Artest needs to go down to the block more, back his defender down to attract the double team. He tends to come out to the premier, asks for the ball , then dribbles 10 seconds before launch an ill-advised shot. I think he is the #2 ball hog behind super Von. On defense, he is a good post defender, but just an average on-ball defender at perimeter, his lateral movement is just not quick enough to stay with good players, and the refs won't let him hand-check, or use his body to bump the ball-handler.
Very true. When we are behind, or when our offense is not clicking, Ron starts his one on five act. This is probably why we got so many blowouts. When we are ahead, Ron would keep his head straight and help the team better. When we were behind, Ron would make things worse and all hell broke loose. That's why the first quarter is sooooo important to set the tone for the team and especially for Artest. That said, I think Ron is due for a huge shooting game Sunday. He has been shooting poorly for 3 straight games now, am I right?
sometimes i think he gets frustrated about not getting the ball on the block and/or it's taking too long so he steps out onto the perimeter to receive the ball. Then he'll try to dribble it back to where he was holding his post position. I only watched the game from the start third quarter last night, but I remember one play where he was trying to take kobe down to the blocks and it just didn't work and he was visibly frustrated at the play. We just don't have very good post entry passers. Rick, when he has the team running a post play for Ron needs to have shane throw it in, or else it's not going in and/or Ron will end up having the ball out on the perimter on the wing.
