With the C's team D cranked up to 11 and D-Ho drawing dumb touch fouls, the Magic are gonna wind up settling for jumpers. Then I see them bricking a few...the loud-ass Boston home crowd gettin in their heads...and that'll be that.
This team is soft, and their leader is a dope. Not a team built for the playoffs. They're lucky as shit they had their first two rounds against dogshit opponents.
Bye-bye, Dwight. You can ask Jesus why all the way back to Orlando.
G.
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This is an inexcusably late reply. All I'll say is "ouch" to that last line. Why ya gotta bring the man's faith into it. This isn't about your resentment of Christians, it's about Dwight not being there yet, or perhaps being no more than an All-Star role player. My guess is that he's the latter.
Dwight can not dominate the game at his position in big games. He may learn how to, but that really is the distinctive mark of a #1 or #2 guy. In my opinion he doesn't need to be an alpha dog in order to justify his place in the league. However, he does need to learn how to be a reliable #2. Otherwise, his career will rightfully be considered a disappointment.
As I say this, I bet these players don't think in these same terms. Us armchair analysts have a very Darwinian approach to the game. I would bet Dwight is just focused on improving his game every year, playing the right way, taking advantage of his advantages and hoping everything comes together so his team can win a championship. All this "who's a #1?" stuff is probably more people outside the game talking then the players themselves. If you're the leader on a team, you don't have to say it. And if you're not where you want to be yet, I bet you know it. The hard part when it's you who's not where you want to be is figuring out how to get there; which always seems easy-to-see for anyone with an opinion.
I know, I know. Bringing up his faith was a cheap shot. But not entirely unwarranted* since it does indicate something about his character.
Dwight isn’t just a Christian. He’s a die-hard, spread-the-word variety Christian. To provide an example on the opposite end of the spectrum: my dad is Catholic. You’ll find him in church only if it’s Christmas Eve, someone’s wedding or someone’s funeral. Dwight Howard, by contrast, probably spent time as a teenager banging on doors with a Bible in his hand. Two very different animals.
Each of us operates on his own personal system, some arcane mix of pragmatism and faith. We figure some things out logically, and other things we just “feel.” Too much of either and you’re in trouble. In D-Ho’s case, it just seems like there’s waaay too much faith and not nearly enough objective self-evaluation.
As you said: Dwight is probably “just focused on improving his game every year, playing the right way...and hoping everything comes together so his team can win a championship.” Sounds nice. But hope doesn’t make winners. Hard analyses and tough choices do. And hardcore Christians are notoriously poor at making either of those.
G.
*okay, maybe 90% unwarranted
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