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If he lost 30 pounds and assuming he's healthy I'd say he could play the 4. Strong, long arms, big ass and GOAT moves in the post. He could also step out and shoot. He'd get 16/4/2 easy. Sure his defence would be lacking but in half court he should be okay. No need to jump out of the gym when you're the GOAT :pimp:
If he gets in shape he will do fine with limited minutes. As he is right now, he will probably hurt himself. :confusedshrug:
If he got time to condition hed probably do well. I mean, think of how bad some college "stars" are and how they cant even make the NBA. That being said hed probably get injured constantly.
He'd do alright.
The thing with basketball is it's not like you forget how to play or can't even do many of the same things as you did before. Minus the dunking stuff of course.
You just can't maintain it because primarily knee and back pain will start to creep up on you. The human body just isn't designed to be running and jumping up and down a hardwood floor like that at age 45+ every other night.
Still waiting on 3ball.
He could probably still put up a 10 point game...which would be good enough to lead both teams in scoring....in a typical 45-42 college game.
I'm sure he could do ok on offense.
The problem at his age would be playing defense.
He would be befuddled by advanced college zone defenses. Not the isolation era any more like when he played for UNC in the no defense 80s. Players are bigger, stronger, and faster now. Patrick Ewing wouldn't be fit to carry Karl-Anthony Towns' powerade.
[QUOTE=DonDadda59]He would be befuddled by advanced college zone defenses. Not the isolation era any more like when he played for UNC in the no defense 80s. [B]Players are bigger,[/B] stronger, and faster now. Patrick Ewing wouldn't be fit to carry Karl-Anthony Towns' powerade.[/QUOTE]
True.
Being Pippenesque is now the rule, not the exception.
Insecurities would drive MJ crazy.