Re: The Eight Foot Two Schlub
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Man you are so underestimating Shaq's skills.
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I think you're probably overestimating them. His biggest skill is that he's HUGE. From a purely athletic standpoint he's probably no more athletic than I was in College, just look at his FT %.
Many really big 7+ footers in the league are well below average in athleticism. Think of guys like Muresan, Bradley, and Bol. These guys were all starters at one point and they are all horrible athletes. Simply running up and down the court was a Herculian struggle for most of them.
Any 7 footer with actual decent athletic skills is a superstar. I'd say a guy like Mutumbo was no better than "average" if we're comparing him to a regular 6 foot guy who's in good shape. If you give a guy an extra FOOT on everyone else in the league AND he actually maintains reasonable athleticism he'd be an absolute monster. Just imagine how many rebounds he'd get plus you could just lob the ball to him in the paint everytime and let him try a short shot. Even if he misses he should get his own offensive rebound the majority of the time. Also, Imagine how open the other guys on the team would be when they inevitably triple teamed this guy when he's posting up.
You really need to think good and hard about what an EIGHT FOOT TWO 500 LB GUY could actually do with any sort of athletic skills.
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