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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5664018, member: 405"] He plays in slow motion. He needs Marines boot camp. He needs to dribble a ball for a couple hours a day, while he walking around from place to place in his everyday life. When I was at that basketball playing age, I used to play pickup games on the South Side and in the Valley. I would dribble the ball as we walked many blocks to the court where we were going to play. I dribbled sitting on the curb, practicing close, fast dribbling with just my fingertips. You have to have the ball in your hands all the time, not just shooting, not just practicing your offensive moves. The ball needs to become an extension of your hand. He just doesn't have that feel for his dribble. He gets the ball taken from him almost every time he drives the lane. It's just a question of whether the ref is going to bail him out with a call. [/QUOTE]