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Message: [QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 1218051, member: 297"] The frustrating thing with Rick was that he was sometimes content to get pushed out of his sweet spot. If he could get a good seal low and fight for position he was really efficient, but he'd occasionally let himself get bumped about eighteen inches further down the baseline. He didn't really have the jumper to operate from there, and one dribble wouldn't get him close enough to where he can really do damage. I remember a LOT of stalled possessions/bad shots/turnovers if that's where he accepted an entry pass. I'm hoping with Rak we find that either he a) has enough moves that if bigger teams push him out a little bit that he can still be so effective and/or b) that frees up McCullough or a cutter to get closer to the basket and Rak can make an entry pass, because there's no way as the season goes on teams will let him establish himself down low quite so easily. [/QUOTE]