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Originally Posted by BobboFitos
black hole i mean a guy that doesn't score. for example, if you played a team that had ben wallace, you could match him up with him, and let him play 1man zone (similar to lamar odom in this playoff series vs the spurs). he's DEVASTATING in that regard, bc if anyone beats their man, they're getting blocked by AK. if anyone posts up, AK is double teaming, and stripping the ball. his best asset on defense, and it's hard to find anyone as good as him at this department, is his length. he is VERY smart about how to use it - his hands are like magnets for the ball. so, he forces steals when double teaming, and he blocks shots when people dont expect it.
on offense it doesn't matter if he's a 3 or 4, he'll likely stand at the perimeter and take wide open 3s if you give it to him, and occasionally he'll do something cool like dribble penetrate and dish or come out of nowhere for a putback dunk, but most of the time he just sorta stands there or runs from one end to the other. on defense just match him up with their worst player, and you'll have one of the best help defenders ever..
Appriciate the insight man. Sorry for belaboring this point, but let me give an example and ask and keep in mind that I'm only talking about him on defense here:
Say hes playing a team that has:
SF TMac
PF Karl Malone
C Mark Eaton
Would he really guard the 7ft 3 in 275lb Eaton? What if instead of Eaton I chose a big center who had a little better scoring skills(obviously I can't name names who havn't been drafted which is why I'm struggling for examples)?
On offense, I agree with you that it doesn't matter too much.
Basically what I'm getting at is that I would really like to play him at the 4(i.e. guard the other team's weakest offensive big man) but I'm concerned that with many of the stacked teams here hes either going to have to guard a very good scoring PF or a C who is physically much bigger than him. Will he be ok doing this? If so, then I'm extremely happy with my team because that allows me to draft another SF, which I think is a deeper position at this point in the draft.