You know it's interesting when you see the NBA boxscores...

[nadav]

Juwan Howard, 17 years in the league, $150 million. Johnny Flynn would give his left and right nut to have anything resembling that when all is said and done.

 

[Scoe]

Juwan Howard, 17 years in the league, $150 million. Johnny Flynn would give his left and right nut to have anything resembling that when all is said and done.

Right now Juwan Howard is just rotting on a bench to win a championship

 

[UofCT]

Thatbeet is selling himself short. Being content as a bust or just being happy with who you are totally goes against everything Calhoun taught him. What is he going to do to improve? He still has potential, just no work ethic. It needs to change.

 

[nadav]

Right now Juwan Howard is just rotting on a bench to win a championship

good for him, he's done enough in his career to not be labeled a bust I think.

 

[Fishy]

first off let me apologize for my offensive comment. had a rough night but its no excuse. that type of trash doesnt belong on these boards and im usually not the one to post it.
i was never a big fan of thabeet so my judgement of him is admittedly biased. again i apologize to anyone offended in particular to fishy.

Good Lord, don't apologize to me. Seriously, I wouldn't take any kind of offense from that.

First, we gotta separate the notion that Boone, Hilton or Hasheem are not succeeding in the NBA because they're not good defensive players. They were all good defensive players at the collegiate level - they're just not particularly good basketball players when considering the NBA level.

Ricky Moore and Jon Linehan were positively evil defensively in college and neither kid really got a sniff in the NBA. Ray Allen was Charmin soft at UConn, but he's a Hall of Famer. There's a lot that goes into that soup - defense is just one ingredient.

Back to Thabeet.

He was an excellent defensive player at UConn. Teams changed what they did because he was in the middle. He wasn't a great offensive player at UConn - he was a very efficient one by the time he was a junior - but he was a terrific defender. Most of his blocks were not weakside, as I think someone suggested above - I think he was actually somewhat slow to recognize those opportunities which was a function of his inexperience - they were on-ball.

DeJuan Blair did give him trouble, but that's not surprising. Shorter, stronger guys who could get into his chest gave him the same issues that a guy like Anthony Glover gave Emeka.

 

[Scoe]

good for him, he's done enough in his career to not be labeled a bust I think.

hes definetly not a bust anyone who has made at least one allstar game is not a bust im just saying he hasnt retired yet because he still trying to win a championship or sitting a bench to win a championship however you want to word that