Who are the top post up players?

[Lars]

Help me settle an arguement. Who are your top players with the best post up game in the league. Not best PF or C, not rebounder or shotblocker, just post up moves.

Go.

[21_Blessings]

Kobe, easily. MJ's fade, the Dreamshake, Skyhook and has all the fundamental post movements pretty much mastered.

[kamikazi_player]

Kobe, easily. MJ's fade, the Dreamshake, Skyhook and has all the fundamental post movements pretty much mastered.

lol laker troll

[Lars]

Kobe, easily. MJ's fade, the Dreamshake, Skyhook and has all the fundamental post movements pretty much mastered.

Current players and Im looking for more of like a top ten.

Thanks!

[dirk4mvp]

Jefferson, probably rather easily.


Yao is pretty limited and most resorts to fallaways over his right shoulder.

[Allanon]

1. Duncan
2. Jefferson
3. Kobe
4. Amare
5. Pau

[dirk4mvp]

Amare

[21_Blessings]

Current players and Im looking for more of like a top ten.

Thanks!

I'm ranking a top ten but Kobe is easily on top of that list.

Name another current player that has the amount of post-moves in his repertoire as Kobe Bryant. You can't because they don't exist.

[lil_penny]

Duncan. Big al. And pau. Yao is pretty deadly also

[Allanon]

I think Amare's post game is horrendous. Pau is in the top 5. I'd add KG and Bosh before Amare.

And I can respect that opinion, even though it's different than mine's. Don't remember anybody really stopping Amare in the paint. It's his defense that sucks, but to me, he has awesome offense.

[hitmanyr2k]

I'll say my top three are Duncan, Jefferson, and Yao, in that order.

I would have said Duncan a couple of years ago but he's gotten lazy in recent seasons. His footwork and headfakes are sometimes nowhere to be seen and a lot of times now he'll just back someone down make one move, get stuck and then throw up a shot off-balanced. And he's getting blocked a lot more these days as well.

[21_Blessings]

And I can respect that opinion, even though it's different than mine's. Don't remember anybody really stopping Amare in the paint. It's his defense that sucks, but to me, he has awesome offense.

Yeah but his piss poor post game isn't what makes his offense awesome. Nash, his ability to finish and dunk on a dime is what makes him scary.

[hitmanyr2k]

Greg Oden and Dwight Howard would be a battle of the post-up legends.

If Howard doesn't show any improvement in his low post game this season he needs to be smacked.

[picnroll]

Jefferson now. Scola has a nice post up game.

[Lars]

Jefferson now. Scola has a nice post up game.

Here is what I was fishing for. Where does Scola rank in post up players?

[carrao45]

Current players and Im looking for more of like a top ten.

Thanks!

He was naming current players. He was saying Kobe has all those moves

[carrao45]

And I can respect that opinion, even though it's different than mine's. Don't remember anybody really stopping Amare in the paint. It's his defense that sucks, but to me, he has awesome offense.

He has great face-up offense. Back to the basket offense is not his strong suit

[carrao45]

Here is what I was fishing for. Where does Scola rank in post up players?

Behind Duncan, Jefferson, Shaq, Kobe, Yao, Pau, Bynum and probably some other I'm forgetting

[Lars]

You're right, I skimmed past his post. I thought he was saying Kobe, MJ and Hakeem. I get what you are saying now.

[da_suns_fan]

1. Duncan
2. Jefferson
3. Kobe
4. Amare
5. Pau

Clueless.

Boris Diaw is actually a very good post up player. VERY good.

[Hooks]

Dejuan Blair for sure...

[picnroll]

Behind Duncan, Jefferson, Shaq, Kobe, Yao, Pau, Bynum and probably some other I'm forgetting

wtf. Scola has better post up moves than Yao, Pau, Bynum and the ultimate Laker fans wet dream that they put at the top of every list Bryant. Scola has a damn clever post up game.

[Unforgivable]

Yeah but his piss poor post game isn't what makes his offense awesome. Nash, his ability to finish and dunk on a dime is what makes him scary.

This.

[DAF86]

Behind Duncan, Jefferson, Shaq, Kobe, Yao, Pau, Bynum and probably some other I'm forgetting

Out of those I will say that only Duncan and Pau (I really haven't seen Jefferson play much) have better post up games than Scola.

Bynum: no way, Shaq: is more strength (and shoulder charges) than post up moves and what Yao and Kobe do when they get the ball on the post 99,9% of the times is hit fade away jumpers, granted they are really good at that but they lack a little bit of variation.

Scola is barely 6'9'', doesn't jump, and isn't by any means one of the strongest players on the league but he constantly makes his way to the basket with a great display of post up moves.

Here's some footage of what I'm talking about, specially that move on Odom at the 0:24 min mark.

[JamStone]

Lol @ Amare

I don't think Yao is that good in the post either. Not bad, but he doesn't like contact, he doesn't really have quickness to put on a move, he's just tall, and he'd rather shoot midrange jumpers.

Of those who haven't been mentioned yet, Carmelo has a very good back-to-the-basket post game. And among guards, Vince Carter and Chauncey Billups also have strong post games.