omebody send tapes of Hakeem the dream and the Houston Rockets of 1993/94 team to SVG and tell him to do exactly that.
I see Orlando team very similar to that Rockets team - bunch of shooters spreading the floor for Hakeem the Dream. The only thing is Dwight is nowhere near as offensively talented as Hakeem but they still could use him as a decoy.
They need to have Dwight touch the ball every possesion (unless it's fast break). Dwight also needs to be shooting atleast 18-20 times coz there is no way in hell he shouldn't be score less than 25 a game with that thin frontline of Celtics.
ALso, Dwight himself needs to get mad ON THE COURT and tell the players to feed him the damn ball. Him not getting enough touches has also affected his defense as he is not blocking any shots, no steals nothing.
It should NOT ONLY be on the coaching but it should be on Dwight himself for not yelling at his teammates to get him the ball and also his teammates for not throwing him the ball.
I think the problem is that Howard is not nearly that good offensively, and he hasn't gained the trust of his teammates. Olajuwan in my opinion, is a top 5 center all time, he could score 15 feet in and he had an unstoppable offensive move. Howard just uses brute strength. But that is better than what was happening out there, get the franchise player the ball.
Speaking of the Rockets, that is what I thought of the Scott Skiles' Bulls teams. If we just had that money guy down low....oh well, they don't grow those on trees.
My question is with Shaq, Gortak and now Howard criticizing his coaching under pressure...will he ever coach again if he does get fired.
He had a team in Miami that won a championship after he left and maybe that is what happens with Orlando. I like Avery Johnson, he was my first choice for the Bulls.
