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[QUOTE="Zelda Zonk, post: 4823449, member: 966"]
We are going to have to accept that no defender, no matter how large and talented, is 100% effective. Smaller, quicker guys have scored on Shaq, Duncan, Robinson, Chamberlain, Mourning, Wemby, et al. It’s going to happen.

In McLeod’s case, I don’t think that means he’s not effective. There’s give and take. He presents a massive deterrent in most instances, for his own man as well as in help situations. The issue I’m seeing is that with big/small mismatches, if you have the big, we’re just not going to exploit that. We are not seeing a concentrated effort to make that our advantage by being adept and efficient at feeding the post. We do it once, almost as a token, and then we instantly go back to being guard-dominant.

As Shaq repeats ad infinitum, when the defender is too small in the post, that should be the easiest two points you can score. “Chicken.” But, maybe red doesn’t have enough confidence in McCleod to be consistent. Not sure why we don’t do it more, as our guards certainly haven’t been consistent enough.
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