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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 2710376, member: 488"] I wasn't really thinking of him as one of the traditional mold, but yeah, he's definitely a big man. There's certainly no guarantee Embiid will ever be as good as Davis is now. From a pure physical standpoint, though, he goes 7'1 in shoes to Davis' 6'10 and has a 7'6 wingspan while Davis is at 7'4, IIRC. It's hard to tell how consequential those differences are, but if you were designing the perfect big man prospect in a laboratory I think he'd look closer to Embiid than Davis. [USER=1522]@superjohn[/USER] [USER=56]@intlzncster[/USER] I'm fully aware of how dominant Shaq and Duncan were, especially Shaq when he was locked in and in shape. Embiid isn't at that level right now. That's what makes him so fascinating. His newness to the game works against him at times and in his favor at others because he hasn't developed the same bad habits as other guys. I was skeptical at first, but thinking back to the way scouts raved about him during the draft process, I've become a believer. The physical tools and the skills put him in rarified air. I will admit though that most of the time it's sacrilege to me to put anyone in the same conversation as Shaq. [/QUOTE]