NBA 2017-18: Top 10 Post-up players

#4 Dwight Howard - 5.1 Points per game

Dwight Howard

He had the second most post-up possessions at 6.3 per game behind Aldridge and Embiid's 9.4 in the last season. This average is far too much than the 3.7 per game he got with the Atlanta Hawks the season before.

He pulled out 36.3% (5th most in the league during the 2017-18 season) of his offense from the post during his time with the Hornets.

Even though running the offense through D12 standing in the post might slow down the offense and limit pacing, Hornets coach Clifford made a concerted effort to get his new big man plenty of post-up opportunities every game.

One of the reasons of Dwight getting traded to the Nets in the recently passed summer was that Kupchak wanted to install a system requiring quicker ball movement and a faster pace, where Howard, 32 and a veteran of 14 NBA seasons, wouldn’t have fared well. In other words, asking him to come off the bench in limited minutes “would not have been good for the team and that would not have been good for Dwight.”