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Topic subjectAl Horford: High IQ, efficient........& actually plays DEFENSE, you know
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2296860, Al Horford: High IQ, efficient........& actually plays DEFENSE, you know
Posted by FILF, Thu Feb-06-14 11:23 PM
Big Al is the new breed one way black-holes along the line of Shareef/Jamison who put up empty stats on mediocre teams. Dude was no where to be found in the post-season when the Spurs swept the Jazz. He kills ball movement by holding onto the ball & going through his patented pump fakes. Tiago Splitter decided he wasn't falling for it & had him looking like a broken down Zach Randolph as the Jazz offense went into the shitter. On the other end, Pop basically kept picking on him via the PnR & it turned into a lay-up drill for Top5 & Timmay.

With that said dude has the best jump-hook in the game. One he gets it going & starts palming the ball like a melon he is unstoppable one-on-one. The secret is to keep him out of rhythm by sending occasional double teams & it's all gravy. It either he's going to force shots, get blocked or turn it over...passing isn't his thing.

EDIT: Isn't Bosh technically a center......yep I rather have RuPaul over Big Al along with a HEALTHY Brook Lopez.