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Scoring 16/20

Even without developing new post moves or showcasing his pre-injury explosiveness from the blocks, Dwight Howard still excelled as a roll man and scorer right around the basket, so long as he wasn't fouled and sent to the charity stripe. It's a shame that he hasn't developed more over the years, but that's irrelevant to his score here.

Non-Scoring Offense 10/15

Howard is a brutal screener who thrives in the roll game, to the degree that it's almost pointless to complain about his lack of floor-spacing ability. The Houston Rockets are still a better offensive team with him on the court, and it's because defenses have to do a lot to deny him the ball right around the hoop. Plus, it helps that his passing isn't as atrocious as that of his positional counterparts.

Defense 36/40

At the beginning of the season, Howard had to take more time to gather himself before exploding up to contest a shot around the rim. That changed, but not until the end of the regular season, and at that point, it was too late for his defensive score. This Houston center was still a game-changing presence who thrived as the last line of defense and when rolling with other bigs, but he wasn't the transcendent defender he had been when healthy.

Rebounding 13/15

In previous years—sensing a theme?—Howard was fully capable of averaging more than five contested boards per game, but he was more hesitant to go up in traffic this season. That was understandable, given his fragile state and the seemingly never-ending stream of injuries, but it didn't help him stand out as one of the game's best rebounders in 2014-15.

Intangibles 7/10

It's all about injuries here, even if Howard still rubs many fans the wrong way and was fined $15,000 in January for shoving Kevin Garnett. Between dealing with the flu and his trouble with both his right knee and right ankle, he missed an awful lot of time.

Overall 82/100

This was not vintage Howard. But in a way, that's a compliment to the Rockets big man, because he was still darn good when he was healthy. Despite playing through the injuries and clearly operating at less than 100 percent for much of the year, he would have graded out with 85 of the possible 100 points if he'd stayed on the court all season.