Portland Trail Blazers: Available centers they can sign
By Ty Delbridge
3. Dwight Howard
Height: 6’11”
Weight: 265 pounds
Years pro: 15
Last team played for: Washington Wizards
Last season stats
Nine games, nine starts. Missed most of the season with a back injury. Howard averaged 12.8 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 0.8 SPG and 0.4 BPG. He shot 62.3 percent from the field and 60.4 percent from the free-throw line.
Career stats
1044 games, 1043 starts. Howard has averaged 17.4 PPG, 12.6 RPG, 2.0 BPG and 1.5 APG while shooting 58.3 percent from the field and 56.7 percent from the free-throw line.
Fit on the Blazers
One of the more popular names in the NBA, Dwight Howard is still a physical freak at the age of 33. He is one of the leagues greatest shot blockers, rebounders and dunkers. If he is all the way bought in, Howard is a hard guy to slow down on both ends of the floor.
He will be looking for a chance to prove himself and Portland would be an excellent fit. Howard will get playing time right away and will be asked to be a difference-maker. He gets a chance to play with great guards and other good big men so he won’t have the pressure of being the main guy.
If he plays well, Portland could look to move Whiteside and keep Howard and Nurkic the rest of the season or go into the second half of the season with all three on the team and have one of the better frontcourts in the NBA.