>Everyone complains about Crawford, and more people would if he
>was better.

That's b/c he get those calls once a month. Unless you are running of screens like Reggie it's hard to get legit contact initiated by the DEFENDER.

>He gets his on those, and you're being glib by
>arguing Paul, Harden, or Westbrook make that same play. Do
>they initiate contact, plenty of times bullshit contact? Yeah,
>but that's a different question.

http://newsok.com/article/3540879

-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHD-JPz-hQw
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyWWZEXJY_g
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmF340SFgwE
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4kJBBon6oU

>Like, you understand that when he sizes up a dude and tries to
>get by him, the other guys are still there, right? He can't
>just blow by and then run into a dude immediately. He has to
>put the entire defense on skates basically.

You mean like Iverson, except he isn't as quick as Iverson?

Chris Paul had to carry the offense when Blake was out but he still found a way to get his teammates involved. Dwight would EASILY average 20 if he played w/ CP3.

>Man, do you watch Dwight Howard? Exactly what has shown you he
>needs the ball thrown to him more? He gets looked off maybe a
>play a game; the rest of the time, he is legitimately nowhere
>on the floor where he can affect play. If he is, he touches
>it. He, like all of our big men, often act as a decoy to
>attract the fourth defender for the PnR so that there's an
>open man in the corner.

Vs. DeAndrre-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rck7l7peKBo
Vs. Cousins-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDnmccjU2pA

While Harden was glued to the bench: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5_TkS07vc4

>when Dwight
>takes too long to attack, as he inevitably does, they double
>him and force a turnover or another one of those hard misses
>off the glass.

In game 4, Carlisle put Aminu on Josh so they don't pick on Dirk ala Gm 2 but that didn't stop him from finding Dwight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-PD9_fXf3c

Josh was also finding him against in the WCF the Warriors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAZDxU0zPGA

Besides, anyone who isn't biased knows that Dwight was MARGINALLY better than Harden in the 2014 playoffs: http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/2014-nba-western-conference-first-round-trail-blazers-vs-rockets.html