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<blockquote data-quote="NarrowJ" data-source="post: 2030130" data-attributes="member: 748804"><p>If Edey were 6-8 he'd be... not very good. Of course taller/bigger guys have some drawbacks, but overall height and size is a huge plus in basketball for a player. Let's not act like it isn't. There is a reason successful basketball players are much, much taller than the average human. His height helps him be effective and I don't know how any reasonable person would try to argue against that.</p><p></p><p>I say the guy is the least athletically talented NPOY of the year and people start strawman-arguing like I'm over here saying he's not any good or has zero talent. No, that isn't what I'm saying at all. Understand what my argument is first, before attempting to reason against it.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: In response to another comment above about him making 30 & 10 look "ho-hum": he only has 8 games of 30+ points this season. He's averaging 24. A game of 30 points is a bit of an outlier for him. And we've seen plenty players in recent years match or far surpass that scoring output in P5 basketball without being 7 foot 4 inches tall. Keegan Murray, Luka Garza, Cam Thomas, Markus Howard, Carsen Edwards, Zion Williamson, Trae Young, Buddy Hield, Tyler Haws, Doug McDermott, Antoine Mason, T.J. Warren, Erick Green, Jimmer Fredette, MarShon Brooks (there's plenty more, just fatigued so I'm stopping there). Is he more athletically talented than those guys, or does being a very large human help in some ways?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NarrowJ, post: 2030130, member: 748804"] If Edey were 6-8 he'd be... not very good. Of course taller/bigger guys have some drawbacks, but overall height and size is a huge plus in basketball for a player. Let's not act like it isn't. There is a reason successful basketball players are much, much taller than the average human. His height helps him be effective and I don't know how any reasonable person would try to argue against that. I say the guy is the least athletically talented NPOY of the year and people start strawman-arguing like I'm over here saying he's not any good or has zero talent. No, that isn't what I'm saying at all. Understand what my argument is first, before attempting to reason against it. EDIT: In response to another comment above about him making 30 & 10 look "ho-hum": he only has 8 games of 30+ points this season. He's averaging 24. A game of 30 points is a bit of an outlier for him. And we've seen plenty players in recent years match or far surpass that scoring output in P5 basketball without being 7 foot 4 inches tall. Keegan Murray, Luka Garza, Cam Thomas, Markus Howard, Carsen Edwards, Zion Williamson, Trae Young, Buddy Hield, Tyler Haws, Doug McDermott, Antoine Mason, T.J. Warren, Erick Green, Jimmer Fredette, MarShon Brooks (there's plenty more, just fatigued so I'm stopping there). Is he more athletically talented than those guys, or does being a very large human help in some ways? [/QUOTE]
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