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Originally Posted by Oracle  Based on the Cleveland series. Early he got some respect from Verajo, but once it became clear that most PF are generally 6'10/6'11, it becomes clear that it's time to post a 6'6 chump up.
Sure he has the wing span, but it's pretty much usless if the opposing PF can jump at least 1 feet off the ground. |
Such was said about Ben once. But like Ben, Maxiell has extra long reach for his height. And like Ben, Maxiell, thru experience, can learn to play taller players well. How much time? It took Ben many years of playing heavy minutes in this league to get where he is, especially as to being a one on one defender against the premier bigs in this league. Meanwhile, here is something Maxiell can do very effectively that Ben could not do: Sometimes the best defense is to get someone in foul trouble. Remember the phrase, used so many times in reference to JMAX-you got to foul him to stop him.