Dennis Smith Jr. I hate to say it

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I feel bad for DSJ and hope he can get on an upward swing, but my opinion and impression is that he reminds me of Dwight Howard.  How so?  Well, in that he had it in his mind that he could rely on his overwhelming athleticism, and not so much on skill, hard work, and learning the NBA game. 

When you are that superior in strength and athleticism in high school/college, it's easy to be fooled into thinking you will be able to achieve the same level of success in the league.  But it doesn't work like that, at least not for very long, if at all.

He's much closer to someone like Ryan Hollins than Howard who lead a team to the Finals

That's fair. I think people have forgotten how good Howard was before he went off the rails. He started to change when his FA and huge money was within site. Couple that with the injuries and it all just got away from him. Sad, really, because there was a time he was a humble kid that was just a beast of the court.