I thought of Timmy because he was making less than half during the playoffs a couple years ago, and he's the sort of player who wouldn't get his work ethic questioned.
It seems intuitive that Dwight would put up bigger numbers because he doesn't have any real rivals at his position, but it doesn't actually make sense. He'll rarely play the #2 or #3 center, and anyway if we're taking offense into account when doing those informal rankings, then it wouldn't make a difference anyway. What matters for his stats is the defense played by the overall big man population in the NBA, and even if there aren't as many marquee post players, I'd be surprised if there aren't at least as many competent defensive bigs now as there were 15 years ago.
Maybe Dwight's suffering from the same thing as LeBron. He's in his peak years as a player and hasn't won a championship, so it's hard to 1) pretend that his ceiling is much different from what he is now, or 2) avoid dwelling on his flaws. One reason I'm pulling for the Thunder to win one in the next few years is to avoid feeling that way about Kevin Durant.