Aug 30
Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images Dwight Howard is, by some distance, the greatest player in Orlando Magic history. Beyond everything that has transpired in the past two years, beyond the most mutually embarrassing unhappy-superstar saga this side of Vince Carter, that is the ultimate takeaway from the eight seasons he spent with the Magic. He …
Aug 29
Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images In the two weeks or so since Dwight Howard became a Laker, I’ve gone back and forth countless times on whether or not I actually like the trade for the Magic. The most prevalent criticism — and the most valid — is of the draft picks Orlando received in the …
Aug 28
Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images For the consensus best player at his position, Dwight Howard sure hears a ton of criticism, not all of it unwarranted. He doesn’t take the game seriously enough. He needlessly blocks shots out-of-bounds instead of tipping them to teammates. He can’t make free throws and is thus a liability to …
Aug 27
Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images Dwight Howard is a phenomenal basketball player and it’s a real shame his final game in a Magic jersey was not legendary, not impressive, and not even on par with what he is capable of. Orlando will remember Dwight in several different ways. On the one hand, …
Aug 27
Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images It’s hard enough to believe there is an award called the Rich and Helen Devos Community Enrichment award. Given the turmoil Dwight Howard put Magic fans through in both wanting the beloved Stan Van Gundy fired and then getting traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, it’s hard to remember the …
Aug 27
Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images If you were to compare the current incarnation of Dwight Howard to any other player in NBA history, at least from a narrative-based perspective, the closest parallel would probably be post-Decision LeBron James. Like LeBron, Dwight was drafted straight out of high school, developed into a dominant superhuman, took his …
Aug 08
Photo by Fernando Medina/Orlando Magic I must admit that I do not know a lot about Jacque Vaughn, Stan Van Gundy’s recently appointed successor as head coach of the Magic. This works both in his favor and against him when evaluating the decision. On the one hand, he has no real track record of success, …
Aug 02
Photo by NBA Photos/NBAE via Getty Images Since its inception, the Most Improved Player award has gone to an Orlando Magic player five times in 27 years. If you include Gilbert Arenas, who earned the award in 2003 while he was in Golden State, 22 percent of the Most Improved Player award winners since 1985 …
Aug 31
Dwight Howard’s path to reaching his full potential in L.A.
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by Eddy Rivera
at 12:21 pmPhoto by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images Let’s get this out of the way. Dwight Howard being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers will be the best thing to happen to his career. Once it became clear that Dwight’s time in Orlando was over, with that stark realization coming when Stan Van Gundy calmly and …
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