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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 144874, member: 837"]
1.) Players incapable of finishing with their off-hand
2) Our inability to get the ball to the post vs. pressure defenses
 
As for the first, CJ Fair -- whom I think is an excellent player and probably underrated in most instances -- had an awful play where he got the ball in close off a nice pass from Scoop or KJ, I think, but he was on the right side of the basket. Instead of going up and finishing with his right, he tried to reverse (for no reason) and air-balled the layup and had to resort to claiming he was fouled. 
 
Now I know I can't say much as my using both hands means I miss layups with each hand, but I can't help but feel a good athlete at 6-foot-8 should be able to finish strong with his off-hand. It just makes no sense to me that they can't or don't. As an aside, Johnson-Odom's little runner with his right hand was very impressive and, I think, a huge weapon.
 
I never can understand why simply b/c teams pressure us and overplay us, why we seem completely incapable of getting the ball in the post. It seems to me like the key is movement. You're not going to have much success with a guy holding the ball on the wing, staring at a guy fighting for position inside. It's got to be ball movement with a purpose and screens down low. But we simply don't seem to do that. Hurts us in games like that when we struggle to beat MU off the dribble.
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