NBA Championship: Lakers Vs. Magic

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Do you guys not have cable up where you live? Hedo and Dirk are about the same size and play a similar outside in game. Dirk is better but hedo plays a similar style. Dirk may not bring the ball up the floor much but they run the offense through him in a similar way and he handles it a lot in the halfcourt.

Why is that such a bad comparison?

They do not play similar outside games.
Dirk is a spotup 3 guy from the perimeter.
Hedo is much more versatile from the perimeter.

Dirk handles the ball a lot in the halfcourt when
he is backing down a smaller player to shoot
a fallaway jumper. And again, Dirk handles the
ball on the dribble when he is close to the basket,
he does not pull the ball back out to the perimeter
to set up his man for a drive.

Im sure you can find cases where both have done
the opposite of what I have said. But for the
majority of the season and the playoffs, this
is how I see a small part of both player's games.