Jaxson is a better athlete than Giannis was at his age. Jaxson has soft hands. Please tell me why Jaxson cannot possibly develop his handle to be as good as Giannis. What's the limitation?

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Posted by Bronc

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Posted on 9/20/21 at 7:20 am to GOP_Tiger

Listen I'm all about wanting to eat crow on Hayes, and think he is demonstrating growth patterns that are very promising, but the obvious answer here is that Giannis is a one of one, arguably the best player in the league(or at least top 3).

Hayes is very unlikely to become anything close to Giannis, not least of which they just aren't really built the same. Hayes has quickness for a center, but he has a skinnier frame while Giannis is a freak athlete and you combine that with his strength, and there really just is no one in the league like him.

I'd rather focus on the imminently plausible, which is Hayes finally earning a starting position to a point we no longer feel like we need to keep bringing in vet centers to play in front of him, at least before we talk about him turning into one of the 10 best players in the league.

This post was edited on 9/20/21 at 7:24 am

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Posted by theducks

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Posted on 9/20/21 at 11:57 am to GOP_Tiger

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Jaxson is a better athlete than Giannis was at his age.

For sure Giannis had to grow into his body. Let’s take a look at just how insane Giannis would become as a physical specimen:

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The Bucks measured Antetokounmpo's Achilles tendon from the back of the heel to the belly of the calf, and, at 13.5 inches (almost double the length of the average adult male's), well: "I have never seen an Achilles like his," Flanagan says. Many sports scientists believe a long Achilles means more efficient storage and release of elastic energy. That translates to acceleration and explosive movement-exactly the sort of traits that enable Antetokounmpo to, oh, say, burst almost the entire length of the floor in two dribbles. (Seriously. Google it.) So much for Antetokounmpo's having an Achilles' heel.

I recommend reading the whole thing

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Please tell me why Jaxson cannot possibly develop his handle to be as good as Giannis. What's the limitation

He’s a center. Been a center his whole collegiate and professional career. If he did have a good ball handle he’d have been used at least like a point center (think Jokic). Also 99.999% of Centers don’t just become good ball handlers. Especially to the point of being as good as Giannis.

This is maybe the only place on the internet where somebody thinks Jaxson can become Giannis