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Dwight: Lakers' Experience Made Me Develop Thicker Skin
Posted: Sat Oct 4, 2014 9:01 pm
by RealGM Wiretap
Dwight Howard's experience with the Los Angeles Lakers was a rough one, but he doesn't consider it unproductive.
Howard began his tenure with the Lakers returning from back surgery.
"I probably should've waited longer," Howard told Yahoo Sports, "but I don't regret playing right away. I wish the information could've come across to the world about how hurt I really was, how serious the back injury was, but I never thought it really did.
"The good thing about it, I didn't develop any other major injuries. The torn labrum eventually healed itself. But coming back early from the back, I believed it helped me out in the long run. It made me really develop a thicker skin, going through all the things that I went through because of the injury.
"I was always taught never to show pain, never to show weakness, never to show fear. Always put a smile on your face. But I'm glad it did happen. It made me a better person. The world coming down on you, saying you weren't playing as hard as you could … "
Via Adrian Wojnarowski/Yahoo! Sports
Re: Dwight: Lakers' Experience Made Me Develop Thicker Skin
Posted: Sat Oct 4, 2014 9:24 pm
by Freefloater
Cmon Dwight I want you dominating MVP style!
You and the Beard to be like Pipen and Jordan!
Re: Dwight: Lakers' Experience Made Me Develop Thicker Skin
Posted: Sat Oct 4, 2014 9:27 pm
by JellosJigglin
Not everyone is cut out to be a Laker. The pressure can break the strongest of men. Glad he was able to grow from it, assuming he did.
Re: Dwight: Lakers' Experience Made Me Develop Thicker Skin
Posted: Sat Oct 4, 2014 9:29 pm
by KobeBryant24
Freefloater wrote:Cmon Dwight I want you dominating MVP style!
You and the Beard to be like Pipen and Jordan!
I dont see them winning rings , mostly bc of harden
Re: Dwight: Lakers' Experience Made Me Develop Thicker Skin
Posted: Sat Oct 4, 2014 9:50 pm
by Dirtgrain
Or thicker slime for the slimebag weasel (all in reference to his awkward moment of phoniness during an SVG interview).
Re: Dwight: Lakers' Experience Made Me Develop Thicker Skin
Posted: Sat Oct 4, 2014 9:55 pm
by RedX
The less this guys speaks the better off he is.
Re: Dwight: Lakers' Experience Made Me Develop Thicker Skin
Posted: Sat Oct 4, 2014 10:01 pm
by Freefloater
KobeBryant24 wrote:Freefloater wrote:Cmon Dwight I want you dominating MVP style!
You and the Beard to be like Pipen and Jordan!
I dont see them winning rings , mostly bc of harden
I think Harden is perhaps better than Jordan at his age...fear the Beard...dont forget Harden's intangibles...hell attract that 3rd star to Houston soon....and he already recruited Dwight...stole it from LA.....fear The Beard...hes smart he knows well what hes doing....
Re: Dwight: Lakers' Experience Made Me Develop Thicker Skin
Posted: Sat Oct 4, 2014 10:49 pm
by thelead
Freefloater wrote:KobeBryant24 wrote:Freefloater wrote:Cmon Dwight I want you dominating MVP style!
You and the Beard to be like Pipen and Jordan!
I dont see them winning rings , mostly bc of harden
I think Harden is perhaps better than Jordan at his age
Re: Dwight: Lakers' Experience Made Me Develop Thicker Skin
Posted: Sat Oct 4, 2014 10:50 pm
by DrClutch
Thicker skin? It made him run lol Kobe was all about working hard hard & putting in 100% plus effort in practice & games, Dwight wanted none of that... If he did well he'd be a 80% plus free throw shooter and his mid range would be bettter
Re: Dwight: Lakers' Experience Made Me Develop Thicker Skin
Posted: Sat Oct 4, 2014 11:21 pm
by DEEP3CL
Being in LA shouldn't have had anything to do with him getting "thicker skin", that was something he needed to do on his own. People keep saying the "Laker experience"....it wasn't like the Lakers put any pressure on him to play, he made that decision on his own. The Lakers never pressured him into doing anything, so these bogus writers need to stop using his time here as if it made him a better man.
I could see if the Lakers or fans prodded and poked him to a sense that he developed thicker skin, but it was the exact opposite.
Re: Dwight: Lakers' Experience Made Me Develop Thicker Skin
Posted: Sat Oct 4, 2014 11:22 pm
by RondoToKG
Maybe that's why he couldn't see the stoplights?
Re: Dwight: Lakers' Experience Made Me Develop Thicker Skin
Posted: Sat Oct 4, 2014 11:31 pm
by KobeBryant24
thelead wrote:Freefloater wrote:KobeBryant24 wrote:
I dont see them winning rings , mostly bc of harden
I think Harden is perhaps better than Jordan at his age
hahahaha yeah , not even worth the respond
Re: Dwight: Lakers' Experience Made Me Develop Thicker Skin
Posted: Sun Oct 5, 2014 12:56 am
by thegreenlife
Personal attack
Re: Dwight: Lakers' Experience Made Me Develop Thicker Skin
Posted: Sun Oct 5, 2014 2:01 am
by Pickled Prunes
Freefloater wrote:KobeBryant24 wrote:Freefloater wrote:Cmon Dwight I want you dominating MVP style!
You and the Beard to be like Pipen and Jordan!
I dont see them winning rings , mostly bc of harden
I think Harden is perhaps better than Jordan at his age...fear the Beard...dont forget Harden's intangibles...hell attract that 3rd star to Houston soon....and he already recruited Dwight...stole it from LA.....fear The Beard...hes smart he knows well what hes doing....
If you mean on defense, then... NO!
But if you mean on offense, then... still NO!
If you mean in hairline... OK, I'll give the hairline to Hardin.
Re: Dwight: Lakers' Experience Made Me Develop Thicker Skin
Posted: Sun Oct 5, 2014 2:03 am
by olive_triangurl
Notice how Howard's numbers in LA:
17.1ppg 12.4rpg 2.4bpg 1.1spg .578fg
(76 games)
almost the same as his career averages:
18.3ppg 12.9rpg 2.2bpg 1.0spg .579fg
so he did an incredible job for LA, whether he was injured or not!
Re: Dwight: Lakers' Experience Made Me Develop Thicker Skin
Posted: Sun Oct 5, 2014 2:09 am
by olive_triangurl
Freefloater wrote:KobeBryant24 wrote:Freefloater wrote:Cmon Dwight I want you dominating MVP style!
You and the Beard to be like Pipen and Jordan!
I dont see them winning rings , mostly bc of harden
I think Harden is perhaps better than Jordan at his age...fear the Beard...dont forget Harden's intangibles...hell attract that 3rd star to Houston soon....and he already recruited Dwight...stole it from LA.....fear The Beard...hes smart he knows well what hes doing....
The funny thing is, Jordan was more known for intangibles than stats.
And yet, Jordan's stats were monstrous at Harden's age:
Jordan age 24: 35.0ppg 5.9apg 5.5rpg 3.2spg 1.6bpg .535fg 3.1tpg
Harden age 24: 25.4ppg 6.1apg 4.7rpg 1.6spg 0.4bpg .456fg 3.6tpg
Re: Dwight: Lakers' Experience Made Me Develop Thicker Skin
Posted: Sun Oct 5, 2014 3:34 am
by crazymaso
DrClutch wrote:Thicker skin? It made him run lol Kobe was all about working hard hard & putting in 100% plus effort in practice & games, Dwight wanted none of that... If he did well he'd be a 80% plus free throw shooter and his mid range would be bettter
80% plus FT from "hard work"?
Lol. Scottie Pippen averaged 70% for his career. Maybe Scottie should have worked harder...I'm sure MJ wouldn't have pushed him every single practice
Re: Dwight: Lakers' Experience Made Me Develop Thicker Skin
Posted: Sun Oct 5, 2014 4:47 am
by thug-lyfe
Freefloater wrote:KobeBryant24 wrote:Freefloater wrote:Cmon Dwight I want you dominating MVP style!
You and the Beard to be like Pipen and Jordan!
I dont see them winning rings , mostly bc of harden
I think Harden is perhaps better than Jordan at his age...fear the Beard...dont forget Harden's intangibles...hell attract that 3rd star to Houston soon....and he already recruited Dwight...stole it from LA.....fear The Beard...hes smart he knows well what hes doing....
Re: Dwight: Lakers' Experience Made Me Develop Thicker Skin
Posted: Sun Oct 5, 2014 5:33 am
by olive_triangurl
Wow I just realized, Howard averaged more rebounds, blocks and steals in LA (12.4rpg 2.4bpg 1.1spg) than he does in Houston (12.2rpg 1.8bpg 0.8spg)! And his scoring is only 1.2ppg better in Houston.
Re: Dwight: Lakers' Experience Made Me Develop Thicker Skin
Posted: Sun Oct 5, 2014 6:22 am
by AJVLANEY
olive_triangurl wrote:Freefloater wrote:KobeBryant24 wrote:
I dont see them winning rings , mostly bc of harden
I think Harden is perhaps better than Jordan at his age...fear the Beard...dont forget Harden's intangibles...hell attract that 3rd star to Houston soon....and he already recruited Dwight...stole it from LA.....fear The Beard...hes smart he knows well what hes doing....
The funny thing is, Jordan was more known for intangibles than stats.
And yet, Jordan's stats were monstrous at Harden's age:
Jordan age 24: 35.0ppg 5.9apg 5.5rpg 3.2spg 1.6bpg .535fg 3.1tpg
Harden age 24: 25.4ppg 6.1apg 4.7rpg 1.6spg 0.4bpg .456fg 3.6tpg
Stomped the whole argument about Harden's progression being better than Jordan's...