Al Horford, the next Dwight Howard??

Monkeyfeng06 · Post #1 » by **Monkeyfeng06** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 5:27 am

Similar numbers in their rookie year. discuss.

Cevap · Post #2 » by **Cevap** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 5:39 am

horford been in college though

dm17415 · Post #3 » by **dm17415** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 5:40 am

Horford is only a year younger and much more raw then Dwight.

High 5 · Post #4 » by **High 5** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 5:45 am

No. He's never going to be as dominant as Howard simply because he isn't as physically gifted and is much more suited to the 4. Still he can hold down that center position as well as any rookie and he'll only get better. Assuming they stay where they are and Horford stays at the 5, Howard and Horford will be 1 and 2 in the East for many years to come.

richboy · Post #5 » by **richboy** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 5:46 am

Not as big
Not as athlete
Not as long
Dwight put up those numbers right out of HS. If he played 3 years of college and then came out he would destroy Horford's numbers.

High 5 · Post #6 » by **High 5** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 5:47 am

dm17415 wrote:Horford is only a year younger and much more raw then Dwight.

Of course a rookie is going to be more raw than a 4th year player.

Post #7 » by **Stanford** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 5:48 am

I think he means when Dwight was a rookie.

High 5 · Post #8 » by **High 5** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 5:50 am

Stanford wrote:I think he means when Dwight was a rookie.

If you were replying to my post, then he would be wrong. Rookie Horford isn't as raw as rookie Howard.

Hairy Midget · Post #9 » by **Hairy Midget** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 6:11 am

Dwight averaged a double double out of high school. In an extremely slow paced offense with horrible passers.

Horford isn't doing that out of college with a faster paced offense and better passers.

Cammo101 · Post #10 » by **Cammo101** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 6:12 am

dm17415 wrote:Horford is only a year younger and much more raw then Dwight.

Dwight was far more raw in his rookie year than Horford. Horford was an immediate impact guy in last years draft because he was polished after 3 years of college. Not to mention he is not half the athlete Dwight is. No...just no.

mudyez · Post #11 » by **mudyez** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 6:59 am

yeah...sure he is the next dwight howard...even a blind can see it!

btw: sheldon williams is the next yao ming!...just needs to work on his tan!

zmac- · Post #12 » by **zmac-** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 7:35 am

richboy wrote:Not as big
Not as athletic
Not as long
Dwight put up those numbers right out of HS. If he played 3 years of college and then came out he would destroy Horford's numbers.

Exactly this

_BBIB_ · Post #13 » by **_BBIB_** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 7:52 am

He's the next Al Horford.

I really can't think of a comparison for Al.

He doesn't have freakish athleticism of DH or Amare but he is more athletic than an Al Jefferson.

The way Al Horford can run the floor is a thing of beauty.

I do think he good be as good a rebounder as Dwight

UDRIH14 · Post #14 » by **UDRIH14** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 7:57 am

umm then there are guys who play college for 4 years and came into the league and choked big time

Monkeyfeng06 · Post #15 » by **Monkeyfeng06** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 8:03 am

to be honest, i have never seen al horford play. lol. i just thought they had similar stats.

big3_8_19_21 · Post #16 » by **big3_8_19_21** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 8:35 am

_BBIB_ wrote:He's the next Al Horford.

I really can't think of a comparison for Al.

He doesn't have freakish athleticism of DH or Amare but he is more athletic than an Al Jefferson.

The way Al Horford can run the floor is a thing of beauty.

I do think he good be as good a rebounder as Dwight

Yeah, and I'm not accusing you of ignorance or anything as you didn't compare Al Horford to any of those players, and rightly so, but there are a lot more problems with those comparisons than just raw athleticism.

skones · Post #17 » by **skones** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 8:53 am

Emeka Okafor, had better numbers than Dwight Howard his rookie year. Is Emeka Okafor the next Dwight Howard? Stupid thread.

Monkeyfeng06 · Post #18 » by **Monkeyfeng06** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 10:36 am

skones wrote:Emeka Okafor, had better numbers than Dwight Howard his rookie year. Is Emeka Okafor the next Dwight Howard? Stupid thread.

OMG!!!

KOBE BRYANT'S SOPHOMORE SEASON IS BETTER THAN HIS FRESHMAN YEAR!!! OMG!!! IS KOBE GOING TO BE THE NEXT KOBE!!!!!!

ss-wiish! · Post #19 » by **ss-wiish!** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 11:31 am

DeAndre Jordan = Dwight Howard V2

cwas2882 · Post #20 » by **cwas2882** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 3:01 pm

Monkeyfeng06 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

OMG!!!

KOBE BRYANT'S SOPHOMORE SEASON IS BETTER THAN HIS FRESHMAN YEAR!!! OMG!!! IS KOBE GOING TO BE THE NEXT KOBE!!!!!!

Kobe is the next Kobe, just three times better. He's going to go off for 243.