I mentioned it in other posts, I think DH is a real possibility for us. With Stevens as his coach he can go back to perform at a very high level. he is an upgrade over Amir.
Don't get me wrong, i don't love DH, too much mister nice guy, but i think the team culture will rub on him.
Not bad consolation prize.
I agree.
I've never liked Dwight's personality, and even back in his prime I never felt he was a guy who could be the #1 guy on a championship team - always felt he was more of a #2 man.
But there are a couple of very obvious glaring weaknesses on this team right now:
1) Rebounding
2) Efficient inside scoring
3) Interior defence
4) A legit #2 scorer to take pressure off Isaiah
5) Outside shooting
Dwight Howard (when healthy) addresses four out of those 5 problems. He averaged 14 points (on only 9 attempts), 12 rebounds and 1.5 blocks this year while shooting a career high 62% from the field. He also had a free throw rate of 79% which is out of this world.
In the playoffs he averaged 13 points (again, on only 10 attempts), 14 rebounds and 1.4 blocks on 54% shooting.
The Rockets are making horrible use of Dwight's talent by underutilising him on offence and trying to use him like he is an Omer Asik or Nerlens Noel - telling him to just defend and rebound and don't worry about anything else. Dwight is far too good offensively for such a limited role - it's like building a stripped out race car, and then using it to drive to the store and pick up the groceries.
If you look at how Atlanta was trapping Isaiah these last two days by throwing multiple bigs at him - you can't even dream of doing that if you have Dwight Howard in the middle.
Also I can just imagine the P&R dominance of Thomas and Howard - wow. He would immediately become (by far) the best PG Dwight has ever played with, and Dwight was an elite P&R scorer even back in the Orlando days when they didn't really have a great PG.
Dwight would force the opponents to respect our inside presence on offence, which in turn makes it harder for teams to load up on Isaiah - hence it creates space for him to do his thing.
Thomas, Bradley, Crowder, Jerebko and Dwight could be a really spectacular starting 5. You have Dwight surrounded by four guys who can shoot the there, and everybody on that team bar Thomas is an excellent defensive player as well.
Throw Butler or Durant into that mix, and you have an instant contender.
Of course there is a gamble - Dwight's health. I think that's something you just need to take a chance on. We need a consistently productive big like Dwight who can dominate the paint and help carry the team while Isaiah is out and/or struggling. There aren't many big men of Dwight's caliber in the NBA. Even today.