The New Shaq

by Jeff Clark on Mar 28, 2007 2:44 PM EDT in CelticsBlog

The Magic will be in town for tonight's game and you have to love this Dwight Howard kid.Â He just has a great, fun attitude that is remenicent of Shaq.Â MJD points out on the Fanhouse blog:

You know, of all the young stars in the NBA, Dwight Howard might be the most important. He's just got that friendly, lovable, universal appeal that none of the other young guys have. Carmelo's a little too gully to have that kind of appeal, LeBron's waaaaay too corporate to have that kind of appeal, and I'm not sure Dwyane Wade has it, either. That commercial where he gave the kids basketballs, and gave the coach an SUV? It just didn't seem like his heart was in it. I bet he egged that SUV later.

Howard, though, has a quick smile and seems to like dealing with people. At some point soon, I could see him having a very broad, Shaq-like appeal.

I'll also submit this Shaq/D.Howard dance-off from All Star weekend.Â Good times.

By the way, Justin from CelticsStuffLive is covering the game again tonight.Â On top of providing us with some audio clips, he plans on live-blogging the game, though he won't have the luxury of the SportsGuy's dad or his buddy House feeding him material.Â So he'll just have to rely on laughing at Dickerson and Lucky.

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it’s going to be a good game…and i’m looking forward to watching it.

by mcpu40 on Mar 28, 2007 3:53 PM EDT reply actions

I want to see how Big Al matches up with Howard tonight. It should be a good test.

I like Howard a lot. He has a ton of basketball talent, but he also seems to be a genuinely good guy. He’s one of the few guys in the NBA where if I read on ESPN.com that he’d been busted with three prostitutes, an 8-ball of coke, and an uzi, I would be legitimately surprised. There aren’t too many players on that list, unfortunately.

by Roy_Hobbs on Mar 28, 2007 4:12 PM EDT reply actions

Howard has average basketball talent. Jefferson is far more talented offensively. But Howard is insanely athletic and he’s 6-11.

by Brickowski on Mar 28, 2007 5:28 PM EDT reply actions

howard also plays physical and mean and his aggressiveness is rewarded by the refs who do not ticky tacky him. al has more tools, but is more finesse and the refs get too cute with him and give him finesse fouls.

by nazzbo on Mar 29, 2007 6:22 AM EDT reply actions

Right now, i think Al is a better player then Dwight Howard. Of course, when Dwight becomes a basketball player, and not just a freakishly atheletic giant that plays basketball, he could go down as one of the all-time greats. But right now? I’d go with Al

by Cullain on Mar 29, 2007 9:51 AM EDT reply actions