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Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart
No thanks. KAT, Nurkic, and Valanciunas all suffer from the same thing...too big, too slow, don't play defense or is too slow to switch. Those types of lumbering centers are a thing of the past and was proven in this year's playoffs. They were all exposed at one point or another.
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I’m not convinced that Bamba is much faster or more athletic than those three. I would say Val is the quickest and most explosive out of those three examples. They were all considered mobile big men when they entered the league.
This is about Val from draft.net
“Very fluid athlete ... Runs the court well for a center ... Good quickness and solid explosiveness/leaping ability ... “
They give him an 8 for athleticism. Bamba was given a 7.
“A solid athlete, but much of his wow factor is due to length and not explosiveness or leaping ability”