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Re: Frachise worst defense
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 12:54 pm
by GymRat [enjin:6592663]
Doper, I see the same thing, and for me it's really more about balance and thickness. Dieng is too easily moved and his center of gravity is high. When he bodies guys up, he gets bounced, and when he's in the air guys can use the contact rather than be knocked off by it. Dieng can be a very useful big as long as he has his natural complement next to him. We lack that natural complement, which would be a stronger more balanced athlete. I think of David West/Al Horford types.
Re: Frachise worst defense
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 1:06 pm
by thedoper
GymRat wrote:Doper, I see the same thing, and for me it's really more about balance and thickness. Dieng is too easily moved and his center of gravity is high. When he bodies guys up, he gets bounced, and when he's in the air guys can use the contact rather than be knocked off by it. Dieng can be a very useful big as long as he has his natural complement next to him. We lack that natural complement, which would be a stronger more balanced athlete. I think of David West/Al Horford types.
Is David West or Al Horford in this draft?
Does this mean Towns? Really like his energy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91hhANewEOU
So far he seems to fill the most needs. Although I would be happy with Okafor too for the offensive creativity.
Re: Frachise worst defense
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 2:25 pm
by Q12543 [enjin:6621299]
Yes, Dieng is part of the problem defensively and GymRat described his problem accurately. One thing he could do better is not leave his feet so damn much and just wall up. There have been plenty of big men of similar length and weight as Dieng who never got pushed around this easily: Bosh, Garnett, Camby, and Larry Sanders to name a few. All played plenty of time at Center. So this isn't an issue of adding more weight. Gorgs is probably around 240-250 lbs. His issue is lower body and core strength along with balance. I wonder if he can get hooked up with an outside trainer that specializes in these areas.
As for a good complement, I would argue that Pekovic is a decent one. He is very good at walling up and holding his ground, while also sealing guys out of rebounding position. That's why I am very interested to see how the Pek-Gorgui pairing works over time. Once a sufficient sample size is in place, we'll be able to look at their Ortg and Drtg as a player pair and assess how well the team performs when they are on the floor together.