Rockets Strengthen: Howard to Houston

Posted: July 8, 2013 by 48-NINETY SPORTS in Basketball
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At the start of next season Dwight Howard willing be playing as a Houston Rockets player. This move could turn out to be profitable for all parties involve. The real problem at Lakers was the personnel. When Dwight Howard was playing for the Orlando Magic he was the star of that team and when he arrived in Los Angeles the star there was Kobe Bryant. Dwight Howard did not want to adjust his game and Kobe Bryant was not going to do the same so that created a huge problem. The bottom line of the story was that they could not be on the same team. What the Lakers should have done was to get all the guys to rally around Dwight Howard and try look towards the future with him being the main man, however they did not want to face fact that Kobe Bryant was not getting any younger.  So in the end they went to playoffs and got swept by the San Antonio Spurs.

Dwight Howard will be a very important player for Houston in the upcoming season. Something that was very noticeable with the Rockets last season was that they did not defend well even though their starting centre Omer Asik had a remarkable season throughout the entire season the Rockets was just outscoring their opponents with no real defensive playing tactics.  They were easily scoring 100 points per game but they were also unable to hold opponents to under 100 points per game. Therefore that goes to show that Dwight Howard will be need for his defensive attributes and his inside presence will be good. Howard has been named NBA defensive player of the year for 3 times in his career and also 5 times in the past he had lead the NBA in rebounding. The Houston rockets will definitely be a treat in the west with a strong backcourt and the best centre in the NBA today.

It should be an exciting affair next season. What will be very crucial for Houston is will these players be able to understand their role and adapt to it. Also who will have the ball in their hand at the end of games if the team is down? Howard or Harden? We will just have to see.

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  1. Loni says:

    He will make a difference but they wont win the championship next year

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