Re: Antoine needs new moves and more finesse

[Rohan Prashad <rprasha@CLEMSON.EDU>]

I'd agree with most of this post. However, I definitely don't think Antoine 
barrels over the opposing player. If anything he tries to dribble around 
his man, and his defender always bumps and hits him. It's not a case of 
Shaq's post game which involves using your shoulder to deliver a blow to 
the defender and barreling through them. I think Antoine is much more a 
finesse post player but gets abused by the defender, usually with no call 
from the officials.
Antoine definitely needs a go-to post move though. This is a point that has 
been discussed on this list before I believe. If Antoine just had a nice 
little jump hook or fade-away, it would make him a lot better in the post. 
He has the touch, he just needs to practice the shot. Instead of trying to 
go around his man and throw up the one-hand floater or running bank shot, 
he could just turn and hook the ball over his opponent. His current moves, 
while varied, still result in him getting blocked an awful lot because the 
defender can just bump him off balance and then swat his shot right back in 
his face. Adding a jump hook, or a Larry-esque fadeaway would do wonders 
for his game.


At 09:58 AM 1/25/01 -0500, jeff_chin@notes.teradyne.com wrote:

>Every team has got toine's post game figured out.  He gets the ball near
>the base line, does a few cross-over dribbles, cheaply straight-arms his
>defender, spins and tosses the ball up.  The other team just has someone, a
>la Mutombo, Ratliff, or some unknown cba scrub, come from the weak side and
>BLAM! it's a block party.  It amazes me that our franchise player has never
>learned the pump fake.  Toine's post game is ugly and cheap and makes me
>reminisce about the days of mcHale and Hakeem in their prime.  Toine just
>barrels in like a football player using his arm to clear the defender out.
>Every time I see his moves on replay I wonder why the refs don't call that
>an offensive foul.