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Originally Posted by 1-Slicer-1
He's compared to Dirk because of how good he can POTENTIALLY be; not because of how good he IS. If he was able to gain some IQ and toughness, he could potentially be as good as Dirk. Unfortunately, it is probably very unlikely that that will ever happen, but that doesn't mean that that the potential is not there.
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You can use the potential argument if this was like his......2nd or 3rd year and he's shown you signs. Its year 5 now, other than gaining a lil bulk couple years back, he's the same player as he was coming in. The potential you're talking about? It's realized.
I have to admit, we often get sucked-in with a player's potential, and set up "if" situations. I used to be like "IF Amare played some d, he would be great". But u know what, he dun play D, he dun really know how, and this is probably the best incarnation of Amare as a dman. It is what it is. Same for Barg.