Like Maker, Deng had skills you never see from a big guy, and was a shot blocking machine. That's the parallel. But Deng wanted to actually play a perimeter position and that's not feasible at a high level for someone so tall, his dribbles are too long. Deng, between injuries and lack of passion for the game and unwillingness to strength train and bang inside, killed his potential. Maker will succeed, to be so good so young he clearly has passion, and he's also 2" taller than Deng and possibly still growing. I wasn't making a prediction that their careers would be similar, only pointing out that from film I've seen a guy just like this before - I saw Deng play several times in high school and it was like this.