Some questions about the upcoming NBA season (Part 7)
One of the integral questions that the NBA season would be facing is:
Can Dwight Howard manage to develop a more offensive game?
Dwight Howard is one of the great centres that the NBA has seen and he seems to develop his skill with every passing season. One of the renowned players in the NBA, Dwight Howard managed to win the Defensive player of the Year award for the past two seasons.
He managed to grab this award keeping his dominance intact, facing nil competition from other players in the NBA.
Dwight Howard is one of those players in the NBA for whom the opposing team Head Coach needs to devise a plan. This is due to the fact that Dwight Howard has a unique style of playing called the old way of being a centre.
Though this player finished fourth in the running for the MVP award being a strong contender to for the award. However, experts doubt the fact that he would be able to win the award in near future.
What analysts say is that if this player can improve on the free throw shooting of 59.9 that he has, then he can surely become one of the big names in the upcoming season. But if Howard manages to improve and take his jumper average to 87 percent, then he
can surely become one of the greatest players in the NBA and also unstoppable, being the first one after the era of Shaquille O’Neal in his prime.
Another question related to the upcoming season is:
Can the Boston Celtics manage to make their way into the NBA Finals once again, keeping in mind the old roster that they have?
The Boston Celtics were in a cruising mode when the season began, and this continued for four months during the last season. But then the Celtics saw themselves in a spot of bother when they had a record of 27-27 with 54 games left to play. The amazing team
lost a lot of games even though they managed to pile up a record of 23-5 before the losing streak started.
Despite the fact that the Boston Celtics managed to take the Los Angeles Lakers into the NBA Finals last season they couldn’t win it, though they had a lot of experience if the two are compared. With the addition of players like Shaquille O’Neal in the squad,
the Celtics squad isn’t getting any younger. Some say that the Celtics have an outside chance of the making it into the finals this time, while others are of the view that they won’t cruise through due to the old squad they have.
The big three in the Boston Celtics, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett aren’t getting any younger either. Though the players mentioned above along with players like Jermaine O’Neal make their inclusion in the team to strengthen it, but the fact remains
that none of these players is in their prime. In contrast to this, other teams have ample young players, who are hungry for success. This would mean that there would be battle of the Celtics old men against the young Los Angeles Lakers if we were to see both
teams in the NBA Finals once again.
Can Chicago Bulls win the Eastern Conference is the next question.
None of the teams in the NBA were able to come up with any notable additions to their squads other than the Miami Heat. Though they missed out on Dwyane Wade and LeBron James, they managed to bring in Carlos Boozer.
Combing the skills of this player with the basketball stunts of Derrick Rose, Kyle Korver and C.J Watson would mean that the Bulls can improve on last year’s 41 wins. And if they manage doing so, they will surely make it into the Eastern Finals without a
doubt. But the experts think that they won’t be able to defeat the Miami Heat who would still be in process of gelling together. This due to the fact that big names like LeBron James and Dwyane Wade would take over the game and simply wipe out their opponents.
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