Originally Posted by ahb

He hit his open jumpers, and not the contested ones. That's pretty much par for the course for the way he's played all year.

But he looked just fine in the last round - only a few days ago - when he was abusing undersized and/or awful defenders like Murray, Snow, Jones, and James in the post. People were saying that he was emerging onto the scene, that he'd be a focal point next season, instead of realizing that he was just taking advantage of mismatches.

In this series he's outmatched by a similarly athletic power forward like Antoine Walker and shut down by an excellent, similar-sized defender like James Posey. Without the favorable matchup, he fades back into the periphery on offense.

What is worrying is that he seemingly can't stop anyone. Walker was bulling his way to the hoop and shooting over him, and guards were dribbling around him like he wasn't there. He's not out of gas, but he just might be useless in this series.

Originally Posted by ahb

Pretty much the same. The only encouraging sign is that sometime between Games 1 and 2 he discovered his right hand.

Originally Posted by ahb

Of course it is, and I said - quote - an encouraging sign - end quote. That, as opposed to his anomalous offensive rebounding. If he is actually capable of dribbling with his right hand in the future, it will make him somewhat more difficult to guard.

As for the boat on Tay, whatever floats yours. All I can say is that I respectfully disagree.