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Athletically going up and down are the tests that everyone focuses on. Which is really dumb.
You spend more time using your agility and side to side movements then up and down.
Proper positioning can fix any lack of up and down movement.
What makes Gobert incredible is his ability to move his feet so quickly.
Agility and quickness are his strengths. Jumping ability is overrated.
 
Athletically going up and down are the tests that everyone focuses on. Which is really dumb.
You spend more time using your agility and side to side movements then up and down.
Proper positioning can fix any lack of up and down movement.
What makes Gobert incredible is his ability to move his feet so quickly.
Agility and quickness are his strengths. Jumping ability is overrated.
Which is also why Kawhi Leonard was(/is?) an underrated athlete. Dude's ability to stay balanced and change direction is ridiculous.
 
Which is also why Kawhi Leonard was(/is?) an underrated athlete. Dude's ability to stay balanced and change direction is ridiculous.

Strength matters a lot too. If you get bumped out of position, then your quickness and agility doesn't matter a lot.
 
Strength matters a lot too. If you get bumped out of position, then your quickness and agility doesn't matter a lot.
Absolutely. Kawhi isn't an explosive leaper, but his combination of strength, balance and agility for a wing player is probably second only to LeBron.
 
Strength matters a lot too. If you get bumped out of position, then your quickness and agility doesn't matter a lot.

Yup. Lower body strength is definitely important. Remember how much trouble Snaq used to have when he was guarded by your boy, Malone?
 
Yup. Lower body strength is definitely important. Remember how much trouble Snaq used to have when he was guarded by your boy, Malone?
I didn't watch back then, but it looks like Shaq put up some pretty good numbers against Utah when Malone played: LINK
 
I didn't watch back then, but it looks like Shaq put up some pretty good numbers against Utah when Malone played: LINK

Malone's minutes vs. Snaq were definitely spot minutes, so I'm sure you can thank Ostertag and others for those offensive numbers.
 
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