Legends coaching young NBA bigs

[Slava]

As most of you might have guessed from the title, I'm trying to compare the improvement in the offensive games of young big men being coached by past legends at their position.

We have McHale mentoring Al Jefferson & Kevin Love.
Patrick Ewing coaching Dwight Howard and
Our own captain coaching Andrew Bynum.

There could be others that I'm not aware of but of these big men, I think Al Jefferson has the most polished offensive game and Andrew Bynum has shown the most improvement since being under the tutelage of a mentor while Kevin Love still needs some time to be judged.

Last night D12 was complaining the lack of touches after the loss to the Celtics and this got me wondering, is Dwight actually a good enough offensive C to get 15 - 20 touches a game? His offensive moves seem rather very limited to me. The power dunks are there and then the running floater which he shows up every now and then but still he seems to have a lot of trouble scoring on bigs who can push him out of his comfort zone in the block.

While Dwight is still one heck of a franchise player already, do you have a feeling he isn't going to reach the kind of offensive prowess even after his 4th season to justify the comparisons to Shaq and the Superman nickname? Or is it simply Ewing not doing a better job with Dwight?

On the other hand we have seen better offensive improvements in Bynum and Al Jefferson's games sooner than everyone thought and these guys already have legit post scoring moves with Bynum especially showing the potential to shoulder a lot more offensive load in the future than what he is right now. So does anyone think that Kareem has won this challenge against the other coaches in a way and which big man do you guys think has benefited the most from being tutored by a legend?

[DEEP3CL]

No Kareem hasn't won the challenge......... yet, most bigs in the NBA don't really come full circle until about the middle part of their careers. Kareem and other greats of the 70's were the exception. So far there is not clear cut winner, all these guys still have flaws in their games. With the exception of Love (who's really no a big he's only 6'7" 1/2.......screw that 6'9" crap), none aren't great passers out the post. neither reads the double team well.

[magic1fan]

all those guys still have flaws,but man that dwight howard is just unreal sometimes. the way that guy get's up,and dunks,grabs boards and rebounds is just a thing of beauty. if this guy ever had any great post moves he might be the a top three big...to me he has the highest ceiling of any young player. lebron and wade are great,but they are who they are. i doubt either will ever put up big o numbers,but if howard could get just a little more polished he could put up 30+ points and grab 15+boards a game easy....