Brablc {l Wrote}:eepstein0 {l Wrote}:Gabe Moton is a damn good defensive player, as is Dallas Elmore.
Yeah offensively both need a lot of work. But both have good effort and skills defensively.
Eagledom {l Wrote}:eepstein0 {l Wrote}:I'm proud of Sothern tonight...he's done a bunch of things to win us this game.
southern is a hard worker. He does some nice things. Too slow to ever be called a "great low post defender" as TWB contends.
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:Brablc {l Wrote}:And Southern has a good stroke on the free throw.
Overall good game. Hit these and ice it, Jackson!
Our defense was 1,000,000 times better. Although true, I thought we played like crap on offense tonight. Reggie Jackson just went Superman tonight and won us this game.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Eagledom {l Wrote}:eepstein0 {l Wrote}:I'm proud of Sothern tonight...he's done a bunch of things to win us this game.
southern is a hard worker. He does some nice things. Too slow to ever be called a "great low post defender" as TWB contends.
You don't have to have any speed to be a very good low post defender. No one is asking him to come off of his man and erase shots like *** *******. He needs to cover the best post player 5 feet and in, and he does a great job at it. And he doesn't need to be quick to do so.
BCEagle74 {l Wrote}:BIKO.
Excuse me, but when did we become the maroon and tan?
I know I am old and senile and blind and deaf...has my color perception gone mad?
EagleDave {l Wrote}:For the record, it's entirely possible that Kendrick Perkins is the slowest basketball player alive and he's the best low post defender in the NBA by a mile.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:EagleDave {l Wrote}:For the record, it's entirely possible that Kendrick Perkins is the slowest basketball player alive and he's the best low post defender in the NBA by a mile.
Bingo.
I second footer's analysis. Southern is a very good one-on-one low post defender. It is pretty obvious, actually, and has been for a while.
EagleDave {l Wrote}:For the record, it's entirely possible that Kendrick Perkins is the slowest basketball player alive and he's the best low post defender in the NBA by a mile.
chughes543 {l Wrote}:BC 75
NCState 69
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:Brablc {l Wrote}:And Southern has a good stroke on the free throw.
Overall good game. Hit these and ice it, Jackson!
Our defense was 1,000,000 times better. Although true, I thought we played like crap on offense tonight. Reggie Jackson just went Superman tonight and won us this game.
BC923 {l Wrote}:one thing that really bothers me about trapani is that even when he takes set shots he is always moving away from the basket.
2001Eagle {l Wrote}:BC923 {l Wrote}:one thing that really bothers me about trapani is that even when he takes set shots he is always moving away from the basket.
I agree. Trapani's offensive game was driving me nuts last night. That said, he clearly put in more effort on the boards than usual - he had 12 last night. And while he got beat by Smith several times, it seemed like Trapani was buying in to putting more effort in on the defensive side.
It may be that he's just not talented enough to consistently play good O and good D in the ACC. Perhaps putting in the D effort saps his offensive game. I'm not sure. But Trapani does seem to be the X factor on this team. You know what you're going to get night in and night out from the other guys. If Trapani can settle in and consistently give us 12 and 10 (on better than 33% shooting), it'll be a great help.
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