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Originally Posted by Meatloaf
Yeah, Svi's young, but not exactly in a basketball sense as he's been playing since forever. His rebouncing and defensive skills are simply horrible. He's played enough ball by now that these skills should be MUCH more refined.
Are you not watching these games? His guy can pretty much blow by him at will. ....and that has very little to do with the fact that he's younger than Jackson. THAT has to do with improving a basketball skill which from the way I see it, just hasn't improved. All the kid wants to do is shoot. Very, very limited. And, if that's how he wants it, I'd sit him until I saw a bit more effort. Probably just me though....
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None of our perimeter defenders can stop anybody this year, so it shouldn't all be directed at Svi. This teams help defense is especially heinous. The guy has had limited time playing in the previous two years, plus when he has played there wasn't much need to rebound with the bigs he has been around. Add in the fact that the kid has mainly played PG for his Ukraine national team so there hasn't been much skill development towards that fundamental. Quite frankly, as I'm sure you know, rebounding is one of those things that comes naturally. A guy has a sense for it or he doesn't. Maybe he'll figure it out!