jcmanson wrote:ToTheLeft wrote:jcmanson wrote:I thought the Magic were supposed to be serious contenders in the East? 
I thought the Celtics were supposed to be too old.
You're 2-1, champ. Cool the jets a little bit. The Nets have a better record. 
My jets are cool. I know it's a long season. The Celtics and Lakers will be very tough to beat. I heard all summer "how is Miami going to stop Dwight Howard". We obviously don't have to. You have to have more than one player to beat the Heat.
And the Magic do have more than one player. We just don't have more than one player who shows up every night. Which is our biggest issue. Sometimes Rashard shows up, sometimes VC does, sometimes D12 does, sometimes Jameer does, sometimes someone else does. But there's no one who's on every night. It's the one thing I envy about guys like Wade, Kobe and LeBron, they never really have an off night.
But yeah, it's not all about D12. When he's used properly and there's a good inside/outside balance he's really good. But he's not a "we can't do anything else so let's force it to Dwight" guy.
His defense is, was, and always will be his strength. I didn't get to see the game, but as long as he did his part on D and on the boards, that's still all you can ask from Dwight.
Rashard missing every shot and no one else being able to score is more of a problem then anything concerning D12.
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