I didn't really know much about Landry before watching him play his frist couple of games for the Kings. And then I saw a little footage on youtube. But honestly, he kind of reminds me a little of Kenny Thomas. Not that there's anything wrong with that. K-9 used to be a double double guy. But just worried about the lack of height at the PF position. Any thoughts?
Isn't Landry another K9?
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Landry is such a better offensive player than Thomas. Landry is a real threat in the post, a much stonger finisher, and can shoot the ball wayyy better than Kenny ever could. Thomas might be a slighty better rebounder/defender ( in his prime ) but overall, Landry is a better player. A cheaper player, too.
Just the fact that Landry is a steady, skilled post player makes him nothing like Thomas. Carl may not ever be a 20-10 guy (so few front court player are) but he might very well be an 18-8 kind of solid starter for the Kings. I think fans are going to like him a lot (like they did in Houston) and hopefully for a long-time - not just through next season.
There's been the undersized power forward thing being thrown around again. I've always been one of those guys that believes, if you can play, you can play. However, I've done this before so I'll do it again. Just to show what his competition is, here are the height stats of most of the recogonizable PF's around the league without shoes. I guess some prefer to wear highheels, so to keep it fair and honest, I went with the none shoes measurements. I'll start with those the same height as Landry.
Karl Landry: 6' 7.75"
Glen Davis: 6' 7.75"
Carlos Boozer: 6' 7.75"
Udonis Haslem: 6' 7.75"
Kevin Love: 6' 7.75"
Darrell Arthur: 6' 7.75"
David Lee: 6' 7.75"
Jeff Green: 6' 7.75"
Now I'll list the giant PF's:
Chris Bosh: 6' 10.25"
Charlie Villanueva: 6' 9"
Al Horford: 6' 8.75" (actually plays center, but he's a PF)
OK, now that we've got them out of the way, here are those that are just slightly taller:
Blake Griffin: 6' 8.5"
Taj Gibson: 6' 8.5"
Al Jefferson: 6' 8.5"
Marcus Haislip: 6' 8.5"
Amare Stoudemire: 6' 8.5"
Tyler Hansbrough: 6' 8.25"
David West: 6' 8.25"
Ronny Turiaf: 6' 8"
Here are those slightly shorter than Landry:
Hakim Warrick: 6' 7.25"
Tyrus Thomas: 6' 7.25"
Justin Williams: 6' 7.25" (just for the Justin fans)
Michael Beasley: 6' 7"
Sean May: 6' 7"
Josh Smith: 6' 7"
Ike Diogu: 6' 6.5"
Paul Millsap: 6' 6.25"
Joey Dorsey: 6' 6.25"
Brandon Bass: 6' 6.25"
So there's virtually a who's who's of PF's in the NBA. As you can see, there's perception and there's reality. And the reality is that most PF's are about the same height as Landry. And yeah, I know I left out JT, because the only official stats on his height were from college and he measure out at around 6' 9.5" without shoes. But since it didn't come from the combine, which he didn't attend, I thought I'd just leave him out. Besides, he's on our team, so who cares as long as Landry doesn't have to match up with him.
Karl Landry: 6' 7.75"
Glen Davis: 6' 7.75"
Carlos Boozer: 6' 7.75"
Udonis Haslem: 6' 7.75"
Kevin Love: 6' 7.75"
Darrell Arthur: 6' 7.75"
David Lee: 6' 7.75"
Jeff Green: 6' 7.75"
Now I'll list the giant PF's:
Chris Bosh: 6' 10.25"
Charlie Villanueva: 6' 9"
Al Horford: 6' 8.75" (actually plays center, but he's a PF)
OK, now that we've got them out of the way, here are those that are just slightly taller:
Blake Griffin: 6' 8.5"
Taj Gibson: 6' 8.5"
Al Jefferson: 6' 8.5"
Marcus Haislip: 6' 8.5"
Amare Stoudemire: 6' 8.5"
Tyler Hansbrough: 6' 8.25"
David West: 6' 8.25"
Ronny Turiaf: 6' 8"
Here are those slightly shorter than Landry:
Hakim Warrick: 6' 7.25"
Tyrus Thomas: 6' 7.25"
Justin Williams: 6' 7.25" (just for the Justin fans)
Michael Beasley: 6' 7"
Sean May: 6' 7"
Josh Smith: 6' 7"
Ike Diogu: 6' 6.5"
Paul Millsap: 6' 6.25"
Joey Dorsey: 6' 6.25"
Brandon Bass: 6' 6.25"
So there's virtually a who's who's of PF's in the NBA. As you can see, there's perception and there's reality. And the reality is that most PF's are about the same height as Landry. And yeah, I know I left out JT, because the only official stats on his height were from college and he measure out at around 6' 9.5" without shoes. But since it didn't come from the combine, which he didn't attend, I thought I'd just leave him out. Besides, he's on our team, so who cares as long as Landry doesn't have to match up with him.
Height isn't everything tough. Landry still has to be one of the "stubbiest" PF's in the league with a standing reach of only about 8'6.5". For comparison purposes, Boozer has a 9'1" standing reach. Now, much like Brockman, it probably does aid him in the power department. From what I've seen thusfar Landry is a very strong dude.
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yeah Landry's much more explosive than K9 ever was... much better all around game... K9 did have the "answer" or the original A.I. in his prime hooking him up for easy baskets... that really made K9 look better than he was on offense...
We will all be really happy with Landry by the end of the year...
We will all be really happy with Landry by the end of the year...
Where is Pau Gasol on that list? Landrys gonna have to go head to head with him many times in the near future. Unless we get Bosh 
Not to be a nag, since you went to all the trouble of putting together that list, but happened to Dirk, KG, Aldridge, Scola, Pau? Also Jamison, although he's probably about the same height. Speights and Brand come to mind (one taller, one shorter/same height) Frye is taller, but a wuss.
We can't just selectively omit all the tall guys and say our guy is average because of it.
He's also considerably younger than KT was when he came here. KT was once a useful NBA player. The thing with undersized bigs is that they tend to have shorter career arcs, because once their athleticism goes, it's harder for them to on both sides of the ball. Size doesn't deteriorate like speed and athleticism. Still, Landry should have another 3-4 very good years left in him.
