re: Could Shaq have played Left Tackle in today's NFL?

You do realize how hard it is to bulk up when youre 7'0 at 18 years old? Its not like he wasnt trying to bulk up when he was younger. But he didnt truly bulk up until a few years in the league when he stopped growing and his metabolism slowed down. And you cant guarantee that he would would been bigger / bulked up at a younger age. You gotta remember this was in the late 80s to like 1992 before he went pro. Working out wasnt the same it is now a days with technology, supplements, trainers, etc.

And if he played football instead of basketball, a lot of diff things could have happened, and not all are good things.

Its a hypothetical discussion, but when you say something like "well he would have been training his entire life in football, so ____ would have happened", etc. Too many diff things with too many if, ands, or buts to say 1 would have happened.