Boogie! wrote:not to say that the injury is a positive necessarily, but hopefully jonas starts to work on his left hand while he's out. i remember the story about jermaine o'neal and how he's a natural lefty but after breaking his arm or hand or something in high school he started doing everything with his right hand and now he shoots with his right. not saying something should happen to this extent but i think being ambidextrous is an impactful yet underrated skill when playing basketball. a lot of players games are hindered simply because they can't use their off hand. i hope jonas is the type of player to recognize this now that he can't do anything with his strong hand and starts working on shots with his left.
Yah, I'd say the ability to use your offhand is underrated for bigs. Look at guys like Boozer, who can finish with either hand. Gives them a big advantage. And JV is already a pretty good finisher.