Got Rebounding?

[rockytop1956]

i think hat's touched on it before, but this team doesn't really have any alley cats.

so you're saying that it's just not in them...hmmmm...thats an interesting point.

guess every team needs a "dane" or two to do the dirty work.

 

[tarvol23]

not boxing out is a concern. especially when I have heard CBP complaining after games about how nobody on this team does it. I know he is pissed about it so I cant believe it hasnt gotten better. that being said, this was an outstanding win today where seemingly all of the breaks were going the other way. the effort was off the charts down the stretch.

 

[BigPapaVol]

i think it's in them with the right approach. i want guys that get offended when they see an offensive board or open layup happen on their watch.

 

[hatvol96]

xman was one badass shocker

Wichita had some serious headknockers in that era. X, Cliff Levingston, and Antoine Carr all came through there in a short period of time.

 

[BigPapaVol]

and.....Dane could do nothing but make our rebounding issues worse

 

[hatvol96]

i think it's in them with the right approach. i want guys that get offended when they see an offensive board or open layup happen on their watch.

It won't be a popular statement, but what this team needs is its own version of Joey Dorsey.

 

[rockytop1956]

Wichita had some serious headknockers in that era. X, Cliff Levingston, and Antoine Carr all came through there in a short period of time.

yeah, wasn't Cliff a big rebounder later in Atlanta for the Hawks? i seem to remember that.

 

[hatvol96]

and.....Dane could do nothing but make our rebounding issues worse

Exactly. It's not like we were a good rebounding team the previous two seasons.

 

[hatvol96]

yeah, wasn't Cliff a big rebounder later in Atlanta for the Hawks? i seem to remember that.

He and Carr were both on the Hawks roster in the late '80s, when Atlanta was actually good. Just not good enough to beat Boston or Detroit.

 

[rockytop1956]

It won't be a popular statement, but what this team needs is its own version of Joey Dorsey.

Hat, when we play Memphis, would you take the over or the under on a 35 rebound advantage for the Tigers?

 

[hatvol96]

Hat, when we play Memphis, would you take the over or the under on a 35 rebound advantage for the Tigers?

Unless we start guarding drivers better, there won't be many rebounds to be had in that game.

 

[rockytop1956]

and.....Dane could do nothing but make our rebounding issues worse

i was referring more to his "alley cat" mentality, but i concede your point.

 

[rockydoc]

Out of your limited choices, #2 is probably the closest. This is a small team. They can work on it and get better, but a great rebounding team with size will always win that battle. We have ways to counter that. One of those ways is winning the game.

.....Easy to fix............growth hormone.:whistling:

 

[BigPapaVol]

dorsey might be the best hopping big man I've ever seen. he is just sick at times. I'd love to see him in orange patrolling the paint.

 

[rockytop1956]

Unless we start guarding drivers better, there won't be many rebounds to be had in that game.

Prolly right.

 

[BigPapaVol]

teams very comfortably head into our defensive lane.

 

[rockytop1956]

.....Easy to fix............growth hormone.:whistling:

hmmnnnn...has HGH been banned by the NCAA yet?

 

[hatvol96]

teams very comfortably head into our defensive lane.

True, nobody is going to confuse our interior defense with the early '90s Knick teams Pat Riley assembled.

 

[BigPapaVol]

if we play much man and howell spends much time on the floor, Rose might score 50

 

[rockytop1956]

teams very comfortably head into our defensive lane.

i don't even like to think about what Rose will do to us that game. :blink:

 

[hatvol96]

if we play much man and howell spends much time on the floor, Rose might score 50

I'll tell you who else in college basketball today would be perfect for UT, Patrick Ewing, Jr.

 

[rockytop1956]

maybe we can pull a Tonya Harding on him before the game.

 

[BigPapaVol]

ewing jr has some long frickin arms

 

[rockytop1956]

I'll tell you who else in college basketball today would be perfect for UT, Patrick Ewing, Jr.

unbelievably, i haven't watched him a lot...what are his strengths?

 

[hatvol96]

unbelievably, i haven't watched him a lot...what are his strengths?

He rebounds and defends. I have to say, he deserves all kinds of credit for improving his game. When he was at Indiana, he was just plain bad. It's obvious he's worked like a dog to get better.