HangTime wrote:The are 2 things I am worried about:
1) goaltending on both ends because he likes to tap the ball back quickly, after 1 bounce.
2) he sets quick screens, but the defender rarely bumps into him. I am just worried the refs would call him for a moving screen.
He's got a high energy motor that very few possess. I would definitely start him start for the energy and defense alone.
Is Lithuania in the Olympics this year? Would be great to see him against The bigs of USA, Spain, Argentina etc.
You can set a moving screen in the NBA, you just can't initiate contact with the defender. But there is nothing that says you can't be moving without contact. Moving screens usually refer to someone who sets a proper screen but then, when the ball handler leaves too much room for the defender to get around the top of the screen, the screener moves into the defender. Partly, this is the fault of the ballhandler. Think of a gate in slalom skiing. The objective of the skier is to carve a path as close to the gate as possible without knocking it over (which would slow him down) or going too wide of the game (which would slow him down, too).
Ideally, the screener and ball handler should work together, the screener should plant and stay the ballhandler should have faith in the screener not to move, and carve around the screen as set.
