Player Profile: Dwight Howard

Since the inception of foul league (this is the 2nd official year, though I tested this concept out 3 years ago), the team with Dwight Howard has not only won the league, but ran away with it. This year is no exception. He is no doubt the MVF (Most Valuable Fouler) in the NBA, and he has the stats to back it up. Last year, I took Dwight number 1 overall and ended up winning the league by 2215 points. This year, Dwight went 5th overall (because only 3 people showed up for the draft and the 5th pick was the first person who was actually there) and the team with Howard is leading the league by 1010 points.

This year Dwight has 143 PFs, 2 FO, 13 techys, and 1 flagrant. You'd think someone with 13 techys would get 2 in a game and thus an ejection, but nope, it hasn't happened yet. He is averaging 3.4 FPG and 0.3 techy's per game. In fact, during the begining of the season, it seemed like he was averaging a techy every 2 or 3 days, but it's more like a techy every week.

For comparison's sake, Dwight average 3.5 FPG and 0.2 techys per game last year totaling 287 fouls, 4 foul outs, and 16 techys. So, did Dwight come out of the gate on fire only to cool down or will he continue this torid pace of fouling? He is on the inside track to what should definitely be another MVF season, though some other players may have something to say, since MVF race is no where close to being over.

I'll make a post during the All-star break of leading MVF candidates, until then...

Keep foulin' y'all

FM