ya know, hair spiked/raised in the middle of their head (faux-hawk), very skinny, wear pants that are too tight and shirts/jackets that are too tight and don't go past their waste. haha

and yeah roscoe, the 'reptile dysfunction' sign was showed on palacevision, pretty funny.

from that toronto star article, it reminded me of something else i forgot to mention - mason's attempts at pronouncing the raptors' player names was hilarious. garbajosa ranged anywhere from 'garba-hose-a' to 'garba-jarba', and bargnani ranged anywhere from 'bargie-narnie' to 'bargia-narnia', or the last time (like the article said), mason said 'barn...' and left it at that haha.

I concur.

Like who? I thought those were the only players he could cover defensively.

If you're talking about Andrew Bogut, Bogut isn't really a post-up scorer - he gets the majority of his points facing and driving (which Webber obviously doesn't have the footspeed to defend against). But I'd say that he's done a fine job against mostly post-up scorers like Boozer and pure shooters like Garnett.

Jason Collins and Jeff Foster. Occasionally KG and Udonis Haslem. And Darko, of course.

Jermaine O'Neal and Alonzo Mourning are good help defenders but not the greatest post defenders out there, and while Timmy is a phenomenal all-around defensive player, Rasheed is familiar enough with his game (and has a big enough advantage athletically) that he can score consistently against him.

Really? You take out the last few "Garbage time" games last season and he shot sub-40% from the field. The difference is, last year, he was the focus in garbage time. He could just chuck up shots at will. Plus, guys are more sloppy in garbage time, so he's getting easy putbucks and transition points.

To me, I think he needs to be more involved when he gets in the game. And not just post-ups. Get him on some pick and rolls with Chauncey or Delfino to get him some open shots.

First though, he needs to figure out how to rebound. He needs to take lessons from Delfino, who attacks the ball off the glass as hard as he does any aspect of his game.

I forgot Kwame Brown.

You are kidding right?

No. That's not really a slight, since I consider Collins, Foster, and Brown three of the best four post defenders in the NBA (along with Rasheed himself).

When has any of them defended Sheed well? Not saying they haven`t, I would like to know when, if you know.

Rasheed Wallace NBA Comparison 2007 - Ra

Rasheed Wallace NBA Comparison 2007 - Ra

Rasheed Wallace NBA Comparison 2007 - Ra

Obviously that's imprecise. I remember last year's game in L.A. being an excellent defensive performance from Brown; Collins shuts down Rasheed almost every time they play; and Foster doesn't match up as well on the perimeter but really bothers him on the block (Garnett and Haslem have the opposite problem).