During a recent conversation with ex-NBAers Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles on their show Knuckleheads Podcast, Howard’s former Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy opined that not only did Howard deserve a spot in the league’s recent “NBA 75” (a group of players the league named as its best-ever to commemorate its 75th anniversary last year), but he deserved it in spite of his own Los Angeles teammate, Anthony Davis. SVG’s relationship with Howard famously did not survive their time together in Orlando. “To me, the only guys you could even talk about in his league at that time [of Howard’s peak, from roughly 2008-12] were LeBron and Kobe,” Van Gundy opined. “I think Anthony Davis is great, but at the time they selected [the NBA’s 75th anniversary team in 2022] I mean, it’s not close.” “You cannot make a case that Anthony Davis had a better career than Dwight Howard, that’s absolutely ridiculous.”
Source: Sports Illustrated
Source: Sports Illustrated
