And it also displays a foolish use of that power. At least on a power dunk, you get the points and the crowd cheers.

Oct 31, 2024
8:39:26am

roseyscenario Work-in-Progress

Lots of guys who are athletic and powerful, yet underachieve because they don't apprehend available knowledge and don't think about the game the right way.

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That block by Keita last night was crazy

Projectoor

8:15am

Prefer he block it more softly, control the ball, secure the turnover...as Bill Russell taught everyone at USF 70 years

roseyscenario

8:33am

Had the same thought, but it did display his athleticism and power

Projectoor

8:35am

And it also displays a foolish use of that power. At least on a power dunk, you get the points and the crowd cheers.

roseyscenario

8:39am

Yep, blocking and controlling is the better move but people

notsofast

8:41am

I do think you are overstating how easy it is to tip to yourself off a block

Projectoor

8:46am

I don't have an issue with that particular block, he barely got fingertips on it

tacallaway

8:46am

Maybe so. It was only one play. One might argue the choice was batting it out of bounds or risk tapping to an opponent.

roseyscenario

8:52am

I thought about Russell as well at the time of the block but there is also the

lobocoug

9:03am

Fair. It’s embarrassing for opponents to get blocked that hard. May discourage

ldssdl

9:58am

Yeah, but sometimes

ninja math

10:49am

I understand. To me the message is, not a smart player. WWBD or "what would Bill Russell do?"

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