[Jamel Irief]

"El Busto" was incredible on D in game 2! If he plays like that all series long it will make Kidd think twice about penetrating! And without that, what else do the Nets have?

Was that a fluke or did he wake up?

 

[Ron]

Jemel, you may recall that this guy was a throw-in on the Nick trade with some upside potential, and I was looking forward to see how he would do in a Lakers uni.

Then West unceremoniously dumps him, sending him to Boston for Travis Knight.

Not one of West's better moves.

 

[Jamel Irief]

Yeah I remember. I don't know if I would call him a "throw-in" considering the only other component of the deal was Tyronn Lue.

 

[Shaqs big toe]

Battie just seemed to be in the right place at the right time almost every time down on defence. Hopefully, he can keep it up

 

[TheRifleman]

Batman has improved over the season. Last year he had a really bad high ankle sprain that curtailed his improvement the 2nd 1/2 of last season.

This year he was backing up VPot and then when Vitaly got injured, Batman has blossomed - big time. He is a tough one, stands his ground and is a primary defender, but also has a nice little jumper every so often. Hard worker. :yes:

 

[raptors32]

I've been impressed with Battie's hustle on D and on the boards, he looks really hungry for those rebounds.

I think this playoff run will really help his experience, and just imagine if he was playing beside a real low-post threat like say,,,,Duncan.

 

[TheRifleman]

I think this playoff run will really help his experience, and just imagine if he was playing beside a real low-post threat like say,,,,Duncan

Do you think his rebounds would improve more with a low post threat?

 

[usceltics]

wow this is a preety old thread..... Not anymore!

 

[Floods]

isn't this usually liekomgj4ck's job?

 

[Avalanche]

Pointless... and closed, don't go making a habit of this.