No idea. Maybe with everyone conflating athleticism with vert, it’s a short-hand way of saying solid defender without a 40" vertical?
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I think you know it when you see it kinda thing, but good question
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Yeah, I think it’s pretty straightforward- how well do you move your feet side to side. How well can you stay in front of your man. My contrarian position is that it’s actually easier to scout defense for this reason. There’s a more straightforward calculation to success as compared to offense.
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Interesting take and happy cake day. I feel like a lot of “great” defenders are deemed so because of steals or block shots, which makes sense, but doesnt account for everything
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Agree. Great perimeter defense in the pack line means keeping your man out of dangerous spots and funneling to help, stunting to clog the driving lane and recovering out to your man, and nailing your rotations.
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You know what is hard? Elite close outs. Should be a stat hahaha
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- Is @haneys LRA cake day more special for him than the date of his birth?
- Hells yes
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I signed up to find out how awesome Taine and Igor were killing it in practice… Happy anniversary to “meh” day! 
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Very underrated Michael Keaton flik!!
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You got that right
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You fargin ice hole
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Bastage even
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On this day some many yrs ago a younger @haney discovered the website that would affect him so much it would change the very direction of his life.
Happy cake day
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Bliss in 3rd grade:
This is cool for UVA … but this saddens me … nationals for 3rd graders???
What are we even doing anymore?
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h/t 247 Site
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I see more Kendall Marshall than Ty Jerome in Bliss.
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Kendall Marshall was more of a passer and not a shooter right? I think a Ty Jerome/Malcolm Brogdon is more accurate right?
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He couldn’t or wouldn’t shoot. At all. It’s why he couldn’t make it in the NBA.
His % was pretty good in college on 2’s and 3’s but 69% FT shooter. 61% in the NBA.
But he was one of the best passers I’ve seen in the ACC this century.
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Yeah you’re right. I thought the way he moved, side and athleticism. But Marshall was more a pure PG.
Hell if Bliss becomes 3/4 of the player Brogdon and Jerome, would be incredible.
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