sam_slam911
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But that's still a problem. It doesn't do you any good to be 275 and strong as an ox if you don't intend to throw that weight around down low. And no matter how agile he is for a 275 lb guy, he's going to be outquicked by guys that are 50 lbs lighter.
What we are not hearing scouts, media, or even from Drummond himself is that he wants to dominate down low. Shaq enjoyed punishing people and using his strength, and without that mindset he'd never have been as dominant as he was.
I don't doubt that Drummond's a high character kid. Seems like a very nice guy, and I think he'll work fairly hard. But the only thing that makes him a risk worth taking that high is the prospect that you might end up with a monster, and Drummond doesn't seem to want to be that monster. And if he's not going to be that, the tremendous upside doesn't exist.
Who says he doesn't want to throw his weight down low? As I said, take nothing from the interviews with the media; they reflect nothing but microphone skills. But if he has other skills which he did not get to show off this year, why would you not mention them as much as possible before the draft? Instead of talking about the uncreative position he was placed in at UConn where he was expected to make plays for himself down low with incredibly raw offensive post moves.
From my standpoint, his game sits in more of the Amare Stoudemire type. Attacking from the elbows like he did in highschool. Once he grows into his body mentally then he can expand his post game like Dwight Howard has.