Zach Lowe: 10 Things I like and don't like

Coban Hutton · Nov 7, 2012

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id...rcent-chance-competing-nba-championship-go-it

6. Jeremy Lin's off-ball defense.

The early knocks on Lin's defense centered around his alleged lack of quickness and inability to stay in front of opposing point guards. But the larger issues might be off the ball, where Lin is vulnerable to smart back-cuts because of his tendencies to ball-watch and bait opponents into passing to his man as if he were an NFL cornerback with closing speed.

7. Omer Asik's up-and-under game.

Asik is shooting 35 percent. Do you know how hard that is for a big man who takes nearly 100 percent of his shots from point-blank range? Even so, he has already tried at least two delightfully awkward up-and-under moves while finishing pick-and-roll plays, and he made one of them with a soft touch off the glass. Asik barely gets off the ground, giving his up-and-unders an air of drama and crisis: Can he actually go from one side of the rim to the other without committing a rarely-seen up-and-down violation? Don't stop trying, Omer!
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I love Zach Lowe, by the way.

tehG l i d e · Nov 7, 2012

he's right on both points

Wapzoe · Nov 7, 2012

Don't quite understand Lowe's justifying point 6..

But the Omer thing is funny, i know the exact play he's talking about (not hard considering its one of only a handful of made shots) it was glorious..

Saying that, his offensive ineptitude has taken me by surprise a little bit.. I knew he was bad.. but this bad??

CaptainRox · Nov 7, 2012

6. Looks like its getting better...but 7? Oh god

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