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Message: [QUOTE="orangefan13, post: 296072, member: 906"] 1. I gave facts you give what you want to see. Nowhere has rak shown he is more ready to play the 4 then Keita outside a occasional seal off bucket. I gave a fact that Keita has more motor, will take a charge better and jumps in the rebounding/shotblocking lanes better then rak from 45 degree angles 7 feet from the basket. Adding igor to the post doesn't make Rak more ready then Keita to the four(no offense to iggy). Saying raks body is there doesn't mean he has the aggressivness. Sean Williams body was there as much as Fab Melo's by this logic. Josh Wright was a stud by this logic. 2. No Brandon is not the scrappiest. Infact he gets lost in games when he isn't scrappy. CJ, Keita, Southerland and MCW have quicker in your hands for traping and tipping passes and can end up with loose balls alitle better then brandon. Its all in their motor and quick hand and feet movement. What triche does well is understanding how to move in the zone, get one hand up in a extended defense for short periods, rebound well using his body, and take a charge when opponets try to fastbreak. When Brandons reflexes are there though he is always a plus and its very noticable. When he misses close loose balls it also shows. 3. Point is MCW might be a better scorer then triche. A solid second scoring option that Triche hasn't been the last 2 years. The starting lineup started slow because triche wasn't a solid second option 2/3 of the time this year and Dion was. And I added how Fair, Triche, DC2 and MCW will show they create off the dribble recieing a quick pass. All four of those guys can be in the game together. On top of that Cooney and South have a quick trigger when receiving a pass. Therefore we should be a good passing team with good offense skills. Two years ago we lacked the offensive skills in a passsing offense. Last year we depended on iso more. This year we should be able to move the ball quickly to make things happen. Fair enough good debate. I think I have broke down my post as far as I can. I hope Rak jumps on the train and develops the motor but I don't know if its his mindset. He seems very relaxed and laid back. Dragging the Jackson/Kristoff/Warrick out of him could be tough and he will have to want to first. By all means he has to fall in love with conditioning this offseason to do so like Dion did. If he does I admit it I will be wowed and eat the sweetest tasting crow in quite some time. [/QUOTE]

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