Trent Plaisted at the 4

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by Goatnapper'96

Trent was also a year younger so it would not surprise me if he was a bit intimidated. I recall his comments after a recruiting trip to Stanford or Florida State where he commented that he did not like the role that team envisioned for him, underneath and banging.

My guess is that it was a little of both. He probably played a center in a zone defense and just cleaned up the boards and then drifted on offense and scored most of his points on putbacks. Sorta of how Britton Johnsen was in HS. Britton just had the blessing of a great college coach who demanded Britton stop being an athlete and become a basketball player.

Correct - Britton spent a lot of time outside while in high school and benefitted from a college coach who knew what needed to be done play in order for Britton to develop into a better player.

What little I've seen of Plaisted is that he could have some great post moves with his quickness. His footwork seems to be pretty good and with his height, he could cause a lot of problems for the opposition if he gets the ball on the block. If I were Rose, I'd get out some of my old college tapes and show Plaisted how a teammate named (H)Akeem played with his back to the basket.

[jay santos]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

Correct - Britton spent a lot of time outside while in high school and benefitted from a college coach who knew what needed to be done play in order for Britton to develop into a better player.

What little I've seen of Plaisted is that he could have some great post moves with his quickness. His footwork seems to be pretty good and with his height, he could cause a lot of problems for the opposition if he gets the ball on the block. If I were Rose, I'd get out some of my old college tapes and show Plaisted how a teammate named (H)Akeem played with his back to the basket.

Hakeem would be a great guy for Plaisted to study. Plaisted's quickness advantage in college is at least as good as Hakeem's was in the pro's. Today's ref's will allow the traveling, too.