Lakers Legends Rip A Frightened Coward

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Lakers legends rip Howard
July, 8, 2013
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By Arash Markazi
ESPNLosAngeles.com
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LOS ANGELES -- Dwight Howard’s old avatar on Twitter used to be a picture of him in a Los Angeles Lakers uniform with the retired jerseys of George Mikan, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Shaquille O’Neal hanging behind him.

Howard was expected to follow the Lakers’ Hall of Fame lineage of centers but decided to leave L.A. less than a year after joining the team to sign with the Houston Rockets last week.

The two living legends in Howard’s old avatar, which he immediately changed after committing to Houston, have not taken the news well.

On Monday, Abdul-Jabbar chimed in on Twitter and Facebook and wrote, “Dwight Howard is a perfect example of the fact that ‘potential has a shelf life.’ Laker fans should be patient and allow Mitch & company to prepare themselves to do some serious work in the free agent market.”

O’Neal, while speaking at the Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, said he wasn’t surprised by Howard’s decision to take less money to leave Los Angeles for a smaller market.

"It was expected," O’Neal said. "We've all been in L.A., and not a whole lot of people can handle being under the bright lights. Everybody wants to do it, but when you get there, there are certain pressures. I think it was a safe move for him to go to a little town like Houston. That's right, little town. I said it."

Both O’Neal and Abdul-Jabbar were critical of Howard even before he decided to leave the Lakers.

Abdul-Jabbar told the San Francisco Chronicle last month he only met Howard once and that Howard expressed an interest in learning from the former Lakers captain but he never again reached out to Abdul-Jabbar. “He's charming, he's charismatic, very nice young man,” Abdul-Jabbar said. “Maturity-wise, he doesn't get it."

When Abdul-Jabbar was asked about teaching Howard the sky hook, he said, “At least he'd have an offensive move.”

“He gets the ball on offense, oh my God, he doesn't know what to do. It's usually a turnover, people come and take the ball from him or tie his arms up. Offensively, he doesn't get it. Hasn't made any progress. We (the Lakers, when Abdul-Jabbar was a special assistant coach) played them in '09, and when I saw him this past season, he was the same player.”

O’Neal was just as harsh about Howard when he was on ESPNLA 710 last month.

“He's too nice," O'Neal said. "I'm a connoisseur of giggling and playing and all that and making you laugh and playing with the fans, but when I cross that line, I'm ready to tear your face off. I don't care who it is. You could put one of my aunts or uncles out there, and I'm going to give him these elbows in their chest and I'm going to throw it down in their face. That's what you have to do. ... He's just too nice. If I was him, I would get into the same mood I was in."

[Hack Wilson - real]

you Laker fans are acting like jealous ex girlfriends...this story is 2 weeks old and you just post it yesterday 

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YEA, POSTED THESE 2 ALREADY...STILL DONT MAKE IT ANY LESS VALID

http://www.dubcnn.com/connect/index.php?topic=302853.0

http://www.dubcnn.com/connect/index.php?topic=302800.0

[Citizen-Y]

Sounds like females

[Sccit]

Sounds like females

yes..kareem and shaq are females and dwight is a man


u make great sense

[Citizen-Y]

Sounds like females

yes..kareem and shaq are females and dwight is a man


u make great sense

Kareem is a supreme dickhead, no one wants to be near the guy.  Shaq's last memorable play in the NBA was flopping on Dwight.

These broads need tampons.

[Sccit]

Sounds like females

yes..kareem and shaq are females and dwight is a man


u make great sense

Kareem is a supreme dickhead, no one wants to be near the guy.  Shaq's last memorable play in the NBA was flopping on Dwight.

These broads need tampons.

YET THEY WERE STILL BOTH ABOUT A THOUSAND TIMES MORE COMMENDABLE THAN DWIGHT DURING THEIR CAREERS


ONLY A COWARD WOULD ARGUE THIS

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Kareem got tossed on his farewell tour by Billy Crystal.  Who makes Billy Crystal mad?  Shaq was a mercenary.

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U CAN TAKE ALL OF KAREEMS NEGATIVE QUALITIES AND PUT EM UP AGAINST ALL OF HOWARD'S POSITIVE QUALITIES, AND KAREEM WOULD STILL COME OUT 10X MORE G.

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They really do sound like the biggest pussies lmao.

Niggas bought billboards for him to stay, now he's "terrible". And now NIK is saying because they were better than Dwight their equally biased opinion as his matters. Hakeem has given him nothing but compliments.

Y'all niggas making Eden look manly.

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DO U ALWAYS HAVE TO SOUND LIKE SUCH A FAGGOT WHEN U POST?

A LOT OF LAKER FANS DIDNT WANT DWIGHT TO BEGIN WITH...WE WERE CALLIN HIM OUT WAY BEFORE HE EVEN DECIDED TO LEAVE, BECAUSE HIS ANTICS WERE DESPICABLE. PERSONALLY, I SAW THE BITCH IN HIM BEFORE HE EVEN GOT HERE AND VOICED MY DISPLEASURE RIGHT OFF THE BAT...SOMEHOW, I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT A FRUIT LIKE U SEES NO SHAME IN HIS WAYS. BUT TO BE 100% REAL, MANAGEMENT WAS SIMPIN OVER DWIGHT AND THATS WHY LAKER FANS WERE UPSET. MOST OF US THOUGHT THE BILLBOARDS WERE RETARDED, BECAUSE WE REALIZE DWIGHT AINT WORTH A MAX-CONTRACT TO BEGIN WITH, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING ALL THE BAGGAGE THAT BITCHBOY COMES WITH...NOT WORTH THE 17 POINTS ON UNDER 50% FROM THE LINE AND 3 TURNOVERS ON 10 FORCE-FED TOUCHES HE WAS PROVIDING.

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Lmfao @ son thinking he's speaking for LA because him and a few friends are mad Dwight left because Kobe's message was "I'm the leader, fall back and listen to what I say", only to drive away the second center who at their respective times were the best centers in basketball.

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lol,


kareems has been saying dwights game is primitive since 09,


they (not sure about shaq) just wanted him to continue the big man legacy of the lakers, which he failed to do out of spite, lack of talent, and effort.


screw the "kobe" factor of why he left.

dude left because he wanted post up, in which he isnt even the 2nd best post player in the team.

he didnt want to play team ball, he wanted "his" way, refused to play the pick and roll and dive the the basket, rather he wanted to post up and "prove" that he can create his own shot , which he cant, and he hasnt been able through out his whole career.

how many times did this guy work out with hakeem? have we seen any improvement? in foot work? or fakes? i dont see any, this guy if he faked left, right, pump it would do wonders for him, but instinctually its not him.


he is the best center in the league right now, but dude is more a mutumbo then any of the other greats. Shaq, Ewing, Mourning, Robinson, Kareem, Wilt, all of these dudes would school dwight like there is no tomorrow.

but yet dwight still wanted to post up like he was the next coming of the dream. thats why he left, because he knew that wouldnt happen with the lakers, the lakers dont play to keep their players happy, they play to win. and dwight was clearly not all about "winning" it was more "i want to pad my stats and be the man"

in which lakers wouldnt have none of it,



he left because he didnt want to play team ball with the rest of the players, even though the right move was to use pau as the 1st option in the post have him create for dwight, dwight's thinking is, how bad does that look? hes supposed to be the "best" bigman in the league and he's not the 2nd option? or the 1st option to throw in the post?

if dwight could have just set it aside last season would of been much different, there would be absolutely no criticism of him no matter how bad the season went if he just goddamn just put all his effort on defense and rebounding, instead of complaining about "touches" (touches to shoot more brick hook shots, to miss free throws, to throw a bad pass, to get stripped)


and you cant hardly, compare shaq leaving to dwight, shaq pulled his own weight, did didnt. dude just cried and had excuses. you think LA fans would of been so critical of him if he just didnt complain, and played selflessly?

dude is a drama queen and he couldnt handle the expectation,  and he brought this all upon himself with him complaining and having excuses for virtually everything. he was complaining how fans were too critical and harsh, and i mean what do you expect the season was the worst i've seen in all my years as a laker fan, and this guy is complaining about touches in the midst of everything? when EVERYONE knows this guy CANT SCORE FOR SHIT.


laker fans wanted dwight to stay because he obviously improves the team and chances to win a ring, not because i was a "dwight" fan (which i never was), i mean who can really be a fan of dwight? his game is boring and lack luster , no creativity no moves, all he does is dunk right under the basket or go for an alley oop (not to say its not fun to watch)


lol at saying Kareem and Shaq are sounding like "females"

what the hell was dwight doing this past 2 years? being indecisive, complaining, stirring up drama, just like a Bitch, and you're saying THEY are acting like females?

that what is dwight? how many times did he look like a little bitch and sayng "i dont know i dont know"


dude was dead last in post ups the past season, and yet he still wanted to continue posting up. houston is going to have a heck of a time with this guy i'll tell you that

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Lmfao @ son thinking he's speaking for LA because him and a few friends are mad Dwight left because Kobe's message was "I'm the leader, fall back and listen to what I say", only to drive away the second center who at their respective times were the best centers in basketball.

DWIGHT WANTED KOBE GONE OR THE OFFENSE CENTERED AROUND HIM...OBVIOUS CHOICE WAS TO STICK WITH KOBE. AT LEAST WITH SHAQ, HE WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO DEMAND THAT. AND LOL@THE NOTION OF LAKER FANS BEIN FED UP WIT DWIGHT'S ATTITUDE LONG AGO BEIN NEW TO U. SMFH

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Lol @ these two Laker fans in denial. He didn't want "Kobe gone", he said Kobe told him to fall in line and take orders because Kobe is a shitty, selfish leader.

Y'all niggas are so corny with the "he didn't like the spotlight", like nigga didn't lead a pretty pathetic roster, that by Kobe's skill wouldn't have seen the playoffs, to the NBA Finals. Nigga has been in the spotlight.

Again, pretty sensitive ass sounding ex-girlfriends.