Anatomize wrote:Jv's footwork in both highlight vids only looked improved on those two particular spin moves he pulled off. My problem in general with his post up game is how mechanical he still looks. His feel for where the defensive player is and reacting by instinct and with fluidity is really poor. I don't need Sabonis to tell me that he tries to bully his way in every time. If I was a defender I would play him exclusively to his right side on a face up and force him left to see if he can even go that way, he only has one right step flow through running hook, he looks better on his left and right counter spins than he ever has, but he is still lacking heavily in his offensive feel and fluidity and has to put in a tonne of work on this end.
I like his strength and how he forces players boxing out right underneath the basket where his length on oboards is unmatchable for most guys. His read on pick and rolls is at a very high level, he is very smart positionally and reads his own PG and the missed shot or lead pass really well.
I'll wait to judge his defensive prowess until far greater competition than those two scrubby teams, but he's always defended well in international competition. Actually, the same can be said for
bargs. The players are just much slower and the game is much more half court paced where you don't get stars exposing perimeter defenders and forcing the big to move and defend multiple bodies, so again I'll wait until the season starts to see his defensive ability.
100% agree with what you say. Offensively, it seems that JV tries to revind his practice of what he's learned from the Dream or coaches told him to do, it doesn't look organic, just 'robotized' like Sabonis named it last year. Along with that, JV stills goes a tick too early off the screen he set to the wing or PG, his picks are dangerously close to moving ones. 3rd year in NBA - he had to get the timing in blood.
Defensively, JV became real anchor - at least, for international game. He forces altering most of shots made in the paint or even a bit outside. But, as I already told here earlier, I don't like his jumping to perimeter while overhelping. He wastes energy and risks an injury when rushing back into paint. Both is stupid.
