Like I have said, I'm not saying Howard is a bad choice, just not my choice.
Actually if STAT does more shooting outside the paint that might be better for him. Obviously physically wise it'd be better, I'm talking about playing wise. A lot of games he's straight up money with his shot.
Stat used to be one of and I think his last year in PHX was the leader in points in the paint, and that was with his jumper.
Teams allow Stat to shoot those jumpers because......
1)he isn't as efficient with it, as he would be in a p-n-r situation.
2)defense can sag a little, and focus on the boardwork.
Bottom line...Amar'e shooting more jumpers is a less effective Amar'e.
RunningJumper said:
Also look down the line. Howard and Melo don't have an injury history. Not that Amar'e hasn't been in good/great shape for the most part the last two years or so, but we should consider having two healthy superstars who have no significant injury past who will play for us after their first contract with us.
i give you the health factor 100%, and Howard is vastly more healthier than CP3, but I truly feel great players adjust, and I see CP3 having a long career as well in a high capacity.
RunningJumper said:
It's true that a PG the caliber of Chris Paul and Deron Williams doesn't come along everyday either. The thing with Howard is, not only would we have a position highly sought after that is rare in today's NBA, we'd have the best.
You'd get arguably the same thing in a CP3 or Deron Williams though, the best at that position as well.
But one thing from watching the game now....a secondary tier pg meaning outside of top 10, does not have the impact that a second tier group of centers do.
RunningJumper said:
Howard would SOLVE any match-up problems we'd have. Any PG we get isn't gonna save the day when we face Bynum and Pau at the same time. You say we can easily fill the defensive holes with Chris Paul, well we can easily fill the rest with Howard. Compare Billups with Fisher. Billups is much better, and even if we don't have the best offensive flow, we'd still kill it. I mean come on! Billups plus Howard?
Howard doesn't solves any frontcourt issue, and honestly Howard has been a liability a times on the floor, even in his greatness, especially with his high number of personal fouls, and constant technicals.
CP3 or even Deron put defenses on their heels on offense, and they can prevent penetration by opposing pg's on defense.
I'd rather my perimeter defense be elite, and my interior defense to be solid, not the other way around.
Everybody drives past Billups, everybody don't get pass CP3 or D-Will.
An when you're backcourt is that compromised Dwight Howard alone does not solve that.
And on offense, is Dwight willing is just be the defender and rebounder?
His normal scoring output would have to come down by at least half.
Just looking forward the Knicks have to be financially responsible as well going forward.
I'd take two guys who can consistently give me 7-10 pts, 7-10 boards with three blocks combined playing 20+ minutes, depending on effectiveness each night probably willing to sign a one year deal......like maybe a Kwame/Reggie Evans possibly Dally.