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More Athletic - Amen Thompson or Tracy McGrady

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Rokman, Jul 30, 2025.

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Who is/was More Athletic

  1. Amen Thompson

    104 vote(s)
    71.7%
  2. Tracy McGrady

    41 vote(s)
    28.3%
  1. SamFisher

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    2nd year vince carter was a completely different NBA era - gary payton led the nba in 3pa with 6.3 a game (the current leader this year was Anthony Edwards with over 11.)

    That said VC was in top 50 or so overall in 3PA back then. He was never a pure inside player.
     
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    Yeah, I think there's not much chance of him being in the GOAT conversation like LeBron and being the best player in the league for like a decade-plus. Definitionally, the odds of that are incredibly low.

    But I do have a lot of faith in his ability to improve, and I personally think he can be an All-NBA level player, perhaps even a top 5 player who is in MVP conversations at his peak.
     
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    Oh for sure, I think Amen is the best thing we have to look forward to no question at all. I just think people need to slow their roll saying that he's the most athletic player in the league ever. He aint **** compared to young LeBron, never mind many other athletic freaks. People go too far with their homerism tbh, he's incredible but if he was in the all-time category he'd have never come off the bench for anybody. That's what LeBron's all-time athleticism meant, he was one of the best the second he stepped on the court, and whilst he's very skilled he did a lot of that basically just being a physical superhero. There's just levels to it.
     
  4. xtruroyaltyx

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    Go to about the 30 minute mark:



    Jeff calls him the most athletic player he's ever seen. Pretty much echoes my exact thoughts from earlier in this thread.
     
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    Yea lots of folks in NBA circles are saying he’s currently the most athletic dude in the league. Zero surprise here.
     
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    Agreed. I don’t see Amen ever being more than an average shooter
     

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