You would think Dwight who has developed zero posts moves throughout his career, might try to work on one or two during the offseason.
But, alas he wants to be Steph Curry now.
The Hawks center appeared on ESPN’s “The Jump” on Tuesday and said he has been working this offseason with his shooting coach in Atlanta to expand his game.
“I’ve been working on my 3’s, really trying to add some range to my game,” Howard said. “Which is going to be weird for people to see, I guess. They are used to seeing me in the paint battling. But in order for me to play longer, I have to expand my game. The game is not just back to the basket, get the ball in the post and go to work. It’s more stepping away from the basket, setting screens, popping, shooting 3’s and stuff like that. People haven’t seen me do that. It’s going to be an adjustment for me, but also the fans. I think it’s going to be fun.”
Dwight is 5-56 from 3 in his career.
He is correct that the center position has evolved and frankly that means he is nothing more than DeAndre Jordan at this point. He could at least work on his free throws.
Maybe Dwight should start with developing a mid range, even Shaq could hit a little 10 footer.
