Jonas Valančiūnas thread

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But if he can't shoot from midrange, they opponents will know who to guard and for other players it's much harder to attack the basket.

Straight forward, all SUPERstars are versatile but not all of them are very versatile. Ok, I we won't count Howard, how many superstars you could name who aren't versatile?

Sagenas and everyone in any discussion it is best to define terms so there is no confusion. In this situation versatile is being used to describe both position and player skills. There needs to be a distinction. If you mean "versatile skills" then yes he needs a mid range jumper like Patrick Ewing and the great Sabonis. What is more important is to 1st develop strong post moves like Sabonis and Olajuwan. This makes him a "true" or pure center. It you are talking about "versatile" as in "position" then would you like him to be like Dirk Norwitzki who can play shooting forward, power forward and center? If you say "versitile skills" I agree if you say "versatile position" then no. I like my centers to own the paint. So here is the question with these lists of SUPERstars and stars. Which list would every like to see Valančiūnas in??

Group 1: Would you like to see Jonas Valančiūnas in this list "true center"?:

Wilt Chamberlin, Arvydas Sabonis, Patrick Ewing,Dwight Howard, Hakeem Olajuwan, Shaquille O'neal, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Yao Ming, David Robinson, Dikembe Mutombo, Nikola Peckovic, Nenad Krstic, Chris Dudley, Bill Wennington, Bill Cartwright, Vlade Divac etc..

Group 2: Would you like to see Jonas Valančiūnas in this list?

Bill Russell(Wilt Chamberlins nemesis), Pau Gasol, Kevin Garnett, Dirk Norwitzki, A'mare Stoudmire, Lamar Odom,Tiago Splitter, Luis Scola, Chris Bosch etc...

My pick is group 1. What group does everyone else choose?