Well said. Id put Dorell in the 'Average' category, he did some nice things - looked good attacking the hoop, but not good taking fadeaway jump shots. Looked a bit nervous, but we will see how he does against Danny Granger tomorrow night. Im hoping he'll score double figures one of these days :P
But he defniatly made some rookie like mistakes, i still feel like Dorell is a rookie, and you'll hear annoucers call him that once in awhile mistakingly, hes been a rookie his whole career...
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Well, when u look at Dorell - he is practically a rookie. Hes barely played over a normal seasons worth of games (hes played in 90 total) in 4 years. Hes younger still than most rookies coming out of college. He has only really had about 20 games worth of meaningful minutes, so in every sense he practically is still a rookie. You cant expect him to put up huge numbers yet - hes always looking over his shoulder. If hed been force fed minutes like Josh Smith or someone like that, hed be much further advanced personally - but we didnt have the time to do that. Hes not a finished product by a long stretch but hes only 21 - time is on his side.
Everybody in the NBA gets doubled. Anybody can take anybody one on one. The difference with Shaq is that he was being doubled on the catch. However, he had at least a dozen (because he put up 6 shots and had 4 turnovers) plays where he was not doubled on the catch. His effective range is only about 4 feet from the basket and he catches it about 6 feet out. I really can't see any way for him to get that extra 2 feet because that's the exact space that his defender is occupying. There's simply no solution for what he wants to do. It is outside the realm of physics and reality. Maybe he's playing basketball in another dimension, maybe 4th dimension, I dunno. He did call himself the big Aristotle. I really can't see him achieving an effective result when he can't put the ball on the floor without turning it over. He dribbled the ball off his foot or committed a charge every time he put it on the floor. He's just grossly overweight. Luckily we only need him to act as a pivot to receive the ball on the block and coordinate the plays with Wade. He can still slam it down and act as an immovable pivot.
alot of it is also a result of how the NBA has evolved over the years. its much softer than before. Shaq cant just bully others around like he used too with the rule changes. Its not a big mans game anymore.
the moment he backs up his opponent, they fly across the court like if they got shot from a canon. He has to stop being lazy and adjust and bring his "finesse" game more often.
Have the Pistons been playing Zone D the entire 4th? I've noticed it for most of the 4th but wasnt paying attention to the beginning of the quarter when they made their run and we disappeared.
The Zone shut the Heat down when the Pistons switched to it in the 4th, according to Shaq.
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The Pistons scored 28 points off 17 Heat turnovers and were 23 of 30 from the free-throw line. The Heat made 9 of 15 attempts from the line. But the game changed in the Pistons' favor once they switched to a zone defense to limit O'Neal's touches after he scored on three consecutive possessions in the second half.
''We made way too many mistakes,'' O'Neal said. ``We didn't play well when they pulled that zone out.''
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"We took a lot of jump shots, way too many jump shots," O'Neal said. "I'd like more than six shots if we're going to win, especially until Dwyane comes back."
Shaq used to annoy me with these complaints about not getting enough ball.
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