An open letter to Dwight Howard...

Dear Dwight Howard,
Thanks. Thanks for tanking on your team down the stretch. Thanks for not demanding the ball when your team needed you to. Thanks for throwing your coach under the bus. Thanks for having no post presence on offense. Thanks for making offense rebounds the only way you can get baskets.

If I were your coach I would feel betrayed and pissed off. He is not the reason you only had 10 shots in game 5. He is not the reason you lost that game. You claim to be Superman. Are the numbers 1,2,3,4,5,and 6 your cryptonite? Because once those numbers were on the scoreboard in the 4th quarter you didnt score, heck your team didnt score a field goal in the last 5:39 of game 5.

I ask you this one question, how is that your coach's fault? The guy is a bit of a nutcase, yes, but the great players at times win in spite of their coach. The great players say "screw it" and ask for the ball EVERY time down the court. The great players grab the game by the scruff of the neck and say, "this one is mine." The great players take their teammates on their back and get it done. The great players don't whine to the media after the game about what their coach didn't do. The great players don't shrink like they are in cold water... The great players don't suck. You Dwight Howard are not a great player.

If I were you I would have taken a page out of Tim Tebow's book. You know, the Florida quarterback. The guy who owns the state you play in. The guy who, after losing to Ole Miss in September, had a press conference taking the blame. He took the season by the scruff of the neck and promised not to let go. He PROMISED he would work hard. He PROMISED he would will his team to do the same. He did not get up there are and say Urban Meyer called a bad game. He did not get up there and say his team was under prepared. He was the leader and he knew it. He is the guy you want leading a team. He is the great player.

Dwight, as you prepare for game 6 just remember that this game truly lies in your hands if Orlando is going force a game 7. You have done your complaining. If you get the chance tonight to win and you dont take it, you will be the one under the bus.

Make sure you get its license plate number...

Sincerely,
Boston