Peak Dwight Howard vs Alonzo Mourning

[Noah]

Better player?

Is it even close?

I thought it was a close comparison but maybe someone presents something that changes that

 

[Ohene]

Alonzo
Not close

 

[954UAlreadyknow]

Alonzo
Not close

for real

this thread is disrespectful

 

[Regular_P]

Peak Dwight was more dominant even though Zo was more polished offensively. Better on the boards and you could have put him on any team in the league and they'd be a top five defense. That Orlando squad that went to the Finals had a bunch of defenders and they were an elite defensive team because of Dwight.

 

[Noah]

for real

this thread is disrespectful

Why? Comparing Zo to a center who at his peak led a team to the Finals while being in the same tier defensively is now disrespectful to Zo?

Can I ask if you have a bias against Dwight for any reason?

 

[Malta]

Peak Dwight was more dominant even though Zo was more polished offensively. Better on the boards and you could have put him on any team in the league and they'd be a top five defense. That Orlando squad that went to the Finals had a bunch of defenders and they were an elite defensive team because of Dwight.

Peak Zo did damage against real centers, Dwight got slowed down by Kendrick Perkins.

 

[CACarot]

Dwight is a better rebounder, but thats where the use of the word better stops

 

[FS4LFE]

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[Millions]

Dwight the better natural athelte, and better on the boards..they stats on par so cant say who the better player is but Zo the better defender imo and has heart...Howard a hoe ass nikka.

 

[intruder]

ZO!

And this is not me being a Heat homer. Dwight is far more athletic than Zo ever was. Dwight should have been better no doubt. But Zo was better and it's not even close.

• Zo had a jumper from the wing and top of the key
• Zo had a good back to the basket game with great hook shots and a "decent" turn-around J (he tried)
• Zo could take most C's off the dribble
• Zo could overpower all Centers not named Shaquille
• Zo made players not named Vince Carter afraid to drive to the Rim

Dwight had the potential to surpass ZO but never lived up to it. And last i checked the only C's that gave Zo a hard time were David Robinson (speed) and Shaquille (power). Zo even did a good job on Hakeem most of the time

 

[954UAlreadyknow]

Why? Comparing Zo to a center who at his peak led a team to the Finals while being in the same tier defensively is now disrespectful to Zo?

Can I ask if you have a bias against Dwight for any reason?

They comparable on defense


Offensively prime Zo blows Dwight out the water

Not to mention he did it in a better era for centers and he had a jump shot and could shoot free throws

 

[Floyd Pinkerton]

I'm interested with this one as I came very close to also mentioning him in @Playa With Tha Passport's garbage Dwight thread.

Good reads all around. Maybe Zo should have made ultimately my list as well

 

[I AM WE ARE]

you put prime zo on some of the teams dwight has been on and how many titles does he win

 

[Regular_P]

Peak Zo did damage against real centers, Dwight got slowed down by Kendrick Perkins.

I said Zo was better on the offensive end, but he was never a monster scorer during his career either.

 

[intruder]

And about my previous post. This is not me sh!tting on Dwight either. I feel the cat gets sh!tted on and disrespected way too much as good as he is. I honestly dont think he did anything wrong in ORL and applauded him when he left LAL for Houston. He's one of the greatest combinations of raw power and athleticism we've seen at the C position outside of Shaq. But like SHaq he never developed his game much. At least Shaq had great footwork.

But way too often people forget how great Zo and David Robinson were before their decline/injuries.