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I think people are confusing "skilled" and "athletic." Burrell is incredibly skilled in a number of sports. Drummond is incredibly athletic. If you combined Scott's skill with Andre's athleticism, you'd have an unbelievable talent.
If you simply made Burrell 7' tall, you'd probably consider him a greater athlete than Andre Drummond.
The gold standard of athleticism--ie the worlds greatest athlete--has traditionally been the decathlete (I don't know if that's right or not, but it is what it is.), which is a combination of both athleticism and skill/technique. Coordination, the root of skill/technique, is a large part of athleticism. Pretty hard to completely separate the two.