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LeToxic putting out his hit pieces to excuse this season smfh.
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- Jul 13, 2005
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Dwight didn’t need to polish his offensive game. He was dominant without one. Sucks he was so mentally soft.
- Jun 24, 2013
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Shaq wouldnt work with him since Shaq is a primadonna
We all know working with Hakeem is a scam lol
Believe he had Ewing as a asst coach in Orlando but that couldve been towards his last year or 2
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Not even close. At least he had multiple all-star seasons and got his team to the Finals once. That’s more than a lot of high picks can say. TBH, unless he really picks it up, I’d say Andrew Wiggins is on his way to being more disappointing than Dwert.
- Mar 21, 2010
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Just saw that it came from Mcmenamin who literally followed Lebron to L.A from Cleveland & has cowrote a book with Fanboy Windhorst about Lebron's return to Cleveland
. I ain't taking nothing in there serious.
- Oct 10, 2013
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I expected worse really. Oklahoma is home of some of the most trash people in the country. Pajama pants for everywhere and jeans only for special occasionHave you seen the crowd at an OKC game before?
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i'd say he did reach his full potential in orlando. he just blossomed sooner than expected, and had a shorter window of excellence. But with no post moves, he have multiple 40pt games. dbl-dbl every night. Game changer on defense. rim protector. light on his feet. soft touch around the rim. That was his prime.
it was all downhill from there. and the injuries piled on.
- Sep 18, 2003
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An all NBA guy for 8 seasons and 3x DPOY didn’t reach his potential?
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He was great in Orlando but theres no telling how good he could have been if he worked on his offensive game.
- Jul 8, 2013
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What a disappointment
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Don't get me wrong, Dwight has had an amazing career.
But the all-time greats work on their weaknesses and their craft.
Lebron didn't have a reliable jumper his first couple of years but was still averaging 25+ PPG.
Now he's developed into a good/solid shooter.
But the all-time greats work on their weaknesses and their craft.
Lebron didn't have a reliable jumper his first couple of years but was still averaging 25+ PPG.
Now he's developed into a good/solid shooter.
- Mar 21, 2010
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Dwight was a sure fire MVP candidate his last 2-3 years on Orlando... He hit the Lakers at age 27, most stars are beginning to reach their Apex at that point. he slipped more & more every year after that season & turned into a journeyman on bad teams.. So no he didn't reach his potential, he was still a very good player for a few years but there's no way you should reach 27 and your prime years are behind you. His impact was so big on ORL that many people expected him to at the very least continue to be a MVP caliber dude until atleast 31-32
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Alright, "Respectable" shooter?
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He also had 2 different surgeries performed on his back @ 27
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- Sep 18, 2003
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Injuries breh.
And I won’t assume he didn’t work on his game either. The game also started trending away from back to the basket bigs. And then there’s the rumors of him not wanting to play as much PNR.
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Okay Injuries happened & that effected him, which in turn stopped him from reaching his full potential. Also his mindset & immaturity stopped him from doing so also. Dude was never a very skilled dude around the basket in the first place & then after dealing with the injuries he started complaining about not getting enough touches in the post as if he was prime shaq. So a mixture of Both stopped him.
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Everything about his movements changed after the first ailment. Sad tbh
- Jan 20, 2002
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full potential? ya expect him to be hakeem?
the guy was a rebounding and basket protecting machine when healthy. was able to still squeeze out close to 20 pts despite his lack of offensive skills.
attitude could've been better, but he was a huge part of orlando's success (and downfall)
the guy was a rebounding and basket protecting machine when healthy. was able to still squeeze out close to 20 pts despite his lack of offensive skills.
attitude could've been better, but he was a huge part of orlando's success (and downfall)
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Dwert always wanted to be the focal point of an offense when his skillset was never really tailored to be a go to guy. His best success was with SVG being a PnR big that terrorized the offensive glass and was a monster on defense. The injuries definitely exacerbated the idea that he needed to be more of that type of player. It's why he clashed with Bean and Beard.
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