Should Derrick Rose Listen to Dwight Howard’s Advice?
by Marcel Mutoni / @marcel_mutoni
Dwight Howard’s hard foul last night led to Derrick Rose’s injured wrist, which he reportedly had put in a sling following the Bulls’ inevitable loss to Orlando. Following the game, Howard and teammate Vince Carter offered Rose some advice about driving the lane.
In summary: don’t do it against Dwight Howard. It’s advice worth considering for Rose, seeing as how this is the second time this season a collision with Dwight Howard has led to injuries.
The media in Chicago, though, wasn’t trying to hear it. They were offended by Howard’s attempts at counsel, and none more so than Mike McGraw of the Daily Herald:
What bugs me about Howard is he’s always whining about those slap-on-the-wrist fouls he gets, which would have ended long ago if he’d learned to make a free throw. So a hack on the wrist to send a bad free-throw shooter to the line is an egregious offense. But if Rose gets knocked to the floor on a drive to the basket, that’s just weak flesh hitting powerful steel. Yeah, whatever.
Hard fouls are part of the NBA game, but violent mid-air collisions, whether it’s Derrick Rose or Othyus Jeffers on the receiving end, need to stop. Howard claimed he even offered Rose some advice on how not to get injured by guys like Howard in the future. It’s known as the “two-foot rule.” “I always tell him, ‘If you come down the lane, always come off two feet,’” he said. “That way you’ll be on balance. You come off one (foot), all it takes is for somebody’s body to hit you and you’re going to fall.”
If you’re 7-feet tall, standing under the basket and plan to go up for a two-hand dunk, then jumping off two feet makes terrific sense. But most athletic drives to the basket don’t call for a two-foot takeoff. So basically Howard is telling Rose never drive to the basket again and he’ll stay injury-free. Great advice, Dwight.
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It remains to be seen when Rose will be back in action, and going forward, if he’ll listen to Dwight Howard’s advice or that of the angry writers who cover his team.
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Young Buck is in the driver’s seat.
As for Derrick, this is one area where he could take advice from Allen Iverson, master of the little dude initiating contact, getting the call and getting back up largely unscathed. For the record, Derrick shouldn’t take advice from Allen Iverson on anything else.
But on another note, this stangely reminds me of that time someone tried to drive into Shaq’s elbow. Clearly Shaq’s elbow won. I think it was Stackhouse. LOL
Tell Howard to develop a consistent post game. (This is not DP is it?)
@Ronald… You have to defend your own. You can call it petty if you want to, but it’s a responsibility shared by all beat writers, analysts, etc.
SLAM, why are your headings so freaking misleading? Wow.
But Marcel Mutoni made it seem like Dwight was mocking Rose. Whatever.
im not eboy” That is something to be proud of!
rose was the one that created the contact when he flung his arm into dwight.
if its cause of the cubs thing, its true.
but so many of the chicago analysts, writers etc. are the definition of homers, so much so that its too hard to bear at times. im not condoning what dwight did. just was making a statement about another’s statement,
No, I don’t think it’s in Rose’s character to back off like that. Nahhuh.
i always thought everybody else’s announcers were kinda of annoying and im pretty sure every beat writer loves their respective city its just that chicago writers love chicago sports team more than any other writer loves their city sports team
its called pride and chicago loves their sports team whether they win or lose
Next time, the Bulls play Orlando, he has to fly down the lane, take off of one-foot, and slam it over Dwight Howard.
That would make my day!
Next time, the Bulls play Orlando, he has to fly down the lane, take off of one-foot, and slam it over Dwight Howard.
That would make my day!
Next time, the Bulls play Orlando, he has to fly down the lane, take off of one-foot, and slam it over Dwight Howard.
That would make my day!
not saying i dont love my bulls, cuz i do.
just can’t really put us up there yet like some people already do.
just bein objective. cubs suck.
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