If you're starting a team, who would you pick? I think I would lean towards Howard. Guy is a flat out beast. Much to hard to find that much talent in a big man these days. Just look at the centers in the All-Star game over the last 20 years. Hell, they had Mutumbo in there at the age of 36 in 2002. Lakers and Spurs can attest to importance of a dominant big man. They have won 7 out of the last 10 championships. And Celtics without Garnett would never had stood a chance last year. Howard is averaging 22 and 14 and last night put up 32 and 21. Kid's only 23. Will be interesting to see who has the most rings when done. Howard or LeBron.