Originally Posted by Woody

Here's my take on Arroyo:

1). This favorite plan (call it Plan A) is to practice his crossover dribble out front until he can brakedown his opponent and drive through the lane for a layup. He usually ends up on his butt because he is too weak to finish the shot. He may get a couple of freethrows.

2). If Plan A doesn't work, he goes to Plan B. Same beginning. Dribble around until he can beat his opponent and then drive into the lane. Only this time he can't get to the rim, so he pulls up for a mid-range runner in the lane. He occasionally makes one.

3). If he can't get to the rim, or is blocked from shooting, then he goes to Plan C. He much prefers plans A or B, but will, if forced to, go to plan C. This begins the same way - dribbling around until he can beat is opponent and then driving into the lane. If Plans A or B aren't available then, and only then, he will look to dish off to one of his bigs.

4). If he is unable to beat his opponent off the dribble, and this happens quite frequently, he goes to Plan D. Plan D involves dribbling around for twenty seconds trying to get by his opponent. When he can't, he waits until there is about 4 seconds left on the shot clock and passes quickly to one of his teammates who then has about 3 seconds to throw up some god-awful buzzer-beater. If the shot goes in, Arroyo get an assist. If not, the team-mate gets charged for the shot.

He then retreats to defense. His defense can be summarized quickly by using his nickname: EL MATADOR.

Thus endeth today's lesson.