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[gene kirkpatrick]

a mighty good statement; in our recent game, Heinsohn was commenting that we needed to force Bosh to his right and when we did (Scal did it better than Perk) he was foiled; so what Patrick is saying is right on the money for the difference between the two

"Ryan, Patrick S Maj RES USAFR 439 MSG" <Patrick.Ryan at westover.af.mil> wrote:  I'm not speaking for Gene whatsoever - this is my own initial gut reaction
as to why someone would make such a statement. It's old school basketball
thought process. 

Bosh is very much the prototypical 21st century PF/C in that he is more
comfortable playing offense away/facing the basket. He can play the post,
but his offense is much more predicated on fade-aways, turnarounds, jump
shots and driving to the hoop using his tremendous quickness advantage.

Al is much more the "traditional" old style PF/C - his offense is back to
the basket, up and under, fakes, hooks, drop steps, etc. 

Now historically, it's been much easier for "back to the basket" guys to add
jump shots to their repertoire then for jump shooters to add the back the
basket game. That said I don't doubt that Bosh could play with his back to
the basket. He does it now, it's just not the focus of his offense as
presently constituted.

So, for some, then realizing that low post presence is one of the most
integral parts of creating an overall balanced team offense (the venerable
"inside/out" philosophy made famous by Hakeem Olajuwon and the Houston
Rockets) many might in fact prefer a post offense PF/C to a shooter/slasher
offense PF/C.

Again, I'm not answering for Gene, I just wanted to chime in that such a
thought process could exist and be defended from an argument standpoint.
Would I take Al over Bosh? Not right now, but ask me again in a couple
years, I might change my tune.

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you're joking about taking Al over Bosh, right?

rmn



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