Joel Embiid is better right now than Dwight Howard has ever been.

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Y'all in here talm bout Dwight was the best center in the NBA. My nikka please name another legit all star center from them days.

Dwight was the best by default cause there were no others.

Jo dominating KAT, Hassan, Gobert, Jokic, etc.

Embiid is better player right now then dwight ever was. I aint talking bout team success.
 

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Dwight was the better defender, Embiid gets the nod offensively. Would probably take 09-11 Dwight over Embiid this year but we'll see

09 East was no joke, even without KG the Magic went against a 66 win Cavs team and Dwight had a 40-20 game in the clincher :ehh:
 

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offensively yes but i dont like him shooting 3s. I like that slow headfake he's giving at the 3 now and getting to the rim.

Also the east was stronger in dwights prime than now.

boston, lebron led cavs, d gawd led bulls would all win the east today.

philly at the very least should reach the finals with their team
 

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Dwight was the better defender, Embiid gets the nod offensively. Would probably take 09-11 Dwight over Embiid this year but we'll see

09 East was no joke, even without KG the Magic went against a 66 win Cavs team and Dwight had a 40-20 game in the clincher :ehh:

Also, something Jeff Van Gundy has said over the years is that [paraphrased] "sometimes a players greatest talent is there availability". Which is a weird thing to say but speaks to the idea of would you rather have an explosive glass canon or someone with less firepower (offensively) but far greater durability.

That was basically Dwight's first 7 seasons in the league in which he never played less than 78 games and played all 82 in 5 of those seasons, at a 35-38 mpg clip. But that aside, i'd still favor Embiid just given what we know about Dwight's personality and how much he fell off once that back injury happened.
 

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offensively yes but i dont like him shooting 3s. I like that slow headfake he's giving at the 3 now and getting to the rim.

Also the east was stronger in dwights prime than now.

boston, lebron led cavs, d gawd led bulls would all win the east today.

philly at the very least should reach the finals with their team
2019 Boston’s 7th man is a former all star/#1 option on a western conference playoff team

And that’s the FIFTH seed in today’s NBA. Healthy nets would just bury the three teams you listed with threes. Comparing those three to the raps, Celtics or sixers is just a waste of time
 
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