Former Rockets coach Kevin McHale was clear Friday about why Dwight Howard is not the scorer he once was. Howard this season took the fewest shots (8.5) and scored the fewest points (13.7 per game) since he was a 19-year-old rookie in 2004-05.
"Throw it down to him occasionally, but if you throw it down to him on a steady diet the poor guy just can't get down low and move any more," McHale said in an interview on Sirius XM NBA Radio. "I think that back bothered him, his hips are tight from that and he just wasn't the same player.