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Trevor Booker- freak athlete, by the numbers...

Booker is a functional freak athlete. Some guys are really athletic but it shows up on athletic testing and not on the court.

Booker gets from the 3 pt line or top of the key extremely fast. The dunks are amazing, but he also gets a ton of tips off of rebounds and such. He is a high jumper, but he is also a fast jumper.
 
Fabtrey said:
power
size
speed
hops
body control
hand eye coordination


Booker is not a freak in any of it. let's please not get carried away. Great dunks don't make you a great athlete.
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define freak. are his speed, handle, strength, and hops not up to your fabricated standards?
 
Julie Greengiant said:
define freak. are his speed, handle, strength, and hops not up to your fabricated standards?
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FREAK ATHLETE = makes everybody else around them look like an ***.

36 inch vert is 36 inch vert. very good for 6ft 6 1/4 guy carrying 240lb weight. he is a powerful dunker with very good elevation. if booker's hop was 46inch then i probably would've considered him a freak.

freak athletes look and move differently than the rest. Bo jackson, randy moss, calvin johnson, shaq lebron, young MJ, vince carter, etc. hops is just one of it. these freaks are on a whole new stratophere in certain areas. Bo was a combination of sick speed and power. Randy moss was speed and hops. megatron was pretty everything. MJ was body control and stamina.

When I first saw young bron running up and down the court carrying 250lb frame like it's nothing made my jaw drop to the floor. i've never seen anything like that. that was freaky. young Shaq at 310+ ran like deer. and shaq at 340lb in the dynasty era still had that quick feet. that was freaky. these guys made everybody else look like they are in high school.

I see a B+ athlete in booker. if young Bron scores 99/100. Booker would be 88-89. he is probably the best athlete we have. if he is doing this at 6ft 10 280lb frame than i would've considered him a freak.
 
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VINYLONE said:
I agree. His attitude and toughness is refreshing on a team that is or was looking for an early identity. Mr. Booker has been a diamond in the rough find by Mr. Lindsey.
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A compete 180 in terms of the toughness of the team. Favors is playing with a mean streak; Gobert has added intensity. And Hayward is no longer the nice boy who lives down the lane. But yes, it does emanate the most from Booker. I didn't follow the Wizards and knew little (ok, basically nothing) about Booker. This was a huge signing for Utah!
 
Fabtrey said:
FREAK ATHLETE = makes everybody else around them look like an ***.

36 inch vert is 36 inch vert. very good for 6ft 6 1/4 guy carrying 240lb weight. he is a powerful dunker with very good elevation. if booker's hop was 46inch then i probably would've considered him a freak.

freak athletes look and move differently than the rest. Bo jackson, randy moss, calvin johnson, shaq lebron, young MJ, vince carter, etc. hops is just one of it. these freaks are on a whole new stratophere in certain areas. Bo was a combination of sick speed and power. Randy moss was speed and hops. megatron was pretty everything. MJ was body control and stamina.

When I first saw young bron running up and down the court carrying 250lb frame like it's nothing made my jaw drop to the floor. i've never seen anything like that. that was freaky. young Shaq at 310+ ran like deer. and shaq at 340lb in the dynasty era still had that quick feet. that was freaky. these guys made everybody else look like they are in high school.

I see a B+ athlete in booker. if young Bron scores 99/100. Booker would be 88-89. he is probably the best athlete we have. if he is doing this at 6ft 10 280lb frame than i would've considered him a freak.
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well, sounds like you have this down to a real science.
 
you want a real science?

Ht
6ft 5in

Wt
239 lb

40 dash
4.35

Broad jump
11 ft 7 in (holy ***** category)

vert
42.5 (standing vert, compare that to booker's 31 inch)

now that's a real science. you tell me trevor booker is that kinda athlete? if you call booker a freak, than call taht beast something else.

guys like booker probably runs 4.6 range at best. most likely 4.7 range. broad jump? i've never seen nba guys do broad jump, but i would be impressed if he can get to 10ft. nba guys have do not have powerful leg muscles(not the norm) like NFL guys. so their standing vert is pathetic. booker's 31 inch standing vert is respectable, but hardly a freak category.

but honestly, it really ain't science. there is something called jaw dropping test.

310lb guy jumping 30 1/2 inch is more impressive than 36 inch vert by 240lb guy. there are plenty of them in the nfl.
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hell about about tim tebow's 38 1/2 inch standing vert?
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i don't use the word freak often, but when I do, i mean it.
 
^^Blah blah blah. So is Harrison Barnes a "freak" athlete with that 38" standing which clowns Booker's 36' max?

https://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Harrison-Barnes-5705/

Show us a jaw dropping Vince Carter like dunk from Barnes. If you can't, then the only logical conclusion is those tests mean very little in the grand scheme of things. Booker can use every bit of his vertical on a basketball court, while most NBA players probably use between 60-80% for various reasons (small hands, coordination, balance, etc).
 
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