Phrazbit
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He was close to the natural dynamo that Amare was. He would have ended up one of the best offensive players of all time, IMO. And if they ever got him a coach that stressed D, he could have been at least solid there as well.
Yeah, he the sky was the limit for him on offense, the dude averaged 38 a night in that series against the Spurs. He was unstoppable, I've never seen a guy with his size have the quickness he did to blow by people on the inside and he LOVED to finish through contact.
He absolutely could have averaged 28 to 30 a night on top tier efficiency if he hadn't had so much of his athleticism sapped.
I read recently that no one does micro fracture surgery anymore, for his type of injury they now use cadaver cartilage, which has a much higher success rate... it's also what was used prior to the brief fad of micro fractures.