EliteBaller wrote:Anatomize wrote:EliteBaller wrote:Bringing Joey back might not be the worst thing if he's cheap. I still think the man can play better than we've seen. If the kid had some handles he would be a good player. That should be his main focus all summer and if he worked on it 5-6 hours everyday for 4 months I bet you he would be good with the ball. Its not that hard. But I have to question his work ethic if after 4 years in the league he still can't dribble. Maybe this time he will take the NBA seriously?
From everything I've seen Joey has been working really hard, he stays after practices, hes the first one on the court before games. When I see him in pre games he's the only one dribbling on the court a few hours before the game. Joey will have to keep to his strengths to be a successful player in the league, it's when we try to make him into a wing slasher and penetrating option that he fails. Utilize him in the post, use him for mid range catch and shoot and off screens and you have a very solid role playing SF off the bench.
When he is dribbling in pregames have you ever seen him actually do dribbling drills to improve that facet of his game? Because if you just simply bounce a ball between your legs and back and forth or whatever you won't really improve. Perhaps maybe he isn't getting the proper training to do so? I am just baffled. Maybe his arms are too big?lol
There could be a variety of reasons why, look im a 5'8 white guy who shoots jumpers all day but when I try to dribble, I'm just mediocre. It's not like I haven't tried working on my handles, I simply can't improve them the way I'd like too. Breaking my left wrist earlier in my life doesn't help either, and I don't have the palming ability other guards do?
What does that say? It's like knocking out someone, its more of a genetic thing, not simply power. Your hip movement is important, but the size or your fists and the amount of power you're able to generate is also genetically and motion inclined.
When it comes to dribbling, like dunking, some people have it, and some people don't. For some, practice will only marginally improve this facet of their game. You can teach Shaq how to shoot free throws, but he will only improve slightly because genetically his hands are too big for the ball to release it properly, he also has poor mechanics on top of that; so it's a bit of both.
