ty123 wrote:Even if you play him tight he's not going to get by with that upright drive and crappy handles.
In a race I think Barnes would dribble it off his foot.
I'm sorry, but anyone that has been watching Barnes this year knows that he isn't upright when he drives to the basket. He's also very good at protecting the ball when dribbling in heavy traffic. Watch the highlight video I posted earlier of Barnes against Virginia Tech, you'll see how his back is low like it's almost horizontal to the floor and knees bent when turning the corner off the screen-and-roll. He's very quick turning the corner. Notice how he places his body between the ball and the defender, so that the defender can't reach in for the steal or else it'd be a foul. Yo-yo dribbles are useless without a plan to attack. Barnes makes effective uses of his dribbles, knows when to pick up his dribble and when not to, and seems to have good decision-making of his drives, and that's all that's needed from him.
