Errr....okay yes he changes hands but in the one clip where his back is to the camera he's moving in a straight line to the rim. Sure it's changing hands but who cares since you know where he's going. In all honesty Kevin's ability to dribble a basketball is fine. I saw no difference here than what he did last season. Kevin's issue is he isn't effective creating offense off the dribble for himself or others.
Yeah, true. But then again, this is only a practice-base scenario. We can't just make an absolute evaluation due to this clip. Even though, it hints us what Martin is capable of doing. I would like to see Martin in action in the preseason to formulate any opinions/evaluation.
Those dribbling moves weren't fancy FYI. Look at John Salmons when he takes someone off the dribble. He can give you the impression he's going to move one way and then goes another (crossover). Latrell Spreewell just ran past people to the right. Artest runs over people. A good defender would take Kevin's pull up jumper away from him and just DARE him to beat him off the dribble. Kevin doesn't move quick with the ball. He isn't strong enough to muscle anyone to the rim. He doesn't have a crossover move to speak of.
Doesn't have a crossover? That's inaccurate. Martin has shown a couple of crossovers. But he doens't use it. His game is based on off the ball scenario. One on one scenario offense isn't his strong suit...yet.
You guys are talking in terms of how well KMart can dribble in one area or by himself while I'm talking about using the dribbling skills in an offensive way. He's not that kind of player. The Bee writeup was BAD in saying that he was trying to improve his one on one game while the coach was talking mostly about shooting technique.
Yeah, this part I agree. It is a poor description about the theme of the article. The Bee is off on this.
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Kevin's strength is being able to score efficiently. There aren't too many scorers that play in isolation that are efficient scorers so I don't really care to see Kevin evolve into that. He's already scoring 24 per. I don't see him improving or increasing that number much at all.
Well again, I will not make opinions/evaluations on that sample clip. Even though, the clip shows positive things of Martin and etc. But I want to see Martin in pre-season..or at least training camp to formulate any opinion of his game.
I would like to say that, Martin has improved though.
