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Originally Posted by EHL
You never saw Shaq at 19 or 20 if you're seriously comparing Oden to him as an athlete or in terms of strength, hands, or even skillset (foot work, touch). Shaq at 20 was physically unequaled in all of NBA history (including Oden), save for maybe The Stilt himself.
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you're right, i did not see shaq played when he was a freshman and sophomre at lsu. i did saw him played a few times as a junior.
looking at their measurement numbers, shaq is 2 inches taller than oden. shaq weighed in at 303 lbs. in his predraft measurement, after he came out of lsu as a junior. as a freshman, oden played at 275 lbs. in his final month at osu. so the numbers favor shaq in term of size. i would also give the edge to shaq in term of strength, but not by much. watching the video clips when shaq played at lsu, especially during his freshman season, their size looks very similar to me. as far as athleticism, i'd say they're very comparable.
looking at both of their stats as a freshman, oden's stats compare favorably to shaq's as well. this is after oden played his entire freshman season with his right hand in a cast.
i'm not saying i'm expecting oden to be as good as shaq. although, i'm betting that oden will be closer to shaq than bynum to oden.