Friday, March 12th, 2010 at 9:00 am  |  90 responses

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.

Meow. Catty!

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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  • Tommy Patron

    Whatever happened to the days of the bench big man/hatchet man. Used to be most teams had a bigger guy that occasionally played, who would be the go-to guy when their team’s star was targeted. Sports have become overly civilized.

  • slamfan4life

    Eff D12, how the hell is that gonna happen twice?

    I’ve i was rose, id bust a cap in dwights big ass

  • http://www.broy7.com nate the great

    watch the play. the wrist rose hurt was the one he flung and hit dwight with. dwight went up strong, but its nothing different then he usually does.
    rose was the one that created the contact when he flung his arm into dwight.

  • Dallas

    That’s just D Rose’s game, agressive to the cup

  • Mike

    its Rose’s fault, whats Dwight supposed to do , not jump and let someone in the lane, if you look at the last 2 plays its Rose who initiates all the contact. Anybody in the league would “rose” for flying in the lane with no regard

  • I’m Not Eboy

    I’m not Eboy.

  • Rob

    Mike McGraw needs to chill

  • http://bulls.com airs

    ashamed bryan? i dont know why
    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,

  • http://bulls.com airs

    and the bears suck, bulls are mediocre right now, and cubs fans a douchebags. just to reiterate.

  • LetsGetIt

    Dwight Howard has no offense at all. those “baby hooks” are garbage and he doesnt make them that often. And do you see the way he shoots free throws? No wonder he doesnt make a decent percentage. And his defense is pretty overrated more than half of those blocks come form weak side which means hes leaving his man which means if the ball handler would just pay attention to Dwight slippin he could drop the ball off. As far as rebounds just look at him he 7′ tall and arms like tree trunks I would expect at least 20 rpg. Bottom line is Dwight Howard is overrated.

  • LetsGetIt

    @airs- bears dont suck their management sucks and bulls arent mediocre their coach is mediocre and cubs are super douchbags

  • therighttoremainsalient

    Just need to drive AT him, not passed or to the side of him… and give his mouth the “dirk elbow”

  • Shem

    I think everyone should listen to Dwight Howard’s advice. You probably shouldn’t take it in the paint without knowing Dwight Howard’s the best shot blocker in the L. But then again you shouldn’t give Dwight a free pass for the night and not make him work on D.

  • http://www.hibachi20.blogspot.com Hursty

    Telling a guy to effectively “back down” after he’s had to scrap and compete every single day (theoretically) to get to the position he is in now?
    No, I don’t think it’s in Rose’s character to back off like that. Nahhuh.

  • nastierthanu

    @letsgetit every great shot blocker leaves his man to block shots, that’s how u control the paint. Get a clue man! Rose is a young cat in the league and d12 is right. Develop the floater and once u create the space necessary use the pull up j. The paint is for big men if u come down there expect to get ruffed up. Keep comin down and go home early. Somewhere rick mahorn is proud

  • BostonBaller

    No intentional hard foul just a misfortunate injury on a drive. Todays players would cry bloody murder if they had to play TheOriginal Bad Boys of Detroit or The Knicks under Riley. hahaha. Some of these younger guys have the physical strength but not the mental toughness to take such a pounding on almost EVERY play. rose will be fine and he will learn as his career grows.

  • davidkompton

    funny i like chicago broadcasters
    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

  • Orlando Green

    Howard is a big bytch!

  • http://www.bulls.com Enigmatic

    airs – take your ass out of Chicago!

  • DC

    You know what D-Rose has to do?
    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!

  • DC

    You know what D-Rose has to do?
    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!

  • DC

    You know what D-Rose has to do?
    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!

  • http://bulls.com airs

    see, too proud. buts its alright
    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.

  • Ansonpanson

    i dont like dwight very much… so childish for a man of his age

  • D. Cole

    so Dwight Howard just posted his covers for the new Men’s Health magazine. if Derrick wants to drive in against him, that his prerogative.

  • Whotey

    Rose for MVP!!!!!

  • Mack

    I want Rose to punch one on Howard, so bad… actually someone needs to, one more time…

  • OTSS

    I like both players and i think that D.Rose will decide whether he wants to listen to D.Howard or not.

  • Jalepino Sausage

    I THINK D ROSE SHOULD NOT LISTEN TO DWIGHT AS HE HAS BEEN RIDDEN LIKE A DONKEY BY KOBE BRYANT. DWIGHT IS ALL TALK NO GAME> ROSE IS ALL GAME NO TALK > PEACE

  • Jalepino Sausage

    REMEMBER WHEN KOBE SAT ON DWIGHTS BACK, AND SAID GET OOF ME PUNK !!!!!!

  • Jalepino Sausage

    Remember when Dwight said some shit to shaq in theallstar game then shaq put the ball between his legs ,DUNKED ON dwight & LAUGHED HA HA !!!

  • Twon

    @Jalepino Thats True….Never Thought of that.

  • http://slamonline BossTerry

    Glen Davis wants to lose the nickname “big baby” and be called “uno uno”. good luck with that catching on, fatty.

  • Justin

    How about this? Develop the lost art of the pull up jumper. Watch when Jordan was not driving the lane as much or as hard, like Kobe does now. They’re still quick enough to blow by people but then they have the nice pull up jumper. It’s sad how nobody does this anymore

  • ab_40

    mike mcgras is probably a 4-7 white guy who doesn’t understand bball. And D Rose is even more wreckless then manu and D wade a few years back. Where manu had the best body control I’ve seen in a long time. He can be a lot more effective if someone would teach him. too bad he has only lindsey hunter to listen to

  • Josh Chin

    i really want to see the bulls in the playoffs playing magic and Rose doing a huge facial on dwight

  • Linda Bart

    I’m a Magic fan. I was at the game and watched this accident happen. Dwight was in the lane, and Rose ran into him and fell down. If you charge a man that is so strong straight on then the results are you will be on the floor. Dwight gets a bad rap from some of newsmedia because he enjoys the game. Dwight plays hard but he puts some sunshine into lives that may have lost a job, had a bad day, lost someone, or just needs to smile because of his SMILE during the game and in the community….I do hope that Rose recovers quickly.

  • Dee

    Howard is a dum! Why don’t you do that to someone your own size

  • G

    Dwight is a strait up PUNK! his game is ugly and indeed he’s always BiT€in# about everyhting down low….so yeah he should keep his advice to himself! Superlooser instead of superman!

  • bradley

    DWIGHT needs to keep his mouth shut, the player with the most potential in the nba is seemingly doing little with it on the offense end. It seems like he should be in the gym workin on his footwork rather than telling derrick rose what he should or shouldn’t. Who is Dwight Howard what has he ever won? what will he ever win? not much until he can stop with the bs and get to the gym. shut the f*** up and get in the gym

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