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he is the next big thing after Lebron ... that's for sure
Gained 12lbs of muscle this summer and 30lbs for his career, now weighs 253 at just 22 years old. Maintained his athleticism, explosiveness & agility while getting significantly bigger & stronger, all thanks to eastern bloc training methods...
Pelicans may do some damage next year if healthy, but that's a big if. Davis is still going to will his team to W's though, the west keeps getting stronger, dude is a ing beast.
he is the next big thing after Lebron ... that's for sure
High leaper like him much more likely to tear an acl/mcl now.
always looking on the bright side of things
Best player in the NBA next season tbh, and the Pels got a better coach. Thankfully he still has Eric Gordan and Tyreke Evans as teammates or they'd be a contender.
Lol he wont be another Lebron. He's a rich mans Blake Griffin which puts him squarely top 5 player in the league but he's too big and strong to carry teams to les. See Admiral led teams.
Jimmer ligaments remain extremely safe.
The guy will be center. People didn't realise that Howard was PF in his first year. I think Cato was the starting center back then. Like Davis, Howard needed a little more weight and body maturity.
He's squatting 145lbs. Weird.
Robinson never did, but then of course DRob highest listed weight was 235 lbs. And Shaq never did. And he weighed around 270+ during his Shaq Attack days.
Davis has the body for this. The guy will even be better this year.
What about Shaq, Hakeem, Ewing/Malone (led their teams to two finals), Duncan (remember he was around 250lb most of his career).
Problem with DRob was that he wasn't strong enough. Players like Malone and Shaq just man handle most of the time, both around or over 260+ most of their careers.
Check the vertical, son.
Not saying likely; just saying added risk.
Don't give a about the extra pounds he's added. This guy has no back to the basket game and that was evident during the playoffs when he couldn't post up Draymond Green. He will put up great numbers but will never win in his career unless he leaves New Orleans.
People said the same about Robinson. Please, he can win, it just a matter if NO front office can draft smart and build a team around him. He is only 22, he has a lot of time to improve his game. There are just bitter fans on this sight that Davis is going to stay with the Pelicans for 6 more years. I know some where hoping the Spurs could nab him, but that ain't happening.
Trash.
Honestly I don't see him going to the Spurs if he does leave NO. I think those fans who think he's going to come here are idiots. I do agree with the Robinson comparison in the sense that his game is very similar to Drob granted he is stronger. I feel in general that a 7 fter with out a post up game will have a hard time winning a le as the main guy. I look at guys like Drob,KG,Bosh they all had a few things in common which is they had no post up game and were great jump shooting bigs with super athletic abilities. These 3 guys also couldn't win a championship until they deferred and became second or third options. I feel Davis will probably end up doing the same thing as his career progresses.
50 was just top heavy (don't skip leg day, kids) so Shaq, Malone and other big butt players could move him around.
Oh ! Jimmer in great danger of ligament tear due to extreme athleticism.
I know. I have met Robinson on several occasion. I am on the bigger built side, comes from the German side of me. I am 5'9" avg around 170 lb and a 34 waist. And DRob waist and legs were smaller than mind. Mind you I have a very strong lower body and great center of gravity and can easily move guys 50 lbs heavier than me. I just don't know why he never added a few more pounds of leg muscle. But like I said, he has a very slender frame, so maybe it was difficult for his body to do so.
If he can stay healthy the next seasons, Davis will dominate the NBA.
First Kawhi and now this...you have a serious problem detecting and judging young talent. One playoffs series career, 22 years old, and these guys talk about him like a finished product.
At a certain point of time most guys usually don't really get that much better TBH. After 4-5 years in the league guys tend to peak skill wise and the challenge from that point forward is to find a way physically to maintain playing at a high level. So based on that I wouldn't say my evaluations are off. Go look up any players stats and show me a player whose stats significantly differed from year 5-10.
At least not that way. Dude needs a post up game.
Yes, historically "tweeners" like those you've mentioned have been notoriously difficult to build a championship team around. Add Dirk to that list as well. These guys ALL preferred their face-up/midrange jump shooting in crunch-time as opposed to the tried and true ability to generate easy opportunities via a dominant back to the basket post up game. It's what has almost always what separated Duncan from his contemporaries ie Garnett, Dirk etc. People always tried to minimize their failures and Duncan's successes by pointing to the very lazy "oh he had better teammates" crap...but was Dirk with billionaire Cuban EVER short on talent? Really? He wasn't...you just couldn't build a traditional squad around them which is much easier with a guy like, Hakeem, Kareem, Shaq and Duncan who were superior post players...you just needed them and shooters essentially. Davis MAY have that same problem. He scored plenty and has immense skill. But his inability to post was glaring in round one. He's still VERY young though. It seems in his makeup to embrace his perimeter skills since his growth spurt situation hasnt afforded him too much transition time...but to me the back to the basket game has to be in one's mental makeup. He has a lot of work to do. But no doubt he has the tools and then some.
squatting 135, pretty gy tbh
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