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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 2710520, member: 488"] The one nit to pick with respect to peak Shaq was his free throw shooting. That was a real problem, especially in crunch-time. There were situations where it became suicide to even throw him the ball because you were looking at roughly a 25% conversion rate if you needed two points. If he played in the modern game, the combination of increasingly sophisticated defenses and the explosion of the three point shot might temper his dominance a bit. Whether that's fair to take into account or not, and I lean towards no, the extra dimension to Embiid's game puts him in the discussion with all the other pantheon prospects of the last 25 years. As far as where he fits in reality, Sampson might be a good comparison. Hell, Greg Oden isn't a name that should be lost in this discussion. He never produced in the NBA like Embiid did, but he was also younger than Embiid when he broke into the league. Point being, a lot can go wrong and the players that did reach the top - one guy that hasn't been mentioned is Kevin Garnett - tend to be taken for granted. Right now, Embiid isn't even at the level of somebody like a peak Dwight Howard, forget names like Shaq and Duncan. But I've never seen scouts salivate over a player who had accomplished comparatively as little as Embiid. I was one of the unenlightened people who was sold on Wiggins at #1. I like to think that one of the lessons I have learned since is to never bet against size. Unfortunately, I think you're probably right. It's usually too good to be true with guys this gifted. [/QUOTE]

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