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Dwight Howard. Meet karma.

In his first matchup against his former team, Howard could only muster 9 of 21 from the freethrow line as Jaques Vaughn, the Orlando Magic's coach, utilized the hack-a-Howard to great effect. The Magic continued to send Howard to the freethrow line up until the last two minutes of the game (when this strategy results in a technical plus the ball). But, by that time, the damage had been done and the Magic held a 12-point lead.

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Even if Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash learn to tango far quicker than any winner of DWTS, the real issue is going to be defensively. Yes, Dwight Howard is the cure to all defensive woes, breakdowns, and sub-par defenders. He elevated a lackluster collection of defensive players including matadors Hedo Turkoglu and ++Ryan Anderson, into a top five defensive team.

But, while many of his former Orlando teammates were mediocre to poor defensive players, none of them were as bad as Nash. Nash is a turnstile despite actually trying at this end. He is just simply not the necessary caliber of athlete to defend the one and he’s too small to guard the two.