was a bit too late.
D-12 is a very nice guy, but not a great basketball player Olajowan was great. Dwight is very good Kobe knew he wasn't great, and wouldn't be more than very good. That pissed him right off because he has the raw physical skills to be dominant, but can't do it.
I remember all those training videos of NBA stars working out with Hakeem. With Hakeem, it wasn't just his footwork. It was his shoulders and head movement, as well. Not Dwight's strengths at all.
shaq meant 7 a quarter 28 a game....for 11+ years.....he got confused but hes right...dwight should be able to score 1 basket a quarter on post ups....1 on pick and rolls...1 ft a quarter made out of say 2 attempts which is only 50% and 1 basket off a cut/offensive rebound/easy find around the rim when someone else gets doubled ...thats 7 points a quarter...the 3-4 rebounds a quarter will come so he could easily avg 28 14 and 3 blocks...come on........the fact dwights never avg 25 is a joke...
Whether chuck and Shaq like it or not, Dwight will join them in Springfield 5 years after his final game. What do you expect when the league moved away from dominant big man to jump shooters.
Dwight was a good combination of efficiency and defense, and he led some pretty mediocre Magic teammates deep into the playoffs. It's pretty wild that the Houston teams couldn't win more series.
@@russell2890 i made that comment 5 months ago. He looked better than he did when he was on the wizards, rockets, hornets, hawks, and lakers that first time.
Dwight could have been better, if he just swallowed his ego and stopped thinking he had to be this offensive force on every team he was on. Imagine if he has just worked with Kobe, being humble and did was needed to be done SMH. However, Shaq needs o layoff, he is just pissa Dwight actually finally won a ring.
He NEVER improved because he never put the work in! I watched this guy for years having lived in Florida. He wasted his talents...if he really ever had any.
Dwight got worse in LA and Houston because he lost his athleticism due to injury. He never improved his skillset so he hit a plateau and is now a bench player. Maybe only Orlando might retire his jersey
Chuck said Dwight needed a lot of help to have a great run. What happened in 2009 🤣 beat the Celtics and Cavs two teams that had a high chance to make the finals. Dwight sure had help in Orlando. And he sure want injured what the lakers. And he definitely did play injured. U gotta remember u listen to the coaches plays and run with it. If the coaches used him right he would have got better stats. He had a good post up game, crazy alley oops, Hook shot, Explosive dunking , goodly Defense bruh just give Dwight the ball in the post bruh see what Happens. Dwight with the Lakers is gonna be big.
@@RockyPeterA That is not an excuse for his stupid antics in LA and Houston. The man was a diva. He thought he was the best player in the NBA, and frankly he never was.
No, he does not. I don't know where you get that nonsense but physics don't lie. You're bigger than anybody else, stronger than anybody else, jumps higher than anybody else. BBQ chicken. 65% from 2 is better than 40% from 3. You drop a dinosaur among a pack of puppies and those puppies will get wrecked.
Charles saw it right in 2014, the Best center from the Bench right now 2020
Montrezl Harrel disagrees
Nicholas Clark montrezl is more of a PF but you aren’t wrong
You haven’t watch Serge Ibaka.
If Dwight gets the ball in his hands away from the basket, he looks terrified and treats it like a hot potato. Compared to someone like Jokic, where the Defense has to worry about him passing, driving and shooting
@@daveclark8337 at least get his name right
Despite all the joking, Chuck always knows what he is talking about
Except when he said the Blazers would sweep the Lakers this month, WOO.
Or the blazers were going to the finals
Yea, chuck guarantee that.
Except who's gonna win a series.
DREVM GUARRUNNNTEEEE!!!!
"That stupid running jump hook." AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
They hate that fucking thing.
6:10 🤣🤣
Rashard Lewis and Hedo deserve a lot more credit for that late 00’s Orlando team success.
Dwight will go down as the dominant center that never was
Suburbannite 😅😅
He WAS he Just isn't any more
YaboiShaun Dwight didn’t fade because he went to LA. He faded because he had terrible back injuries hampering him that year and he played through them. Then he just got older. Centers don’t last as long as the other positions. He never would’ve been the next Shaq, he played for 7 years before he left ORL and he wasn’t nearly as dominant or good as Shaq. He was an elite center in a time where very few great centers existed, then lost it due to time and injuries. The coach in LA also played him totally wrong most nights he wasn’t hurt.
He still has crazy numbers and hof numbers
Boy this didn’t age well if the lakers win
@ 1:10-1:24 Chucks sums it up perfectly about Dwight.
It’s so cool when they zoomed out and showed how intensely Ernie, Chuck and Kenny were listening to the Big Aristotle when he broke down what it takes to be the most dominant player in NBA history.. love these guys!
It's kinda funny how people used to hate on Shaq for saying Howard should be better, His comments are supportive in comparison to what people call Howard now, we could've had another great center but he was too scared to really improve, or maybe he didn't his job all that seriously. Like Barkley and Shaq said, those same predictable post moves his entire career.
no shaq never said dwight should be better, shaq talked shit about people in their primes and ruined their contracts. he never said "he should be better" shaq is justa piece of shit who ruins players contracts
Abel Zekiros Ruins contracts? You sound dumb.
What?
@@blanc18 You realize this shit is 6 years old dumbass
@@blanc18 ruin contracts ? Talk shiit ? What world are you living in dumbass , Shaq was right , dwight back then had an advantage no other center had their was Gasol but he wasn't athletic , so Dwight could have dominated both ends of the floor and deliveeed the numbers Shaq was talking about but since he left Orlando he became an average player and the years after this proves that at 30 he became a bench player
Looking back at this now, he wasn’t wrong
He should've been great, but he's too goofy. He had Patrick Ewing in Orlando and Kevin Mchale and Hakeem in Houston, and still never developed a real post game. Even going as far as saying that he didn't want Ewing's advice.
He went to play with Kobe, Kobe was on his ass from day one just like he was with Gasol. Except Gasol didn't let it get to him, and he actually listened to what Kobe was saying and they got a ring. Dwight just folded.
In Orlando Matt Barnes would say that he would be goofing around in the playoffs during their title run. Instead of locking in because he was playing against the Celtics, and Matt would go onto say in his podcast: 'We're playing the Celtics. They HATE you. You can't be goofing around before the game.'
And now he finally has a ring because LeBron wanted another big man. He still has no post game. I don't wanna say that he lucked into a ring, but there was a reason that he was jobless for most of the year and hasn't had a steady team in 5 years.
Almost seven years later.... And guess what. Chuck is right again! 🤔
Crazy how small that desk used to be.
I loved that Orlando team though, Dwight did everything and they had the space. You double and boom, pass to a corner.
For once Shaq was critical and he was right on the money.
Did Shaq just say he didn't have the moves of Christian Laettner? GOAT.
Well, Laettner was a college beast tho. One of the best college careers ever.
We went one, two, one. We’re supposed to go one, two, three.
he still doing that left handed flipper thing
That stupid running jump hook 😂😂😂
It's crazy how this conversation about Dwight could be applied to the Ben Simmons dilemma in Philly, almost same exact thing (though I think Dwight contributed a lot more compared to Ben)
Thats a great comparison! Ben Simmons is just so in his own head right now it's hard to see him recovering from whatever he is going through mentally which is sad
I'm not saying he has a mental illness or anything like that just clearly something is wrong such as confidence or whatever
Dwight was actually a very good player though
dwight howard went too hard on the weights, he was waaay waaaay too big and stiff and i believe that contributed to his back injuries which is a damn shame
Aleksandar Stojanovski
Lmfaooooo
Right. He has a set of bowling balls on his shoulders. Has to turn sideways to fit through a door frame. Big legs, thick glutes, nice calves. I tell you I really salivate over this guy
100% correct. Believe it or not, his summer prep + season in Charlotte is when that probably finally got addressed. Dwight hired a full time personal trainer who said he was so suprised how stiff Dwight was. They then did a lot of plyometrics, calisthenics, balance training, running, some slimming down and we got a lean, agile and mobile Dwight back. Unfortunately it was a bit too late.
chuck knows his words very well
I love how they rag on his running hook hahahahaha , we'll see how much Kevin Mchale has worked with him this winter
idk Google That and he's gone.
Bryon W 😞
Obviously not enough 🤣. One of the biggest wasted talent with the most hype and potential in NBA history.
I thought that about d12 he is the new shawn Kemp, undervachiever
Hes not a bad guy, hes not a good guy. He THE guy.
“Quit smiling, fool!” ~ KG to Howard, regularly
Who tf is KJ?
D-12 is a very nice guy, but not a great basketball player
Olajowan was great. Dwight is very good
Kobe knew he wasn't great, and wouldn't be more than very good.
That pissed him right off because he has the raw physical skills to be dominant, but can't do it.
I remember all those training videos of NBA stars working out with Hakeem. With Hakeem, it wasn't just his footwork. It was his shoulders and head movement, as well. Not Dwight's strengths at all.
that dumb running hook, ugly flipper ahahahahahahahahah
Chuckstradumas STRIKES!!!!!
Anyone catch Shaq saying he always found a way to score 28 points a quarter? lol
shaq meant 7 a quarter 28 a game....for 11+ years.....he got confused but hes right...dwight should be able to score 1 basket a quarter on post ups....1 on pick and rolls...1 ft a quarter made out of say 2 attempts which is only 50% and 1 basket off a cut/offensive rebound/easy find around the rim when someone else gets doubled ...thats 7 points a quarter...the 3-4 rebounds a quarter will come so he could easily avg 28 14 and 3 blocks...come on........the fact dwights never avg 25 is a joke...
Laker fans saw this in 2012
Dwigth wasn't a great player he was very good but he was a extremely great defender in his prime and that's what makes dwigth
You cannot compare shaq with dwight, as shaq is stronger in heart and body. Dwight is just SOFT.
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3:22 ops be careful EJ. It’s supposed to be 1 2 3, not 1 2 back to 1. That was close
Shaq is right tho,he use run right to the middle,post up it’s either gone be a foul,easy dunk or bucket and 1
Kenny: _That was a powerful statement, about Dwight Howard._ Charles was right again, Kenny.
Can’t go work with Shaq because he never worked himself lol.
Look how slim Shaq was 😮
Whether chuck and Shaq like it or not, Dwight will join them in Springfield 5 years after his final game. What do you expect when the league moved away from dominant big man to jump shooters.
Right
Dwight Howard is a homeless version of Shaq
Lol
Dwight was a good combination of efficiency and defense, and he led some pretty mediocre Magic teammates deep into the playoffs. It's pretty wild that the Houston teams couldn't win more series.
Rasheed Lewis hedo turkoglu jameer Nelson Vince carter are not mediocre dude
Damn
U asking Shaq
What they aren’t mentioning is the back surgery.
4:42 Damn Shaq "28 points a quarter"! That's 112 points a game!?
Haha he said 7 points per quarter in order to get 28 every night that's his formula which is a great one and achieveable
Dwight Howard is balling on the Lakers now, just goes to show the unpredictability in sports
he wanted to sacrifice, i don't know he would do that in Houston, Atlanta, or Charlotte
Ocean Bob yeah as a good player not a great player Chuck was right
You call what he's doing balling? He was balling when he was at Orlando. He's a shell of his former self
@@russell2890 i made that comment 5 months ago. He looked better than he did when he was on the wizards, rockets, hornets, hawks, and lakers that first time.
@@warnamir7434 he did not looked better than when he was at the Hornets though
Dwight could have been better, if he just swallowed his ego and stopped thinking he had to be this offensive force on every team he was on. Imagine if he has just worked with Kobe, being humble and did was needed to be done SMH. However, Shaq needs o layoff, he is just pissa Dwight actually finally won a ring.
You mean stagnant
He NEVER improved because he never put the work in! I watched this guy for years having lived in Florida. He wasted his talents...if he really ever had any.
He had talent, just wasn’t as skilled as he should’ve been.
Dwight got worse in LA and Houston because he lost his athleticism due to injury. He never improved his skillset so he hit a plateau and is now a bench player. Maybe only Orlando might retire his jersey
At least he isn't a good little player
Howard worked out with Hakeem multiple summers, didn't do a thing in Howard's game because his basketball IQ (and his work ethic) is very low. smh.
As usual, Chuck was right
And this was what Lebuy had to beat in the East. 🤣
Chuck said Dwight needed a lot of help to have a great run. What happened in 2009 🤣 beat the Celtics and Cavs two teams that had a high chance to make the finals. Dwight sure had help in Orlando. And he sure want injured what the lakers. And he definitely did play injured. U gotta remember u listen to the coaches plays and run with it. If the coaches used him right he would have got better stats. He had a good post up game, crazy alley oops, Hook shot, Explosive dunking , goodly Defense bruh just give Dwight the ball in the post bruh see what Happens. Dwight with the Lakers is gonna be big.
Dwight Howard is a joke.
Chuck Dwight is about to get a ring lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Chuck please show us your ring. Oh never mind. I know that you left it at home.
idiot
@@aniruddhaiyengar8788 Is that you Chuck? 🤣🤣🤣
@@RockyPeterA This is from a long time ago. U can't criticize his comments from back then cuz Dwight was bad then
@@aniruddhaiyengar8788 Ummm yeah I can. Dwight's back was bad for many years and no one cared!! The man played through injuries
@@RockyPeterA That is not an excuse for his stupid antics in LA and Houston. The man was a diva. He thought he was the best player in the NBA, and frankly he never was.
Dwight is a dinosaur in todays NBA. You have to be able to shoot as a big man in todays NBA.
No, he does not.
I don't know where you get that nonsense but physics don't lie. You're bigger than anybody else, stronger than anybody else, jumps higher than anybody else. BBQ chicken. 65% from 2 is better than 40% from 3.
You drop a dinosaur among a pack of puppies and those puppies will get wrecked.
They're wrong. If he was featured in an offense like he should be he'd be more dominate. He's the best player in the league imo.
He is the best player in the league? GTFO
he isnt even a top 10 player in the league
bro...dwight isn't even top 5 in CENTERS
Aaron Paul he left, Orlando who was built for him, couldn't take lakers pressure, Houston so he doesn't care about winning
Aaron Paul now what do you think
Chuckstradumas STRIKES!!!!!