https://youtu.be/s4qYx4emja8
He's matching up with Amir mostly in the beginning of the highlights. One thing seems clear that Amir sure does not look like a center at all. Sully was man handling him and everyone else. Granted it was one of his best games ever, still Amir does not look big here.
How about the game where Sully 'dominated' Demarcus Cousins?
And the one where Jeff Green shut down Lebron?
Plus there's the one where Avery Bradley shut down Dwyane Wade.
Oh and obviously we have that game where Rondo put up the huge triple double and left Miami awestruck.
Plus that game where Olynyk had 30.
You know what, if we build a team with Rondo, Bradley, Green, Sully and Olynyk I recon we will dominate EVERYBODY. Nobody will be able to touch us!!!
Oh, wait...
lol
Sorry for the cynical tone, no offense is intended. i just wanted to emphasis the fact that 'every dog has his day' so to speak.
Sully happened to have a game against Johnson where all his shots just went in. For every one of those he has another game where he misses a bunch of layups, misses a number of contested fadeaways in the post, bricks several threes, allows several easy baskets after getting tired, then picks up a flagrant/tech and gets pulled out by the coach.
To be completely honest, I think Sully and Amir are roughly on par as players. Amir is about as good on defense as Sully is on offense. Amir is more capable on offense than Sully is on defense. Sully is a better rebounder, Amir a more efficient scorer. Overall they are about on par. The big difference is mentality - work ethic, maturity, motor. In those areas Johnson has Sully well and truly dominated.
If Sully can get in condition and improve him mentality, then he can be a really, really good player. Will he ever do that? Only time can tell.