I am starting to think that Fran knows what he is doing.....
I'm going to start taking this kind of approach with posters here.
Hard to type t h i s ...but I agree with Ghost on Basabe.
Do You Think You Belong On This ****ing Board? Because I am sure Howe would love you over at the kiddies board!
I think there are guys like White, Gatens and Marble who are hell-bent on pushing themselves to improve (shooting at 10pm) and guys like Basabe and Archie who want to play, but not work, at basketball. Sweeping generalization I know, .
Compared to last year, Basabe looks extremely slow off the floor, as if he lost all his fast twitch muscles. I have no idea, but it doesn't seem like a weight issue to me. At least not anymore.
If his main problem was consistency or concentration or even his work ethic, it seems like he would still have certain plays where he would explode off the floor. Even when he makes a nice play or two these days, he doesn't look all that quick or explosive.
Most people just assume this is going to happen. I am not. He is who he is. After he had that big game vs. Indiana, we had all of these posts about how "focused" Mel is now, and how he put himself together mentally.
Then he had has 10 points and 10 rebounds in the last three games COMBINED.
My only expectation for him next year is to be a capable backup for Aaron White.
Disagree. In the IU game he blocked back to back shots where he got off the floor quickly.
I do think we are not good at feeding the post. Having a good passing big man like Woody in the high post could make a diff for Mel next year. Dump down passes to Mel on the move or posting up against another power forward instead of a center could really spark him.
So has Basabe been tuning him out all season, or what's the deal with that?
have mel check his hearing loss
you never know if he missing anything fran says