Swap Yao Ming with Dwight Howard: Rockets better or worst?

[bobopenguin]

I mean I'm not a Ming hater or anything close to that, but one of the biggest criticisms of him is that he was too slow footed and soft. In today's league where defending the paint is SO important, that is a big detriment. C's like Kanter, Vucevic, and J-Val can make moves that a center like Gobert or Whiteside couldn't dream of. Hell, Vuc is a better jumpshooter than Yao ever was. But guess which centers make the most impact? Gobert and Whiteside. Because they are quick and can play defense. Yao was a very good one on one defender though just because he was so big, but that isn't that important. Peak Dwight is one of the best defensive players EVER, and arguably the best of this era. That just makes him much more important than Yao.

well, if yao is playing today, none of above mentioned name matters tbh.

[Jameerthefear]

well, if yao is playing today, none of above mentioned name matters tbh.

what the **** are you talking about?

[Papaya Petee]

I remember when in 2008-2009 this was a legit topic on ISH all the time. You had RocketsFan or whatever one of his 100 alternate accounts constantly making threads shitting on Dwight and saying how dominant Yao was. His name is Horde-something now.

Along with.

Cp3 vs D-Will
Wade vs Kobe
KG vs Duncan


good ole days.

[KNOW1EDGE]

People all up in here trying to act like Yao is an all time great

Is he not?

When did Yao become a poor-man's Joel Przybilla?

Yao is most certainly one of the all time greatest centers in NBA history, so is Dwight....

[Cali Syndicate]

perkins owned dwight for years too. but the better C is dwight

No he didn't...Perk might have been able to contain Dwight here and there but ownage he did not. Even looking at the games where Perk held Dwight to single digit scoring, dwight was still grabbing 20 boards to Perks 5. Perk being the Dwight stopper was some BS media narrative, which Perk made his entire earnings off of.

[BlazerRed]

Do you feel the same way about Brandon Roy? except for the asian part

B Roy GOAT