FireNellieQuick wrote:Sleepy51 wrote:FireNellieQuick wrote:Monta is a magnet for offball screens too.. I remember seeing that a lot last year as well. As soon as he sees the off ball screen, he just runs into it and stays there for a minute. Its almost as if he concedes defeat at the sight of it...
If he is to get better at that, he definitely needs to bulk up around the shoulders. From what I've seen, people who are afraid of that kind of contact usually have issues w/their shoulders, fearful that a bigger guy can knock it out of place.
My take was that he doesn't know how to get around a screen while maintaining vision on the ball. It's definitely fixable. Unless it is a fear of contact thing like you describe.
I'd think its the latter, only because getting around a screen shouldnt be too hard if you really want to get around it. Curry, by comparison, didnt have that much trouble getting around off-ball screens.
Its a mental thing w/o a doubt. I dont think a least a part of it is the keeping ball vision because thats a step after getting around the screen, and Monta can't even get around the screen to begin with. I'd rather he get around and be lost than just give up, which is what it looks like he does.
Not saying you're wrong, but I think it really is that he panics about breaking vision on the ball to get around the screen . . . just becuase of his body language when he's not being screened but playing off ball. He overdoes the maintaining vision thing to a fault, kind of like it's all he knows and doesn't have a strategy for the occasions where it's not the only priority. He's been backdoored a notable number of times because of it. But it could certainly be a physicality thing. He's a smallish dude. Since he's not going to be a pure point. Adding muscle should be important. He can afford to give up a little speed to get more durable.