Dwight Howard or Prime Alonzo Mourning?

[dee85]

Who's better and who would you rather have?

[todu82]

Dwight Howard

[Raph12]

Dwight - He's already better than Zo ever was

[FraziersKnicks]

I'll go with Dwight, but Zo was a beast in his prime

[Raidaz4Life]

Dwight's better but rather have Zo

[WadeKobe]

It's really hard to compare. If Dwight played in the same center-dominant era Zo did, would he have been this good? How much would Zo tear apart the league right now in today's NBA?

[Cfrey]

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[JordansBulls]

Dwight - He's already better than Zo ever was

How so? Zo came in as a 21/11 and 4 bpg player.

[Raph12]

How so? Zo came in as a 21/11 and 4 bpg player.

"Per game" stats don't mean ****; Dwight's better than Zo ever was.

[effen5]

Zo...D12 doesn't even play against real centers.

Zo competed against some of the best centers in NBA history.

[dee85]

I don't see how anybody can say Dwight. Zo all day.

[hidalgo]

prime Zo all day. he was a better scorer, better versatility scoring meaning he could post up better than dwight, & he could hit 17-18 foot jumpers regularly. better shot blocker. way better free throw shooter so he could attack the basket in crunch time & hit his FTs. equal defensively. Dwight was a better rebounder, that's it, but Zo was always at 10-11 a game. Dwight would have been the 6th best C in the 90s, barely over Brad Daugherty & Mutombo. Dwight is the best in this wussy center era though

[hidalgo]

Zo...D12 doesn't even play against real centers.

Zo competed against some of the best centers in NBA history.

exactly

[rufo4100]

Rather have Howard. Howard is a freak of Nature and until this year with his back issue the guy never misses games.

[Raph12]

prime Zo all day. he was a better scorer, better versatility scoring meaning he could post up better than dwight, & he could hit 17-18 foot jumpers regularly. better shot blocker. way better free throw shooter so he could attack the basket in crunch time & hit his FTs. equal defensively. Dwight was a better rebounder, that's it, but Zo was always at 10-11 a game. Dwight would have been the 6th best C in the 90s, barely over Brad Daugherty & Mutombo. Dwight is the best in this wussy center era though

Zo was a average scorer, it's easy to score when you shoot in the low 50s as a center (see Brook Lopez); if Dwight shot FTs like Zo, he'd average 25-30ppg on 55-60% shooting. Dwight's a much better rebounder and defensive player, because he could check anyone 1v1 and still dominate the paint while leading the league in rebounding... Dwight in the 90s would be the 4th best center behind DRob, Dream and Shaq.

Zo was peaking in 1999-2001, that's after DRob, Dream and Ewing dropped off so the only real center he had to deal with was Shaq and he only played him twice per year.

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Dwight's better than Zo ever was, plain and simple.