re: LSU Basketball Week in Review WE 1/18/15

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Jordan Mickey

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13 blocks

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The more I watch him, the more I feel this stat is fool's gold for what he's actually doing on defense. His post defense and his problem of being out of position of defense on a regular basis hurts his case for being an NBA caliber player. He relies way too much on his athletic ability for a block which puts him out of position a lot of times. His blocks seem to show up a more so on him rotating off his man to help versus him defending the ball playing good defense and getting the block.

I may be being too critical of him, but between him and Martin looking to move on to the next level they just do not have the defensive side of the ball to a point where you could put them against NBA players and expect them to do anything but get burned.

JOB is playing in the NBA because of his ability to work through the post on offense and defend the post on defense. The 2 guys we have now can do neither as effective as JOB could. They may be faster and can jump higher than JOB but they are dragging behind is playing their ability to play and defend the post.