re: Combine Thread

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I'm talking about the way Amare played with his size. Amare played like he was 7' 260, as a rookie. His body literally looks like LeBron's now, and he was 20 years old at the time coming out of high school.

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I can see where the disconnect is here

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They might be similar somewhat in size, but what's the point of comparing them just on size, when you know that Amare used his size to play like a beast, when Skal looked like a kid in college with his size?

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The point is simply to compare one's size with another. It's not complicated.

Look, Stoudemire was 233 as a rookie. You are attempting to transform him into a "beast" who was 260 lb and looked like present day Lebron as a rookie. It just doesnt work like that.

You are also attempting to portray a "kid" who was nearly 7' and only 17 lbs lighter than Amare into some puny little twerp

Idk what else to say, but it appears we are at an impasse here.

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Would you say that AD generally compares to Dirk Nowitzki, or Kevin Garnett, when referring to size? B/c all three compare about the same, but you wouldn't put AD and Dirk in the same comparison.

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I would, because Im just comparing size and measurables.

You want to compare size and game. Which is fine, but that's not what Im talking about. I already mentioned that the experts were throwing out names like Channing Frye as a playing style comp for Skal, if you want to talk about that.