The Laker players, however, were just glad to walk away with the victory. The Bobcats came into the game ranked 29th out of 30 teams in the NBA Power Rankings, according to ESPN.com.
The night after the Lakers' win against the Bobcats, center Dwight Howard brought his notorious cheer to Santa Monica College through the Citi Dwight Howard Experience, a youth camp designed to teach young athletes the fundamentals of basketball.
When Howard arrived, the 30 campers had just completed their warm-up dribbling, shooting, rebounding and defensive drills. Howard followed camp director Jim Stoll throughout the camp as he high-fived each and every camper.
A few young men were chosen to demonstrate to Dwight the drills they had just completed: the Mikan drill, where players alternate between left- and right-handed layups; knock-out, a shooting competition; a rebounding drill; and NBA Baller Beats.
NBA Baller Beats is a new interactive game on the XBOX Kinect that is designed to test one's dribbling skills. Similar to recent games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band, the game instructs players on where and how to dribble and the XBOX Kinect technology senses the movement. Players are scored on their dribbling ability and their rhythm.
Howard then spent the next 20 minutes demonstrating to the campers, ages seven to 14, how to analyze and break down the game from the post position.
He didn't just stand behind the kids and pretend to play defense. If he was showing a drill and the kid had his weight leaning the wrong way, he corrected it. He didn't just show them how to drop-step and get to the basket. He showed the campers and their parents how to score from the post going left and right against a stronger opponent a...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Lakers
