Every time Landry is on the elbow with no weak side defender, Alston or Brooks swings it to the other side in traffic. I've noticed the shot selection sucks or Artest has a difficult time taking it to the basket. We then settle for jumpers. Landry's opponent is often times weaker than Artest's. Why not allow Landry a few post options in the game (not many, but at least 1????) I'm sure he can take some of these weaker 4s when the focus is on Artest. His field goal percentage is 56%, higher than Scola and Artest. Sure, he doesn't have a sweeping hook shot or dream shake, but he can take the basketball to the hoop, draw a foul or force a double team. He is quick and strong. Thoughts?
I agree. Landry was a pretty good post player in college, and if he's got the advantage on his man he should be given some post-up opportunities.
First of all, I am impressed with Landry's game. He has improved a lot with his jumpshot. Actually, I was complaining that he doesn't attack the rim enough and he takes too many jumpers, but well he proved me wrong. His explosivness is where it needs to be, and it is pretty sad to say but he is probably the ONLY guy on Rockets' roster that can FINISH INSIDE. Yao and Scola are soft. I tought Ron is unstopable inside, but he is getting outplayed there by everybody we've already played. Post up? Oh yes. Landry is a good offensive guy. He is not a good free throws shooter so It would be nice to see him playing back to the basket more.
He is an excellent free throw shooter this season, actually. He is shooting 85% from the line. From my recollection, he has an advantage on his man most of the time. Usually, Artest is playing along side... The beauty of this is that once Landry posterizes a few weak forwards, they will put a stronger guy on Landry. Next play: Artest bulldozes his way to the paint! If the D goes big, our speed will kill them in transition. I see so many advantages of putting Landry in a post position. We can't rely on Yao and Artest to do all the post work...
Landry is not tall enough to play one on one post-up against most of the PFs/Center. There is your answer.
He's 6'9, bro! Actually, when he posted up Bonner, he had that nice spin towards the basket and the dunk. I think he should post up more often and get to the basket. He has the strength to post up most PF's and C's. He just has to learn to finish all the time.
Good point... but Chris Webber was also not known for his size, but he could take it to the basket using his speed and strength (take this statement with a grain of salt). He shouldn't try to shoot over his defender unless he is right around the circle... He should post, face the defender, drive, spin, etc. and get to the basket.
He's not 6'9. He's more like 6'7. Landry is an undersized Power forward. If he was truly 6'9. he'd be drafted much higher than he was.
Actually, outside of Yao & Brooks, the whole team was around 69/70% from the free throw line. Now they're the 2nd best free throw shooting team in the league. Did everyone shoot a zillion ft's a day over the summer? I think that's the biggest surprise this year.
depends on the match up.. if defender is Matt bonner...then for sure, let landry destroy him. but if the defender is bigger and just as fast....then it's not a good option.
landry is 6'8" - 6'9", that's not his problem. his standing reach is, though, because it's that of a wing player (8'6"). al thornton, corey brewer, jeff green or even the rockets' other 2nd round pick brad newley for example have a higher standing reach than carl. landry's also one of the most blocked big men in the entire nba. the rockets have too many options in the post. landry is at best option #5 on that list. in front of him are yao, scola, artest and mcgrady. out of them yao is the only one who gets enough post up plays called for him. and even he had to wait roughly 10 games for it before adelman had figured this out.
Landry doesn't seem like that good of a ball handler to create his own shot on a consistent basis, and he's not really a back to the basket post player. He takes feeds from others, while he is on the move, and if he's close to the basket, he finishes with dunks. He finishes well when he gets offensive rebounds too. Simply having a high FG % doesn't mean he's able to deliver if given many more shots from a post-up.
I would say the Yao and Scola are not very athletic, rather than soft. Yao has to be point blank to get a dunk, and Scola needs a runway to take off. Artest doesn't seem to have much hops either. Landry can leap from a standstill and dunk, which is his strength.
