According to my More Than a Fan pal, Damien Bowman (@damienbowman), there are rumors swirling that Dwight Howard could be entertaining the idea of staying in LA, but moving to the Clippers rather than staying with the Lake Show.
While I don’t know if this is a great move for the NBA as a whole, it would certainly make the Clippers a team to look out for.
When the whole Dwight Howard saga began, I thought the Clippers would be a logical place to begin with. Now, with the Clippers in tremendous need of an extra couple of pieces, it would be an even better fit for both sides.
Imagine a starting lineup with the league’s best point guard, the league’s most athletic player, the league’s most dominant center, and a bench with tremendous depth. It sounds a lot like another roster that has taken the NBA by storm.
The NBA would truly turn into a two team league if Howard somehow finagled his way into the Clippers organization, but the match-ups Dwight Howard could create would be well worth it.
The Heat and Clippers would create rosters that mirror each other in efficiency, but are opposite in style-of-play.
When you look at Miami, you have a decent point guard, an average shooting guard, the best player in the game, an average power forward, a center who can stretch the floor, and the best role players in the game. They play small, hit the perimeter hard, and when you triple team LeBron, they’re going to make wide open shots.
When you look at the Clippers, it would be much the opposite. The Clippers would dominate the paint with the tremendous size and athleticism of Howard and Griffin, and would have the perfect facilitator to do so in Chris Paul.
Neither team would have an answer for the other’s style, and that is what makes this matchup so intriguing.
While the Heat and Clippers would make for an incredible rivalry and NBA Finals, the rest of the NBA would be, quite frankly, screwed.
Much as was the case in Miami, LA would find great role players willing to play for the minimum just to chase a title, and would create the league’s second dominant team. The talent these two teams would amass would be enough to create a couple of great teams. It would surely take away any competition between the league’s other teams.
With two dominant teams, the official “Super League” would be under way, but that might be okay, if only for a year.
I could definitely deal with a two super teams for a year, especially if LeBron was going to come back to Cleveland or at least leave Miami.
Dwight to the Clippers and LeBron’s final year in Miami would create a basketball-lover’s dream, and wouldn’t get annoying and ridiculous thanks to it’s brevity.
For a year, the Clippers and Heat would eclipse the entertainment of any other matchup in sports. The personalities, the talent, and the big markets would all help these teams to go down as two of the best in NBA history.
So mark it down on the record, I am officially on the Dwight to the Clippers bandwagon. In being on that band wagon, I’m also on the LeBron better leave the Heat in 2014 band wagon, or I’m going to get really upset.
Clippers:
Chris Paul PG
Eric Bledsoe SG
Caron Butler SF
Blake Griffin PF
Dwight Howard C
Bench:
Jamal Crawford PG
DeAndre Jordan C
Matt Barnes SF
Lamar Odom SF
Grant Hill SF
Willie Green SG
Chauncey Billups PG
Heat:
Mario Chalmers PG
Dwyane Wade SG
LeBron James SF
Udonis Haslem PF
Chris Bosh C
Bench:
Ray Allen SG
Shane Battier SF
Norris Cole PG
Chris Anderson PF
Joel Anthony C
Rashard Lewis SF
James Jones SG
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