Are People Being Too Hard on Dwight Howard?

[erpowers]

On ESPN's The Sports Reporters the reporters on today's show said the following thing about Dwight Howard: He is not even a top 15 of NBA centers, He will not win you a game, There is just something missing; you don't know what it is, but the switch has not flipped.

When I heard these things, especially the comment about the switch not having gone off I wondered if people were being too hard on Dwight Howard. Howard has been to the NBA playoffs almost every year of his NBA career. In addition, in the 2008-09 season he and the Orlando Magic made it to the NBA Finals where they lost to a stacked Los Angeles Lakers Team. That Lakers team had Phil Jackson as the coach and Kobe Byrant, Paul Gasol, Andrew Bynum, and Derek Fisher among other players.

So, are people being too hard on Dwight Howard? Are too many people not taking into account the things Howard has accomplished while at the same time not looking at what his teams may have lacked?

[trumad]

1. Well---he was the boss here in Orlando.

If he's so bad why do so many teams want him.

[wilt the stilt]

2. He is physically gifted

Most people think they can draw out his talent and he can become everything he could be capable of becoming. He downfall in my opinion is his desire and maturity. Along with Josh Smith are a couple of guys who could have used college. Both seem to lack the final ingredient and that is inward desire. The truly great ones do it on their own and that doesn't only affect professional athletes.

The great salesman are driven. Managers do not make them great. It is always inside them and they do it on their own. Dwight has never developed an inside game. He is hoping that McHale will teach him. He has been in the league for 10 years and nada. He doesn't have a single repetitive move and I personally this he is a little uncoordinated.

Where is the inner drive? He blamed vanGundy for his problems. He may grow up and this remains to be seen. He should be at his peak right now.