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Originally Posted by rocketeer
when defenses tried to out think themselves by playing all kinds of bull**** defenses, that just made beasley's job a lot easier. against texas, beasley wasn't getting much in the brief times they had a guy(damian james) guarding him that could match him in strength, size, and quickness. but when they went to a box and one with 6'2 justin mason sticking with beasley, it really opened stuff up for him.
kansas had a lot of talent this year but if you look at that team, you should expect a good post player to be able to dominate against them. they had great defensive perimeter guys but the same can't be said about their post players.
the "plan" to stop beasley is simple. just put a good defender on him and let the guy play. beasley is a good scorer and eventually(though not his rookie year) he'll be able to score 20 a game regardless of the defender. but team's out thinking themselves was part of the problem they had defending beasley. in the nba there are a lot more guys as big and strong as beasley that are also quick. he's going to have to work a lot harder for points in the nba than he did in college.
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well said... and dead on
that's EXACTLY what baylor did and it resulted in a victory for them at a critical time of the big12 season... sure, beasley got 44 and 13, but he wore down at the end and couldn't finish strong... sort of like in the summer game yesterday where he missed his last five shots or so... looked like an asthma flare-up and fatigue to me
that's why i've always said that his game is more tailor-made for the nba than for college... regardless of the 'size issue', he'll be very hard to contain in a defense where you can't "leave" other players (other than a ball-seeking double-team)... what will be interesting is seeing the offensive dynamic of the heat when he plays with d-wade and/or haslem/marion... while it may happen now and then, i've gotta think if he gets 20shots in a regular season game, something is wrong with the balance of their plan