Al-Farouq Aminu: Trail Blazers' defensive jack-of-all-trades

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"Tim Duncan once told me that too many guys in this league try to do everything," Mason said. "I explained to Farouq: 'If you really buckle in and focus on becoming a good defender, you can be one of the premier defensive players in the league. You can really find your mark.'"
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Aminu is really good defender with his offense still has work to do. But overall he will help Blazer win some games. But he needs not rush back because hammy are tricky.
 
"You can have all the athletic ability in the world, but if you don't know what you're doing, understand who you're playing and see the game from a bird's eye view, it doesn't matter," Aminu said. "It helps to know what's coming, it's good to know people's habits. That's why I preach watching a lot of film. And then, after a while, once you do that, your instincts start taking over."
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I love this quote. Seeing the game from a bird's eye view? That makes me excited to see his defense this coming season. Can't wait!
 
Darkwebs said:
I love this quote. Seeing the game from a bird's eye view? That makes me excited to see his defense this coming season. Can't wait!
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This reminds me of Travis Outlaw. But Outlaw was not bright enough to understand this. Therefore, maybe Aminu is an intelligent Outlaw?
 
If open I give Aminu the green light to shoot the 3 ball in NBA2K16.
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
This reminds me of Travis Outlaw. But Outlaw was not bright enough to understand this. Therefore, maybe Aminu is an intelligent Outlaw?
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Catfish could snatch quarters of the top of the backboard. Aminu isn't nearly as athletic. Plus, their games are nothing alike.
 
dviss1 said:
Catfish could snatch quarters of the top of the backboard. Aminu isn't nearly as athletic. Plus, their games are nothing alike.
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Yep, back in the Roy era, TO was the only other Blazer that could create his own shot at will - and it was pretty much always a one dribble pull up jumper he could get off against anyone in the league due to the elevation he got. Given all his athleticism, he was a pretty piss pour defender and an equally piss poor rebounder. He really was a one trick pony.

Aminu can guard four positions and is an excellent rebounder, but can't create (or reliably make) his own shot.

BNM
 
I wasn't comparing their games. But what dude said conjured up images of Trout. Big difference.
 
Boob-No-More said:
Yep, back in the Roy era, TO was the only other Blazer that could create his own shot at will - and it was pretty much always a one dribble pull up jumper he could get off against anyone in the league due to the elevation he got. Given all his athleticism, he was a pretty piss pour defender and an equally piss poor rebounder. He really was a one trick pony.

BNM
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As I recall, coaches gave him the assignment to work on that move, and he spent an entire summer in a gym back home doing exactly that. Hey, it paid the bills. ;)
 
BBert said:
As I recall, coaches gave him the assignment to work on that move, and he spent an entire summer in a gym back home doing exactly that. Hey, it paid the bills. ;)
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It wasn't just a summer; took him 3 years of work to learn that move. Amazing we won 54 games with him as our third leading scorer.
 
Boob-No-More said:
Yep, back in the Roy era, TO was the only other Blazer that could create his own shot at will - and it was pretty much always a one dribble pull up jumper he could get off against anyone in the league due to the elevation he got. Given all his athleticism, he was a pretty piss pour defender and an equally piss poor rebounder. He really was a one trick pony.

Aminu can guard four positions and is an excellent rebounder, but can't create (or reliably make) his own shot.

BNM
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Ahh TO. The more off balance and worse the shot looked the more likely you knew it was going in.
 
This is a great photo of Al-Farouq:
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