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Originally Posted by DJRoss
in several ways IMO. As you saw with the scouting on Trent by the aggies. Many were concerned with his outside shot. Why? Because the last time they saw him was in high school running down the court and playing his game facing the basket and driving for layups and dunks. They also saw a young man who was stroking it from 15+ feet out.
Suddenly Trent has to play the five in the college game where he is basically expected to do what Araujo did his senior year. Feed the beast, go to the hole and score roll ins. Play with your back to the rim and muscle your opponant to keep his feet moving to get the and one.
Trent has done a capable job in this role, and he has had some outstanding games, but I have to wonder what it would be like if Trent had continued to play at the 4 spot and Miles was the guy underneath.
Miles gets how to play the 5 spot. He understands how to move around to get close to the basket to shoot. He also understands how to move around to pivot, fake, reverse shift in order to get a two foot jumper vs. the skyhook from hell or the houdini twistaround while throwing up a prayer.
By using Trents 4.6 40 speed and his in motion vertical, we are talking about a kid that could have developed a huge game above the rim. His free throw shooting would have been better since his game would have his facing the basket, taking 12 to 18 footers when guys were boxing out. He would have been a huge threat to cover man on as he could go from a pivot jump shot stance to driving on his man for the "and one".
Trent seems to slow down incredibly when under the basket. Miles does not have the sprint speed Trent has (although he is not far behind), but when he gets the ball under the basket facing away, his game is much faster. This is why he is getting open looks two feet away vs. sky hooking it blindly at the basket.
It is too bad IMO that Rose chose to form Trent into a dominant post playing 5 vs a bonafide power forward.
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Bull Crap.
Rose didn't take away his jump shot. I don't care what he played in high school, a 6'11 guy has to learn how to hit a turnaround jumper from a post position. He doesn't have one. Why do you think he can hit a perimeter jumper if he can't make a free throw? Trent will often catch the ball from 15-18 ft out--too deep to post--he'll turn and face the basket and make a move. He is less successful at that move then when he catches the ball on the block. If he can't take a 6'10" college stiff from 18' then how is he going to do against a more athletic and quicker 4 man.
That is a dumb take. Plaisted is not Rose's fault.