Horford & Noah
- Thread starter Kingster
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You better go back and watch some tape of Shaq in his early years. He was significantly more athletic than Oden, incredibly quick laterally and in his jumping, both qualities that Oden doesn't have. Oden has to gather himself when he jumps. Shaq just exploded when he jumped. He was a much better rebounder than Oden. Oden is more advanced than Shaq though in his offensive skills. He'll be a fine NBA center, no doubt.
Shaq was an athletic freak back in his college/Orlando days.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ih2EnUeCyU
What makes Oden so special was that he is probably just as athletic as Howard with even more size and 10x the defensive instincts. Also, he has an extremely advanced post game for his age. Look at freshman numbers for Ewing, Olajuwon, Shaq, etc. Oden's numbers this year compare pretty well.
He's going to dominate on the next level. Just look what he did against Florida's two lottery big men (Who are also 2 years older than he is).
25 points 12 rebounds 4 blocks, completely dominating the paint.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ih2EnUeCyU
What makes Oden so special was that he is probably just as athletic as Howard with even more size and 10x the defensive instincts. Also, he has an extremely advanced post game for his age. Look at freshman numbers for Ewing, Olajuwon, Shaq, etc. Oden's numbers this year compare pretty well.
He's going to dominate on the next level. Just look what he did against Florida's two lottery big men (Who are also 2 years older than he is).
25 points 12 rebounds 4 blocks, completely dominating the paint.
I think your talking about viable centers in the league. Maybe Oden has a lot more athleticism but he's on the same level as Yao with skill on potential. Howard has a ton of potential and is still growing.
There have been 6 really good centers over the last 25 or so years. Yao, Shaq, Mourning, Hakeem, Ewing and if you want to count Duncan, 6. So how is it possible that there are only a great center wonder every 10-20 years? Honestly in this day and age Howard and Amare would be considered top of the line "centers." I don't think they are as rare as your saying they are. Maybe ones with his type of skill set, but we haven't yet seen him dominate the pros like we all think he can.
There have been 6 really good centers over the last 25 or so years. Yao, Shaq, Mourning, Hakeem, Ewing and if you want to count Duncan, 6. So how is it possible that there are only a great center wonder every 10-20 years? Honestly in this day and age Howard and Amare would be considered top of the line "centers." I don't think they are as rare as your saying they are. Maybe ones with his type of skill set, but we haven't yet seen him dominate the pros like we all think he can.
I know it seems like most of you are against taking the BPA in the draft, but what if all of the decent bigs are gone and a guy like Conley from Ohio State is suddenly sitting there. I love watching this kid play. He's athletic, has guick hands, and he plays great defense. I would love to have a guy like him runnng our offense in a couple years. I''m also a huge bruin fan, so of course I love Collison, mostly because I think he's one of the best defenseive guards in the country, but I would still take conley over him. I would also love to see us pick up a guy like Humpries from Florida in the second round. Wouldn't it be great to have a decent outside shooter on this team again that could give us a huge lift off the bench.
The needs of this team are in the frontcourt (PF/C) and a starting caliber PG. We really don't need wings. Bibby is our best trading chip(which isn't saying much right now)...if all the good bigs are gone....Oden/Durant/Wright/Horford/Hibbert/Arthur/Noah then sure if Conley declares take him. The only WING player worthy of a lotto pick IMO is Corey Brewer.
