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Dwight Howard = CancerJanuary 31, 2013 5:36 pm
I don't think Howard is a cancer, the opposite actually, and I don't understand why his smiling bothers so many people so much.
16.5 pts./11.9 reb./2.4 blk. nightly, folks. Sometimes you don't know what you got until the other team runs a lay-up line on you, and even then some don't. |
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Dwight Howard = CancerJanuary 31, 2013 5:47 pm
There's no reason for a fire sale during the season either, because even if he leaves in the summer, we're not going to get stuck with nothing in return unless he wants to leave $30M on the table. Keeping the faith over here that he stays.
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Dwight Howard = CancerJanuary 31, 2013 5:48 pm
Dwight isn't the problem, Kobe isn't the problem. Our perimeter D just blows, MWP is overrated. Only concern of Dwight is his shoulder, does anyone have more info on that?
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Dwight Howard = CancerJanuary 31, 2013 6:50 pm
runitjaja, all I've heard is that, as of this moment, Howard is being offically called day-to-day with a "sore" right shoulder and his status for Friday's game vs. the Wolves is uncertain. Apparently Dwight visited with the team's physician after the Lakers arrived in Minnesota earlier today, but no one is saying whether surgery might be necessary. Other than Howard looking extremely somber while addressing reporters after aggravating the injury last night, no one seems to know just how serious the injury is.
Kobe didn't sound too concerned saying, "I'm not worried about it," ... "It is going to be an all-season thing. That's how those type of injuries are with the labrum. I've had them before. Lamar [Odom], when he was here, had them before. When you get banged like that going up, you're going to get that stinging sensation. That's just how it's going to be." ... "You just accept it. After a while, you kind of get used to playing with it, but it's a little bit of an adjustment at first." Of course, that's Kobe - ultimately this is going to come down to Dwight's own pain thresholds and doing what's ultimately best for him. Naturally, a lot stands to hang in the balance here. I don't think Howard wants to go in for surgery - which would effectively sideline him for 6 months or so - but it remains to be seen how he (and the team) chooses to proceed with this. I don't think Howard is a cancer - I think that's a little harsh. I think he needs to stay healthy for the Lakers to be healthy. Without him, the team is in serious trouble, so I think we should all be hoping and praying that he is able to manage the pain, play through the labrum injury, and finish the season strong. |
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Dwight Howard = CancerJanuary 31, 2013 9:32 pm
Kobe didn't sound too concerned saying, "I'm not worried about it," ... "It is going to be an all-season thing. That's how those type of injuries are with the labrum. I've had them before. Lamar [Odom], when he was here, had them before. When you get banged like that going up, you're going to get that stinging sensation. That's just how it's going to be." ... "You just accept it. After a while, you kind of get used to playing with it, but it's a little bit of an adjustment at first."
Kobe probably has the highest pain threshold in the league so I'm not sure if Dwight will be able to play as well with the injury as Kobe did. |
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Dwight Howard = CancerFebruary 1, 2013 1:08 pm
Good, in depth article from Ken Berger here on the CBS website. Pretty much touches on all the topics we have all been discussing (on both sides of the "will he stay or will he go" aisle). An interesting read, if nothing else.
Just goes to show that, either Berger is stealing his material off of this board, or we are pretty well educated fans ;-) |
