I agree with the disagreements of putting him in the post, but I think Adelman and the team should trust Landry to take the ball to the basket at least more than zero times. Perhaps, instead, have him setup in the post and then tell him to drive.
you make good points but at the same time, Landry is the only big guy that has consistently finished around the rim this year
from cuts.. the times we've given him some feeds in the low post set-up.. with his lack of ability to create for himself under the basket.. he's always found a way to make Shane Battier come off as a low post artist in comparison..
I wished Eddie Griffin had panned out...that guy had the makings to be an awesome PF. He was exactly what we need now; a big with offensive skillz that can block shots on defense. I just wish we had some 6'10 dudes to put in for matchup purposes. I still love scolandry tho!
yeah you're probly right about him actually backin down guys in the post but he definitely needs some more touches. maybe givin him the green light to face up and drive off the high post more often
I don't know about landry's back to the basket game, but i do know that he's improved his jumpshot and can blow by people who get off balance trying to close that out. He could score on a lot of folks like that (think boozer vs yao/ chris bosh/ amare--basing post up offense off of a face up game). Landry is a strong enough finisher that i think we should try this at least a couple of times with the second unit. The Brooks/Landry pick and roll could be like a diet nash/amare coming off our bench....or at least i can dream
Also, lets put to rest the discussion of Landry's actual size. According to DraftExpress, which puts up pre draft (IE legit) measurements: Carl is 6' 7.75" without shoes, 6' 8.5" with shoes, with a 6'11" wingspan and a 8'6.5" standing reach. Which is to say, he ain't small, but he ain't big either. His standing reach in particular is WEAK: Carl's standing reach (which is, when you factor in strength, a better indicator than height for how "big" somebody is) is 4.5 inches less than al horford's, 7.5" less then durant's, 1" less than jeff greens..,in fact, it's the shortest of any of the big men in his class. He's tied with fellow rockets draft pick brad newley, and only slightly ahead of nick young and DJ strawberry. For comparison's sake, both Amare Stoudemire and Carlos Boozer have standing reaches of 9'0.5"....a 6 inch advantage over Carl. That doesn't mean he can't be effective down low, that just means he'll be better as a face up player--he needs to be jumping, moving forward, and attacking with his athleticism to neutralize the shot blocking advantage nearly anyone who guards him will have. He'll be better served facing up and attacking than as a true back to the basket "low post" option. I have no problem with this, just thought i'd lay it out there as food for thought. For comparison's sake:
More on the standing reach subject, then i'm done: Again according to DraftExpress , the AVERAGE power forward entering the NBA (over as many years as they have data) has a standing reach of 8'10.5 inches--a 4 inch advantage over Carl's 8'6.5". That's substantial. So yes, Carl is undersized. HOWEVER, the average PF has a vertical of 32.8 inches. Carl's vertical in the camp was 36.5", which doesn't include the 4" he added during last season as he continued gaining strength after his torn ACL. So, to put it all together, the average PF is slightly taller than Carl, with 4 more inches of standing reach, BUT weighs 13 pounds less and gives up about 7 inches to carl in the vertical leap department. Oh, another factoid--carl also benched the 185 pound bar 21 times--second best in his draft clss, and 8 more times than the average PF. HULK SMASH Now that you have the numbers, debate on...
http://www.82games.com/0809/08HOU9.HTM http://www.82games.com/0708/07HOU15A.HTM This season 82games has Landry making 39.3% of his jumpshots with 51% of his shots taken being jump shots. Last season Landry was making 44.6% of his jump shots while 34% of the shots he attempted were jump shots.
