Juwan Howard - Solid as a Rock
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Juwan Antonio Howard (born February 7, 1973 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA, currently with the Dallas Mavericks. He is a former All-Star and All-NBA power forward and was a member of the University of Michigan Wolverines' "Fab Five" (along with Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson) that reached the 1992 and 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as both freshmen and sophomores.He left Michigan after his junior year (though he still managed to graduate on time), and was taken by the Washington Bullets fifth overall in the 1994 NBA Draft. When Chris Webber, his teammate and friend from college, joined Washington that same season, a lot of people thought that the "Fab Five" would bode for a bright future for the Washington franchise. Together with Gheorghe Muresan, a 7 feet 7 inch (231 centimetres) Romanian center, Calbert Cheaney, a swingman from Indiana University, veteran point guards Mark Price and Robert Pack as well as the promising rookie Rasheed Wallace, many saw the Bullets as a secure playoff lock. But Webber, Price and Pack missed almost the entire 1995-96 season due to injuries. That very season, the Bullets managed to pull off 39 victories, just barely missing the playoffs. The team's win total might have been considerably less had it not been for Howard's stellar offensive play. He became just the second player in Washington franchise history, after Bernard King, to post back-to-back 40-point games (against Boston on July 17, 1996 with 40, and at Toronto on July 19, 1996 with 42). Averaging 22.1 points, 8.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists, he was invited to the Eastern Conference's All-Star team for the first and only time in his career.He became the first player in NBA history to sign a contract worth over 100 million dollars, his seven-year contract being worth 105 million dollars. He then signed as a free agent with the Orlando Magic on July 16, 2003. Howard has managed to average 17.8 points, 7.4 rebounds per game, and 0.3 blocks per game. On March 25, 2002, he scored his 10,000th point.Juwan Howard has always been regarded as a consistent hard working player. He peaked in the 1995-1996 NBA season as the leader of the Bullets who were playing without an injured Chris Webber giving him the most shots per season of his career. Howard has been criticized by some for not being a bigger force on the defensive end. His best rebounding year was his rookie year when he averaged 8.4 per game.
Channel: Sports
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm
Author: VeoShock
Length: 04:26
Rating: 4.50
Views: 4054
Tags: basketball
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VeoShock (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Crappy Big Country Reeves avg nearly 40 pts a gm for his career against Boston. More than their stud Paul Pierce avg against them the Grizzles. Does that make big scrubby Country better. LOL. I think not. That is y he isnt in the NBA any more cuz he isnt good enough. Luc isnt even an option bro. Harper would be the 4th option not Longley. Longley didnt play enough mins cuz he sucks n cant stop Mourning on his best day. Nuff said. Im out.
VeoShock (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
LOL, like I said this is pointless. Everyone is due to have at least ONE GOOD GM IN THEIR CAREER AS AN NBA. Big deal Luc out scored Alonzo by 1 pt. Wow, thats a lot of point, consider the double and triple teams mourning receive doing this gm cuz Luc cant stop him one on one. Plz, like I said this is a waste of time cuz no disrespect, but u r not making any sense at all bro. Alonzo owns Luc anytime anyday. No secret there. This is a waste of time.
Ragtime4 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Longley was the 4th option offensively and didn't play as many minutes as Mourning. No excuse for Mourning getting outsocred by Longley in the deciding game, seeing as how Mourning was the go-to guy for the Heat.
VeoShock (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Alonzo vs. Longley = Gm 1: Alonzo 21 pts, 6 blks, 8 rbs. Longley 6 pts, 0 blks, 6 rbs. Gm 2: Alonzo 14pts, 3 blks, 1 stls, 8 rbs, 1 ast. Longley 8 pts, 0 ast, 0 blks, 5 rbs. Gm 3: Alonzo 12pts, 0 blks, 0 stls, 1 asts, 9 rbs. Longley 0 pts, 0 blks, 0 stls, 1 rb. Gm 4: Alonzo 18 pts, 1 blk, 1 ast, 14 rbs. Longley 7pts, 1 blk, 1 ast, 3 rbs. Gm 5: Alonzo 13 pts, 3 blks, 1 ast, 8 rbs. Longley 14 pts, 6 blks, 2 stls, 1 ast, 6 rb. Now who had the best of the best in the series. Not Longley.
VeoShock (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Russell had more talent, than Wilt, so I wonder y he had more wins than him. This is pointless, cuz it doesnt add up. Just cuz u avg 1 blk a gm doesnt mean u r a great defender. Case in point. Dirk avgs a blk a gm for his career. His D is consider by many and I mean many below avg or avg at best. Swift isnt better than Howard. Neither r great defenders to me. Howard isnt a great leaper. That is y he isnt a great shot block mainly. Case close.
Ragtime4 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Russell made the playoffs also because of his athletic style of defense.The two seasons after Russell retired, the Celtics didn't make the playoffs.When I mention Russell, I don't think about his battles with Wilt as much as I think of his style of play. Russell combined tremendous quickness with shotblocking ability.Statistically, I think his matchups with Wilt were one sided in terms of individual numbers, but Russell had a winning record against Wilt.
Ragtime4 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
What Juwan is best at defensively is using his body to maintain his position against his man. However, even this potential strength is only marginally useful because opponents are often able to shoot right over him because he doesn't show consistent effort in trying to actually block shots against his man in 1 on 1 situations the way Bill Russell did and Stromile Swift does.
VeoShock (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Russell made the playoffs every yr cuz of wat i said, a talent team of HOFers. It that simple n u act like players dont suppose to miss the players sometimes. Havlicek and others prove they could win titles with out Russell is my point n u bring up some bogus stat about Havlicek not making playoff. A joke bro. When u mention Russell, who comes to mind huh. His battles with Wilt nearly every time. Russell has great passion n SPIRIT just like the title I gave him on my vid. Nuff said!
VeoShock (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Stro is close to Juwan Howard. Man, dont waste my time again with ur BS opinion. U obviously just hate Juwan for wat ever reason. Swift isnt close to a Juwan Howard. I guess u r in wonderland on that note. He plays less minute cuz he is garbage. Doesnt take a genius to figure that out. He is lucky to still be in the NBA. Im done. Dont have time talking about pointless things.
Ragtime4 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
If you are trying to say with the block averages of the Bulls big men that Karl Malone and Charles Barkley (and maybe even Juwan!) could have won a ring if they had both Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen in their primes and on the same team, well, I agree with you.I argue that winning rings with Jordan and Pippen doesn't make Will Purdue, Bill Cartwright, Luc Longley, Jason Caffey, and Bill Wennington good or great players. |