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Originally Posted by King Glorious
On that team, he is. It's not a matter of him being as dominant player as anyone else in the league but on that team, he is the team's best offensive weapon. Their offense has to work inside out. Rashard Lewis cannot create a shot for himself. Never has been able to. Turkoglu and Alston are best able to operate when the ball comes back out to them after going inside. When they take Howard out of their offense, they make it hard on themselves. Howard doesn't have to score all the time but has to at least get the ball and draw the double and kick it out to get the guys better shots. Also, he draws a lot of fouls and gets guys in foul trouble and gets his team in the penalty earlier. I don't think he's a dominant offensive player but he's their dominant inside player and he's got to get the ball.
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Maybe he's effective in the post against smaller teams, but against the Celtics, he can't score one-on-one against Perkins, and he's struggled against Big Baby as well. The Celtics also are not going to double him in the post, nor should they, so really, what the hell is he talking about? Maybe during the regular season against smaller post players he's imposing, but in this series he's been punked in the post over and over. So for him to blame an epic team choke on him not getting the ball in the post is total nonsense.
Also, you're wrong about Turkoglu and Lewis. They both can score off the dribble. It's not their calling cards, but they can do it, and they've both been way more successful off the dribble in this series than Howard's been in the post.