Al Harringtons Trade Value

Post #41 » by **Sleepy51** » Fri May 9, 2008 10:04 pm

turk3d wrote: I'm merely pointing out he was an extremely fat dude (at least as fat as he is today, especially being only 6'4-6'5) and of course he did take the weight off

Wha????? Is this bizzarro land?

Sid the Squid · Post #42 » by **Sid the Squid** » Fri May 9, 2008 10:11 pm

I'm with Turk on this one...Charles was a fat tub of lard at Auburn and during his rookie year with the sixers...His weight varied, but at times he was huge like he is now on TNT...Moses Malone took the kid under his wing and got him shaped up.

Post #43 » by **Sleepy51** » Fri May 9, 2008 10:18 pm

He was never close to as big as he is now. That's wild.

Sid the Squid · Post #44 » by **Sid the Squid** » Fri May 9, 2008 10:26 pm

Well right now Charles is bigger than Ive ever seen him..So I guess I'll change to your side.

turk3d · Post #45 » by **turk3d** » Fri May 9, 2008 10:29 pm

Sleepy51 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Wha????? Is this bizzarro land?

Look at your picture dude, how round his face was. That's not the same as the second picture. Are you sure that second picture was during his rookie season cause I sure thought he was in the league a while before he took off all the weight. This is the only thing I could find that says anything about his weight in college. The said that he was 275 while at auburn. I swear I saw him bigger than this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_TDWQZnSzY

Davis is reported 295 (but was down to 280 at the beginning of the season). 275 at 6'4 I think is pretty close. I distinctly remember seeing Charles bigger than in this video. Maybe it was before the season started, I could be wrong on that (maybe it was after he got that first contract, lol). Charles was sdefinitely overweight when he first came into the league, bizarro not.

Post #46 » by **Sleepy51** » Fri May 9, 2008 10:36 pm

Turk,
In all honesty. He looks heavy back then yes. But now he is likely to be legitmately obese. You're not even talking about the same person.

turk3d · Post #47 » by **turk3d** » Fri May 9, 2008 10:37 pm

Sid the Squid wrote:Well right now Charles is bigger than Ive ever seen him..So I guess I'll change to your side.

Yeah, you're right, a bit of exagerration on my part, he'd have to be leaner just by virtue that he was playing basketball back then but man that guy could woof it down, even back then. I'd say that he and Truck Robinson were about the fattest guys I even seen come into the league (maybe along with Oliver Twist, I mean Miller). He's the only one who I ever saw turn out to be so good and unlike most of them, he was pretty darn good even when he was overweight, but once he slimmed down, he became great.

Mylie10 · Post #48 » by **Mylie10** » Fri May 9, 2008 10:47 pm

Ryan Gomes might be an Al type of big that Nellie would like. Strong enough to bang (he's a much better rebounder than AL), but also can handle guarding SF's and he has a really nice offensive game.

I still think Carl Landry would work for Nellie. He was pretty polished offensively when I watched him. (Not talking about a long range shooter, but not a mechanical bull either). Smart player.

Warriorfan · Post #49 » by **Warriorfan** » Sun May 11, 2008 12:53 am

Barkley was a player and was reported to be a quick jumper despite that weight which along with positioning made him a great rebounder.

Trade I would see Harrington to new Knicks for Rose, Chandler, Wilson. A short deal and some players who would sit on the bench.

iowarrior · Post #50 » by **iowarrior** » Sun May 11, 2008 3:46 am

Actually, Wilson Chandler is just one player.