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Old 01-10-2016, 12:24 AM   #133
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Originally Posted by ksuttonjr76
No one said Rose wasn't an athletic PG. We're just saying he's not on the same level of a dunker as Westbrook. It's like comparing Vince Carter to Jason Richardson (not comparing their stardom). Both players are athletic, but one is clearly a better in game dunker than the other.
Both guys have a different style of play. Westbrook relied more on raw athletic ability to punish the defense whereas rose relied more on his skill and acrobatics, but can be an explosive dunker if need be and clearly shown in the videos. So many instances of players who were athletic as fu**, but didn't apply it in game it doesn't mean that the player who dunks more or on people in a game is more athletic or a better overall dunker. It just means their tendency to dunk and frequency of successful in game dunks are better.

If we're talking strictly in game dunking yes I would give it to westbrook as he is much more prone to try and slam it home. As far as dunking ability/creativity/verticality, prime Rose was right there with Westbrook. Two different topics: In game dunking vs Dunking ability and let's not get that confused.

As I said before, to say that Rose WAS nowhere near the dunker Wall & Westbrook is, that is just blasphemy; if the videos aren't enough to show that dunking ability/creativity/verticality then idk what is. I don't want to drag this out as it is derailing the thread, so this is my last chime on the rose/westbrook debate. We agree to disagree I guess.
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