As fans of the NBA I feel people are quick to forget and then remember when it is to late when it comes to reflecting on a players career. We are certainly doing that with Dwight Howard. Early on his career he was the most dominate center in the game without question, leading a young Magic team to the NBA Finals and simply be a top ten player in the league at the time.

Then Howard was riddled with injury and his true journey began, it is not easy for a player that was once a face of a franchise to take a backseat role and contribute off the bench at a high level and that has what Dwight Howard has done it is truly remarkable what he has accomplished in reinventing his career few superstars would have been able to do what Dwight did and he has excelled at that.

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It is an easy argument to make that if Dwight never got hurt and had to deal with back injuries and what not that he could have been a top five center of all time. That is how dominate he was early on in his career. It really has been wild watching the transformation Dwight has made in his career and it was really cool watching his journey with the Lakers last year ending in him finally winning and NBA Title and getting that ring. I just feel as though Dwight Howard does not get the respect he deserves.

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