Paul Millsap Is Excited About Dwight Howard And The Hawks Season
Will They Work Together?
In any sport, but specifically in basketball, team chemistry is everything. There doesn’t necessarily have to be chemistry between all 12-15 players, but the starters and key reserves must be able to work with each other well in order to maximize success.
From an early glance at what both players bring to the floor, Millsap and Howard should co-exist well together. Millsap has become more focused on doing his work from the perimeter. Since joining Atlanta in 2013, Millsap hasn’t had a season where he has made than 74 three’s.
In Utah, the most three’s he ever made in a season was 13.
Mike Budenholzer‘s offensive system is tailored to Millsap’s strengths of being able to score from anywhere on the floor.
With the addition of Howard, a big man who prefers to do his work in the painted area, it gives the floor a nice balance of an inside-out threat.
Paul Millsap tells us that he & Dwight Howard have been in the gym together & believes "they will have great chemistry" #Hawks
— SiriusXM NBA Radio (@SiriusXMNBA) September 9, 2016
It’ll also give Millsap a partner to own the backboard with. Horford wasn’t a terrible rebounder by any means, but for his size, you expect more than 7.3 rebounds per game. In a year that was largely regarded as one of his worst seasons, Howard still managed to pull down 11.8 rebounds per game.
Millsap and Howard are experienced veterans who knows what it takes to win consistently in this league. Even if the season gets off to a rough start, the both of them know chemistry isn’t build overnight and eventually, they’ll be rolling on all cylinders.
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