Peak Dwight Howard vs Alonzo Mourning

[Mr.Lip]

I'd go with Zo. People picking D12 never saw Alonzo play.

And this thread is disrespectful to Mourning, too.

 

[Llcoolbay]

dwight howards DPOY are the biggest bs awards given in past 15 years in the NBA. Everytime he won im like who is he defending


its no coincidence that the NBA got some decent bigs now compared to 10 years ago and he hasnt won since this new wave of pf/c's entered

Or maybe because he had back surgery and clearly been injured these past years but we can ignore that.

For all these decent bigs talk none of em come close to the success Prime Dwight had.

 

[Llcoolbay]

His defensive impact alone. I live in Orlando, so the only games we get unless it's nationally televised are magic games. Dwight was a fukking terror before his back injury. Averaging seemingly at least 13 boards a night, swatting or chasing away everyone and everything. Guy was unreal. Most big men are shytty at the line though. As is he still shoots 5% better at the line than Shaq did, so we should keep in perspective how bad some centers are at the line. His post game isn't anything special, but the way the game is played and officiated these days, you can't dump the ball of on the low block and let your center isolate like it was before zone defenses. Howard peaked at 22.9 points/14.1 rebounds(4 offensive)/ 1.4 assists/ 1.4 steals/ and 2.4 blocks a game with 3.6 turnovers a night shooting 59.3% from the field and 59.6% at the line. Alonzo peaked at 20.1 points/ 11 rebounds (3.6 offensive)/ 1.6 assists/ 0.7 steals/ 3.9 blocks/ 3 turnovers per game while shooting 51.1% from the field and 65.2% at the line. He was defensive player of the year twice compared to 3 for Howard. Looking at all of these, I would say at his peak, Dwight might have been a more impactful player. Offensively though no doubt Alonzo had a more well rounded game. His foul shooting fell off hard after leaving the hornets for some reason though. Went from the high 70's to mid 60's.

He had that month in 2011 of avg 24/15 he was about to break out then his back gave out on em the next year. he was going for the 4th DPOY too.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

He had that month in 2011 of avg 24/15 he was about to break out then his back gave out on em the next year. he was going for the 4th DPOY too.

He basically averaged that in 2011. 22.9 and 14.1 a game. Had to carry so much doodoo on defense. How was a team starting Alston, rashard Lewis, and turkey an elite defensive unit? 6 years later that still has me

 

[The_Third_Man]

ZO (who was my favorite center back then) is better but it IS in fact close

But then again, we are putting a player from the 90s against one the most hated CURRENT players, so of course posters will say it's not close.

 

[MJ Truth]

It's closer than people on here will say, because there is such a low opinion of Howard on this site, but Alonzo is/was better than Howard was... certainly better offensively, and probably better defensively.

 

[Absolut da poet ®]

Alonzo Mourning


it's not close