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Originally Posted by zooopreme
Dwight was coming off back surgery, they removed a chunk from it. Played through it and end up resorting to his arms (as opposed to his legs which for a while, he couldn't feel) to create offense for himself which a lot of times ended up in fouls.
I don't think Dwight lacks "heart" but I think with his free agency lingering somewhere in his mind, he didn't want to ruin the value of which teams view him at. I strongly believe he didn't give 100% due to the uncertainty of his future which a terrible injury could ruin if he had been injured during this season.
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I invite you to remember the Lakers/Magic finals...
In the post, Dwight STILL didn't clear his space in the lane with his hips and butt like he should, and when the ball came to him - even though he was already in the paint and simply needed to establish a pivot foot and work from there - he would invariably bring the ball down below his waist or dribble it, and Kobe or Artest would invariably be RIGHT on time with the double team and knock the sumbitch away from him.
He has STILL not unlearned this problem, and that was even before back surgery.