Drygon
01-27-2022, 08:10 PM
Do you agree with Danny Green's opinion of prime Shaq as a physical brute with no skills?
Source:
https://sixerswire.usatoday.com/2022/01/27/danny-green-compares-sixers-star-joel-embiid-to-legend-shaquille-oneal/
Danny Green, who has been out with right hip pain, has played with some incredible talents. He has been teammates with LeBron James, Tim Duncan, Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Davis, and the great Shaquille O’Neal. So he knows what he’s talking about when he sees greatness.
”Other than the fact that he’s 7-foot-2, 300 pounds, and nimble?” laughed Green. “He’s just a force that we’ve never seen before. He’s Shaq with footwork and a touch. We’ve never seen a big man with guard skills like him. Obviously, he puts the work in. Day in and day out watch the film, knows his personnel, knows who he’s playing against, and knows what he can get, or what advantages he has against something big that he’s playing against.”
“I think his biggest thing is that he’s improved on tremendously is reading the double teams and trusting his teammates more and more each game,” Green added. “Finding the reads, finding the right passes, making the right plays, to where other guys are in rhythm and able to help him make the game easier.”
On top of that, there are not a lot of players his size who can handle the ball. O’Neal was certainly not doing that despite his obvious dominance at the NBA level. How Embiid handles the ball is surprising for almost everybody.
Source:
https://sixerswire.usatoday.com/2022/01/27/danny-green-compares-sixers-star-joel-embiid-to-legend-shaquille-oneal/
Danny Green, who has been out with right hip pain, has played with some incredible talents. He has been teammates with LeBron James, Tim Duncan, Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Davis, and the great Shaquille O’Neal. So he knows what he’s talking about when he sees greatness.
”Other than the fact that he’s 7-foot-2, 300 pounds, and nimble?” laughed Green. “He’s just a force that we’ve never seen before. He’s Shaq with footwork and a touch. We’ve never seen a big man with guard skills like him. Obviously, he puts the work in. Day in and day out watch the film, knows his personnel, knows who he’s playing against, and knows what he can get, or what advantages he has against something big that he’s playing against.”
“I think his biggest thing is that he’s improved on tremendously is reading the double teams and trusting his teammates more and more each game,” Green added. “Finding the reads, finding the right passes, making the right plays, to where other guys are in rhythm and able to help him make the game easier.”
On top of that, there are not a lot of players his size who can handle the ball. O’Neal was certainly not doing that despite his obvious dominance at the NBA level. How Embiid handles the ball is surprising for almost everybody.