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Moondizzle... said 03/07, 01:25 PM
Future Franchise Cornerstone: Eddy Curry vs. Dwight Howard

I know this seems like an easy topic for me to win, but I figured Id throw it out there. Eddy Curry has to be picked over Dwight Howard.

Now, understandably, Howard beats out Curry in every single offensive and defensive category except for 2: career games played and free-throw percentage. Those are such important categories however when we are trying to put together a franchise of the future.

Free throws often win games. They are essentially free points. The word free, while misleading at first, indicates how easy these points are. If you can???t throw them down, you are hurting your team.

Games played are very important. If you play in many games, you have experience over your rivals. Curry has played in 500, as opposed to 309 for Howard. Experience is one of the most overlooked intangibles in any profession.

Stats are good. But stats dont win titles. Just ask Peyton Manning how long it took to win one. He is good with stats. He throws a lot of home runs.

Curry is big, blocks the lane, camouflages himself with tattoos so as to throw off his opponents, and he is ALWAYS HUNGRY.

Moondizzle... said 03/07, 02:24 PM
No need to apologize my friend. I should do the honors since you accepted a throwdown you simply can not win. You???re kind of like the Iraqi Foreign Minister in 2002.

Well, as you stated, stats are not everything. Incredible difference or not. Patrick Ewing sure looked good as opposed to Luc Longley. We all know how that panned out.

Weight has little to do with rebound ability. Curry is actually at a clear disadvantage because he has more gravity to fight. That???s like telling a baby not to slump over when you sit them upright. Not their fault they aren???t good with gravity.

None of the guys you have mentioned have played a ton of games. That is correct. But from my point of view, games played is a huge factor in all of this. You also didnt mention the free throws. Howard is like a homeless guy begging for change only to pay for free lunch. How could he screw free up?

Hunger in the battlezone we call the paint, camouflage to hide yourself in the lane ??? you want me to have those? No problem.

Awesomeness Points (somehow) will follow, along with Curry???s stat slide due to the absence of one ???Starbury??????.Ram beat me to the punch on my own famous throwdown clinchers.

Moondizzle... said 03/07, 03:54 PM
Shaq won because of Kobe and Wade. Lets just be serious here.

Howard is pretty good in the post, yes. But what was your argument about thereafter? Stats stats stats. Points, rebounds, blah blah blah. I already stated that I find statistics to be overrated.

You may take Howard. I would rather take a nap.

Anyway, Eddy Curry unfortunately fails to register Awesome Points. Which means a further explanation of the scale won't happen now. As stated by ramdrumaster, the Knicks were stripped of any awesome points that come from playing in NY, playing in the Garden, and wearing the color blue. Also - being named after some really stinky food.

The absence of Starbury has obviously taken its toll. He is a star. Curry was supposed to feed off that stardom. The guy has his own sneaker. Cmon now. But because of the Great Satan, Isiah Thomas, Marbury is an outcast. This has let to a monumental collapse in production for Curry this season. That hardly indicates it will go on forever.

Considering he has to work against gravity, play in the tough eastern conference, play without Starbury, and play for Isiah - he's pretty good and we can't let their failures blur his greatness.