https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEH24eprlGYPaul Pierce freak athlete. just a different kind. His body control and ability to read situations for a guy that size is amazing to me. Super durable.
jason tatum in comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDF1-vM6sY0nice player but i dont see paul pierce. i see otto porter. pierce's intelligence was also off teh charts. Pierce was special. Tatum to me is a nice player. I see the similariteis in their games but something missing there.
His shot release is very similar to Pierce.
Otto Porter at Georgetown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az8a0ZlTw7gPorter is longer but skinnier like Tatum. Tatum is more a guard version of that.
Pierce's bone structure was just thicker. He wasn't muscular like that but his bone structure is what does it for me. More durable as well because of that.
Ron Mercer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMead7kC5WcAgain skinnier. More muscularly defined. Some players are able to use that to their advantage. Others aren't.
Dragan Bender is skinny but his upside is higher than Mercers ever was for example. Paul George was skinny coming out but bulked up.
Paul George is more reminiscent of Pierce or even more a guy like Tracy Mcgrady in college
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKE1Tj1GSAIWatch Tatum again after watching George and Pierce. And then watch Otto Porter. Tatum is much smaller. He's not steph curry either. Nice player though. Steph Curry had his own reasons for being special.