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     Why don't we hear "All Dwight Howard does is dunk"? Well, in that defense, (no pun intended) Howard is the best defensive "big-man" in the game, period. Dwight is one of the top 2 rebounders in the league (Kevin Love competition) averaging 14.0 boards per game (compared to Griffin's 12.1 per game). This is what Howard can do and does best in the entire league: anchor's the defense and blocks/alters shots better than anyone in the entire NBA, thus his current third consecutive Defensive Player of the Year Award a portrait of his impact on the game defensively. Offensively speaking, in his 7th, hopefully (this year) to be 8th season in the NBA at age 26 he is far behind Griffin even in many aspects overall.  Both players, though, are Franchise Tag players, and will be leading teams to the Playoffs and more depending on whatever happens with the team that's put around them. I am just curious why the internet's sports population aren&#

The BIG TWO! (what if?) "QUOTE": Kevin Garnett was linked to the Lakers in the summer of 2007, but ultimately ended up being traded to the Celtics. "I was pretty close to be honest," said Garnett. "What disturbed me about the whole Lakers situation was Kobe (Bryant) and Phil (Jackson) at the time. They were at each other pretty bad, and it was a new situation I didn't want to get into ... It was my choice, yeah. There was a lot going on and I didn't want to be a part of it." Read more:  http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/215418/Garnett_Turmoil_Between_Kobe_Phil_Led_To_Boston_Trade#ixzz1 WpGBKIsw I love the "what if" situations that come out of interviews with players discussing the past, and I thank KG for saying there was a possibility he would of gone to the Lakers but chose not to. (Ultimately I like my Lakers how they are, but this "what if" still needs to be answered.  Click the link under "Read More" fo

While the title is negatively toned at the NBA labor dispute, this site will update the status of the situation, but rather than focus on the events going on around the NBA, discuss the possible season ahead of us.  Yes, even a shortened season still counts, which I assume this whole things will result in.  Can we say 40 game season? But let's act like all things were running smoothly.  There was a solid draft, plenty of solid trades, and the landscape of the NBA and it's teams look rather solid.  Of course, there remain many "free agents" in the NBA now, even plenty of players are under contract in Europe, but with NBA "out clauses" in their contracts, so we don't have to worry about them once the season starts... say in January. Hah. Some players are going to China, much less, as they are no longer giving contracts with "NBA out clauses", so we'll have to see if any of the role players/starters/stars end up signing there for a year to