Oscar Robertson suggests Dwight Howard to keep his mouth shut - NBA Update
NBA legend Oscar Robertson, one of the best players in the history of NBA, recently criticized Orlando Magic star Dwight Howard for crying out loud to be traded.
Howard, who requested his team to trade him before the 15th March deadline has been giving out statements, justifying his decision to pursue other dominant teams. However according to Johnson, he should have not gone
so public about this.
Johnson also slammed the team for not handling Howard and other players in the team properly.
“Keep your mouth shut and play basketball,” said Robertson” If he wants to be traded, he’s going to be traded. Go and talk to the owners and say, ‘I want to be traded’ and keep it a secret.’ In a situation like this, he can’t win.
… Anytime they (Magic) stumble and fall and every time they get beat, they’re going to blame Dwight Howard and it’s totally unfair because it’s not all his fault. I don’t think management has done a great job in keeping certain players on the team”
Dwight’s declarations about moving to other teams have become a cause for team’s defamation and also show that they never showed enough faith in him. Had they done it before, they would not be in such a difficult position at the
moment.
According to Oscar, Dwight is in a denial, thinking that he would be able to keep his respect intact in the eyes of Orlando’s fans. Not only this, but Howard would not be respected by the fans of whichever teams he joins.
Probably, Oscar was referring to LeBron James, who also did the same thing two years back. LeBron disappointed the Cleveland Cavaliers fans by quitting and leaving the team in a difficult position, just in order to pursue a championship
title. Since then, he has been trying to earn the respect of the fans.
So if Dwight does the same, which looks like he will be doing it, it will hurt him in the long run.
It would be interesting to see how Dwight responds to this massive criticism. Will he opt to stay silent or lash out on the legend?
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