August 26, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors
The similarities between Dwight and Shaq are alarming. Dominant Orlando big men? Check. Both nicknamed Superman? Check. Hired a free-throw coach while in Orlando? Check. They even had the same shooting coach.
In his quest to become a better free-throw shooter, Dwight Howard has turned to a man who bills himself as the “Shooting Surgeon General” and the “Free-Throw Master.”
Howard is working with shooting coach Ed Palubinskas, an Australian sharpshooter who played in the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics and is the career free-throw percentage leader at LSU. Palubinskas has worked with Orlando Magic power forward Brandon Bass and also briefly worked with Shaquille O’Neal.
Read more about Dwight’s new venture at orlandosentinel.com.
