SamFlow wrote:Snakebites wrote:SamFlow wrote:Fact: Dre has more over all skill than Beef Stew. Fact: Beef Stew puts so much more effort into it that it doesn't matter.
Skill is debatable, tough to quantify.
Drummond is definitely far more physically gifted though.
Or is ability the correct word?
Some of the way he moved and got things done at certain times was damn... If he only did that consistently. He had moments. but his effort didnt match his ability. He should be doing what Joel Embild does. But with no heart and no effort and no dog in him, meh. He has that skill or ability, but he doesn't have it inside to do what he can.
If you are comparing Stewart to Drummond, the latter is just bigger. The former has more coordination, more desire, and more intellect. It's true that you can't teach size but as we've seen you can't really teach Dre...anything really.
Whether it's because of gaining a few pounds, lack of drive, etc, Drummond in his last years as a piston didn't seem as athletically gifted as his first years. He was never, ever in the same league as Embiid from a coordination / finesse standpoint. Embiid makes Drummond look like Kwame Brown in that area.