Peak Dwight Howard vs Alonzo Mourning
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Zo playing Ewing > Dwight getting outplayed by Pau and neutralized by Kendrick Perkin
Oh, and how quick we forget that the Bobcats held him to single digits in pts and rebounds for a series
Zo was better
Dwight the most overrated defensive player ever
ManBearPig
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Zo playing Ewing > Dwight getting outplayed by Pau and neutralized by Kendrick Perkin
Oh, and how quick we forget that the Bobcats held him to single digits in pts and rebounds for a series
Zo was better
Ewing was already 30 when Zo enter league.
No points being up eras when Zo didn't shyt. Zo let his team lose to an 8th seed.
I pick Zo over Dwight because of his dedication and be isn't a p*ssy. They both are Very identical talent wise with Dwight Howard being better statistically and achievement more individual awards and Zo having a more polished post game even tho he never had a season like Dwight's 2011 season or a series like Dwight had it against CLE in 2009
ManBearPig
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Not when he was playing for the Magic.
Rashad Lewis was their starting PF... Rashad fukking Lewis and the Magic were ranked #1 in defense in 2009
They are not identical, Zo could create offense for himself a lot better than Dwight can.
Dwight's stats and achievements came during an era where there were virtually no centers, damn near all of his competition got hurt. At the very least we know what Zo could do vs other elite centers, we have no idea what Dwight would have been able to do, other than the evidence of his matchups vs Yao, Pau and a few others, he was absolutely dominated vs Yao by the way.
Different era
ManBearPig
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Zo didn't play an elite center every night. And u act like Zo was McHale or some shyt back in the day.
Alonzo Mourning 1996-97 Game Log | Basketball-Reference.com
Who the hell was the Magic center in 1997?
See, this is where your argument really falls apart, he may not have played an elite center every night but he played them. How many elite centers did Dwight play? During his absolute prime years he could not do a single thing vs Yao. In comparison to Dwight yeah he may as well be McHale, you're acting like Zo needed to be Hakeem on the block to be a better offensive post player than Dwight.
Rony Seikaly was the Magic center in 97, he's better than just about anyone Dwight faced during his prime outside of Yao....who constantly shytted on Dwight
I'm going to have to look up those boxes when yao and Dwight were playing. I don't remember Yao shytting on Dwight that badSee, this is where your argument really falls apart, he may not have played an elite center every night but he played them. How many elite centers did Dwight play? During his absolute prime years he could not do a single thing vs Yao. In comparison to Dwight yeah he may as well be McHale, you're acting like Zo needed to be Hakeem on the block to be a better offensive post player than Dwight.
Rony Seikaly was the Magic center in 97, he's better than just about anyone Dwight faced during his prime outside of Yao....who constantly shytted on Dwight
The Magic obviously needed a center that could do more than just roll to the rim, which is why their offense always bogged down and why Dwight has always been such aplayoff performer.
Sorry fam, but look at all the ways Zo scored -
He wasn't as good as Ewing, Robinson, Shaq or Hakeem, but he damn sure would have been better for that Magic team than Dwight.
Nah, they needed a guy who could set picks, finish at the rim and grab offensive rebounds. Their system was based on ball movement and spacing. A center who needed consistent touches on the block would have messed up their rhythm.
Dwight destroyed the Cavs in the '09 ECF.
