Dwight on Chandler Parson's departure: "It won't affect us at all"

[UK2K]

This is such bullshit.

1) Parsons was not that bad. The dude put up 19/7/2/1 on 44/36/73 shooting. If that's doo doo, you have extremely unrealistic expectations for being a fan of a team that got wrecked in the 1st round. Did you expect him to put up Lebron-type numbers? And Batum put up 16/6/5/1/1, hardly anything incredible. Parsons isn't supposed to play better than Harden..Parsons was making 900k while Harden had a ****ing max contract

2) Even if Parsons sucked hard ass against Portland, which he obviously didn't, it still doesn't justify what Dwight said. People have mentioned it multiple times in this thread..there are much better ways to deal with this situation in the media. "Chandler was a key contributor to our success last year and a great teammate, so losing him was unfortunate. But I really like the direction the front office is headed and I think we've made the moves necessary to be even better this year." It's really not that difficult.

1) Parsons played 40 minutes per game. His per 36 averages are on the last page, and they are doo doo. And you bring up salaries but Parsons now makes more than Harden. Cool. 17/6/2 on 44% shooting is doo doo, but yet he's now making more than Harden.

2) Chandler is good, he's better than Ariza, but Houston needs a 3andD guy and that's not Parsons. Parsons did suck ass against Portland. So did Harden. So did everyone not named Dwight.

[Milbuck]

1) Parsons played 40 minutes per game. His per 36 averages are on the last page, and they are doo doo. And you bring up salaries but Parsons now makes more than Harden. Cool.

2) Chandler is good, he's better than Ariza, but Houston needs a 3andD guy and that's not Parsons.

1) Who gives a shit about per 36? He played 40 minutes because Houston needed him to play 40 minutes. Judge him based on what he did, not what you need to push your agenda. And even if we do go by per 36..he still put up 17/6/2/1 per 36 min. There just isn't a way for you paint this as a negative against Parsons. And we're discussing his performance in the playoffs last year, in which he earned a fraction of what Harden got.

2) Ariza is notorious for being a contract year performer. And he's 29 years old, meaning he's not getting better and will most likely regress in the second half of his contract. While Parsons is only 25 and reasonably has 4 years to improve, a span during which he could become an all-star caliber player. He's already putting up 17/6/4/1/1 in the regular season, he could reasonably put up 20-22 ppg sometime in the next 5 years. Which is critical if you want any chance of succeeding in the West..relying on James Harden and Dwight Howard exclusively as your offensive weapons is a recipe for consistent disappointments, and now that's your reality. You just lost your legit 3rd option of the future for an overhyped role player.

And let's not forget you guys lost Asik and Lin too. No matter how much you guys hate the latter and use him as a scapegoat for all your problems, losing both of those guys along with CP is going to kill you more than you're willing to admit.

[juju151111]

1) Parsons played 40 minutes per game. His per 36 averages are on the last page, and they are doo doo. And you bring up salaries but Parsons now makes more than Harden. Cool. 17/6/2 on 44% shooting is doo doo, but yet he's now making more than Harden.

2) Chandler is good, he's better than Ariza, but Houston needs a 3andD guy and that's not Parsons. Parsons did suck ass against Portland. So did Harden. So did everyone not named Dwight.

What did James harden even do in the playoffs?

[Le Shaqtus]

What did James harden even do in the playoffs?

Absolutely nothing.

[Milbuck]

What did James harden even do in the playoffs?

He shot 37%. And that's skewed by his one good game, he was at 34% for the first 5 games of the series. Froze up in crunch time like no other..he looked like he was about to shit himself in fear during the final few minutes of every game.

Oh yeah, and his defense. lol.

[juju151111]

He shot 37%. And that's skewed by his one good game, he was at 34% for the first 5 games of the series. Froze up in crunch time like no other..he looked like he was about to shit himself in fear during the final few minutes of every game.

Oh yeah, and his defense. lol.

Exactly he basically chucked his way to 26 ppg and he played 0 defense. So exactly how did James harden earn his play over Dirk.

[UK2K]

1) Who gives a shit about per 36? He played 40 minutes because Houston needed him to play 40 minutes. Judge him based on what he did, not what you need to push your agenda. And even if we do go by per 36..he still put up 17/6/2/1 per 36 min. There just isn't a way for you paint this as a negative against Parsons. And we're discussing his performance in the playoffs last year, in which he earned a fraction of what Harden got.

2) Ariza is notorious for being a contract year performer. And he's 29 years old, meaning he's not getting better and will most likely regress in the second half of his contract. While Parsons is only 25 and reasonably has 4 years to improve, a span during which he could become an all-star caliber player. He's already putting up 17/6/4/1/1 in the regular season, he could reasonably put up 20-22 ppg sometime in the next 5 years. Which is critical if you want any chance of succeeding in the West..relying on James Harden and Dwight Howard exclusively as your offensive weapons is a recipe for consistent disappointments, and now that's your reality. You just lost your legit 3rd option of the future for an overhyped role player.

And let's not forget you guys lost Asik and Lin too. No matter how much you guys hate the latter and use him as a scapegoat for all your problems, losing both of those guys along with CP is going to kill you more than you're willing to admit.

1) You constantly leave out his FG%. Why? And per 36 matters because you can't pout stats when very few players even play 36mpg. He was outplayed by Batum. He disappeared in the second half of every game. Defend him if you want but he was garbage as was every other Rocket player, and they still outscored Portland in the series. But you're trying to argue his pay was a fraction of what Harden got but you wouldn't use the same argument for Beverly over Lin. That's like saying Davis is outperforming his contract when really he's worth much more than his rookie contract.

2) OK fine? I said Parsons was better. He will never average 22ppg. Ariza is a better fit on this Rockets team. Fact. Losing Lin and 'half a season' Asik is rough, but until Ariza was signed Dwight was the only Rockets player to start more than two seasons, and Dwight and Harden were the only ones to be in the league longer than 2 years. They'll all get better. Their end of season record will be similar to what it was last year and if Harden gives half a shit on defense the team will be better. Its not damage control, its the truth. Only ISH thinks they'll be worse and nobody anywhere thinks they should have matched Parsons.

[Spurs5Rings2014]

dwight is the best center, but give me ellis over harden any day.

he easily outperformed harden against the best team in the league

Yeah, because Harden never killed us or anything in the play offs...

[KungFuJoe]

Harden is a max contract cancer. Dwight is a sore beta.

Houston is a joke of a franchise.

Basically...business as usual.

[Jameerthefear]

Harden is a max contract cancer. Dwight is a sore beta.

Houston is a joke of a franchise.

Basically...business as usual.

lin is a shitty point guard

[KungFuJoe]

lin is a shitty point guard

You're a weird, socially awkward, anime loving pedophile

[RRR3]

I don't get how Dwight's the best center, i put mgasol/noah/duncan over him. I would say hes the best defensive center but he has no offensive moves. He turns over all day and he bricks free throws. Real talk, I would never ever trade joakim for howard.

So wait, Dwight Howard is the best center because of DEFENSE (your words), but even though he put up 18/12 on 59% in 34 MPG (and 26/14 on 55% in the playoffs), he's somehow worse than Marc Gasol and his stunning 15/7 on 47% (17/8 on 41% in playoffs) and Noah and his sizzling 13/11 on 48% (10/13 on 51% in playoffs)?

[kenny817]

You can't debate with someone who thinks Monta is better than Harden.

He didn't say Monta was better

He prefers Monta over Harden

I prefer Noah over Dwight...but he aint better than Dwight

[masonanddixon]

By the way Dwight Howard sucks now and is only a name. He's had one decent run and it was in the East, and was a 4th option on offense at that. You'll never win shit with him. I'll take a 45 year old retired Dirk over him.

[Bandito]

You're a weird, socially awkward, anime loving pedophile

He is still right though.