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Originally Posted by Mutt
more the Celtics are just that damn good but Howard is absolutely damaging his reputation greatly by some woeful performances that an elite player of his size just shouldn't be having even with the Celtics bigs being so dominating.
it's going to take a championship for Howard and Lebron to get their cred back among NBA fans. All-Star games, endorsements don't mean anything without championship rings. Not if you want to be mentioned in the same sentence as Jordan, Russell, Kobe, Shaq
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I think you can judge an athlete's performance based on the number of championships they have as long as it's a single player sport like golf or tennis but you can't put ALL the weight on them when they play on a TEAM.
A few days ago it was all about Vince Carter blowing the Magic's chance for a win. Some people might say that was the deciding factor in the magic's playoff run. Why should Howard's cred be blamed for that?
A player's individual achievements and stats are far more telling about the player's ability then whether they have a championship ring or not. To prove my point a bench player who might not have even played in the NBA finals could get a ring and over a few seasons get a couple rings.
How stupid is it to think that player is better because he has three championship rings but never set foot on the court in the finals while another player hold's seasonal records, all time records, all star appearances, voted MVP and whatever else but doesn't have a championship ring.