Saturday, October 29, 2016

Coaches just cannot coach big men!

I suppose it is the influence of the three-point shot, but coaches today just do not know how to develop big men, or for that matter to teach guards how to play with big men. Last night I watched a team with 6-8 and 6-5 big men play a team that probably did not have anyone over 6-3, and maybe not even that. The 6-8 player was a legitimate talent and was athletic, but only ONCE in the game did he post up low. He could get enough higher than anyone else on the court that the other team could not have denied him the ball if it were lobbed to him properly, and once he got the ball down low there was little they could do to keep him from scoring, because he was mobile and had a pretty good touch. But, they would get him the ball up in the high post, and ended up having to play like a guard, which he wasn't. What a waste!

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