RayRayJones wrote:Just skimming through this - whoever said Bogut isn't a low post player and shouldn't be used with his back to the basket is just crazy. I'm sorry, you're a 7 foot plus center in this league and you're a #3 option who will likely become #1 in the near future (he's our only guy who's locked up and Redd/RJ will likely be traded in the near future) and you cannot play the high post, with or without a jumper.
He's got to learn to develop a post game and if you really think he shouldn't you're crazy. Many on here will say that he's missing a 15 foot jumper, I disagree. Bogut is lacking post presence and he always has. He showed bits and pieces of it last year in his January-February stretch and it's all but disappeared this year so far. If Bogut develops a signature shot, say a baby Shaq hook or a sky hook, a fadeaway, a turn-around, what have you, he can become a top 3 center in this league without a doubt to me. Shaq doesn't have a consistent 15-foot jumper and he's considered one of the best centers ever. Now, is Bogut as dominant as Shaq is (was) down low? No, but can he develop into that, without even bulking up? Absolutely. I think that's what Skiles is hinting at in interviews and pushing for in practice.
if you cant play high post basketball without a jumpshot .. then why did Skiles just say after the game that andrew is a " GREAT HIGH POST PLAYER " ... one would think if having a jumpshot was so crucial to being a high post player , that by andrew not having one at all , that theirs no way in hell ANYONE could say andrew is a high post player ... it just doesnt make sense .. hmmm maybe because theirs other things you can do from the high post besides shoot the jumper ?????????
and im sorry youre once again wrong in your assesment of bogut .. the problem isnt the shot in the low post , he does fine when he shoots its ( hence the high % ) .. the problem for andrew is his inability to get that position , or his inability to read the double team quickly ( teams are having a good amount of succsess at getting turnovers from andrew or forcing poor passes that allow them to recover defensivly ) .... so no , i disagree completly .. andrews touch down there is nice , the problem is he just cant get the position conistantly , read the double team , and " feel " the defender on his back .. .
all of his problems down there imo tie back to the central theme , the problem is andrew likes to see the game with his eyes . ..he likes to face the game , he likes to think the game .. which is exactally why skiles said tonight " andrew is a great high post player , and just a good low post player " .