Which current players physically resemble Olajuwon?

I was baffled looking at the Lebron-Hakeem tutorial session video how they're almost the exact same size.

 

Tall-ish players with long arms, "long" torsos, and thus low centers of gravity/relatively short legs - actually Michael Phelps might be the closest to this. Can he ball?

 

Honestly, no one..... there are some guys that have similar builds, but they are too robotic in their movements or not as smooth and coordinated. The players that are similar to him athletically are not physically like him.

He is unique.

 

Cross country skier is the most similar.

 

Jeremy Lin...seriously put them side by side and try to tell me who is who.

 

Tyson Chandler kind of fits that description.

 

Ibaka

 

Hard to say... a lot of these guys are mostly just strong, explosive, and long players. Not many really had the completeness of Dream. They may seem like they do, but they are more like a 100m sprinter, while Dream was more of a decathlete.

 

to me, it's LeBron. They are really similar in terms of stature and raw ability. After that, I guess someone like Blake Griffin fits the mold, although Griffin is more athletic, while Hakeem had more finesse.

 

What about Greg Oden?

 

Brian Scalabreezy

 

If you look at most of the old school players, especially the bigs, they all were built from the core out, meaning the y were stronger closer to the core. Guys nowadays, like Dwight, want to look good and build themselves from outside the core and primarily in their upper half. Big shoulders, biceps, triceps. that may make them strong in some ways, but hurts their agility and coordination, since rhythm starts at the hips (core).

 

I would say Hakeem was a longer Blake Griffin physically

 

Honestly i would love to see kd work with hakeem.

Ibaka would probably be closest.

 

Luis Scola

 

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