Amen is more “athletic” but TMac had much better handles, coordination and shooting ability. This allowed TMac make a lot more athletic plays that wouldn’t even be an option for Amen at this point in time - especially with ball in hand.
I remember how excited and impressed I was about Francis' athleticism, which was extraordinary . . . . until I saw McGrady's and was absolutely floored. When we traded Francis, Mobley and Cato for McGrady it felt like we just hit the Mega Millions. I was so pumped!
If you guys really wanna talk about someone being more athletic and talented it's gonna be JC Chase. The way he carried his team and never got the recognition to this day pisses me off.
Amen and I don't think it's close. I'll put it this way...if there was a contest with multiple athletic events...Like shuttle runs, vertical, 100 m dash, 40 yard dash, weight lifting events, long jumps, hurdles...ect....I'm taking Amen all day everyday over Tmac. Love Tmac. But when considering the total package, it's Amen. Tracy MAY have him beat in vertical, but even if he topped out with a higher vert it's not by much and Amen has him beat in pretty much every other category. Speed, change of direction, acceleration, lateral agility, strength, quickness... There's a reason NBA players and coaches talk about how athletic the league is and how Amen (and Asaur) are like the 99th percentile of the 99th percentile. Honestly, other than young Lebron I've never personally witnessed an athlete with the size, speed, quickness, agility, strength combo that Amen has. Young Lebron is maybe the only player that I've personally witnessed that I would even put in the same category as Amen from a total athleticism perspective.
I think it's spelled JC Chasez, and I agree, N*Sync would have been nothing without him. Timberlake got all the cred. B.S man, B.S.!! I kid, I kid!!
T-Mac was clearly very athletic even by NBA standards, but even in this clip, his head doesn't come close to clearing the rim. I swear to god I've seen Amen do that on multiple occasions. With a listed height an inch shorter than McGrady's. If we're purely talking about physical athleticism, I maintain Amen is clearly stronger on the raw "explosiveness" traits. Quickness, verticality. T-Mac was great, but his athleticism was more focused on body control and coordination. Which are legitimately super important, arguably more important.
TMac has everything over him outside. Of athleticism and that’s not a big gap because TMac s athleticism was way more functional and beneficial to his actual game. TMac taught me a valuable lesson. Never ever make a handle with a players name incorporated. I don’t hate TMac but I’m definitely. Not a fan of of him after how he left
Enjoy Watch that first step and dunk around the 2:00 mark. If you aren't convinced after that video that McGrady is an absolute athletic freak of nature and a basketball savant, nothing will convince you.
Dear God, as much as I love TMac, I forgot how insane he was pre-Orlando when he was in Vince's shadow. LOL.
This… I’m sure someone smart can pull up some of their videos and figure out some of the speed and what not. Amen is much faster and laterally quicker. And much twitchier. Mcgrady was a savant with the ball so he could do things that Amen still can’t but just athletically if that’s the only question it’s obviously Amen.
That’s simply not Amen’s play style. They are very different. TMac is not about speed, he’s always about that elegance, about that finesse and about that show. Amen’s crazy highlights were very different. Seldom on the offensive side, it’s not about airtime, not about windmill 360s. It’s about chase downs that no humans should be expected to finish, it’s about that double jumps that you would never see any players perform in this generation. His athleticism is the perfect blend of pure and functional athleticism. To me it’s a notch above the flashiness showmanship that TMac displayed at the peak of his career. Also, I would not equate crazy highlights to athleticism. I don’t think there is any evidence for each side. It’s an eyes of the beholder judgement. You can disagree and it’s perfectly fine.
So you just said that Amen is faster, Amen is a lot more agile, Amen is more explosive and quicker laterally and quicker off his feet. But that … TMac was more athletic? lol what am I missing here.
Nah bro I was a big Tmac fan but Amen is on another level. Maybe TMac can also do those instantaneous twitch movements Amen does but he didnt show it on the court. I dont recall Tmac being quick enough to guard hyper athletics pgs like DRose.
Toronto Mac was a beast defensively and close to Amen. I reckon that Amen is engineered out of a lab athletically therefore a hard question.
i've heard that prime mergady could beat kirby and lerbon. ausar's offensive game is probably much much better than mergady tho.
