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Originally Posted by murrayyyyy
I think Whiteside is an UFA this season so I guess it's not a big loss. Obviously Deng has to be in on the deal for $'s. I just can't see Howard being the missing piece anymore especially at 23 mill. I know Cousins at $15 seems like a better deal but he's just as big of a head case. I remember him shooting nothing but 3's in warmups before every trip to Vegas for Kings. Didn't work the bench for the past two years but for those first 3 years he was there the coaches almost seemed happy with him shooting 23 ft away from the left side for an hour.
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I think Howard could still be a very big asset. His latest two teams have been where he is a secondary option on teams whose primary option is a high usage player(Kobe/Harden). Stick Howard on a team where he can be the 1b to the 1a and I think he will be happy and be the player from 4 years ago. The Rockets rarely even run a play designed for him unless its a pick and roll back screen dunk.
His per 36 minute numbers havent fallen off a whole lot. He just gets fewer shot attempts and much lower usage than he did with Orlando.