Markieff's "quick twitches" and rebounding
Hilarious nugget from Luke Wynn's column on the Jimmy V Classic and Markieff's defensive rebounding:
Early foul trouble on Tuesday limited him to only 24 minutes, in which he had seven boards, but he entered the game as the nation's leading defensive rebounder. Kenpom.com's newly released '10-11 data had Morris grabbing 36.6 percent of available defensive boards -- such an absurd percentage that I was compelled to ask him his secret. This is what he said:
"I've got quick twitches, you know? Once the ball goes up, I just find out where it's coming off. Most of the time, I don't even block out. Because I've got a knack for just going and getting it. Most of the time I just outsmart them -- go around them, fight around them, things like that."
So there you have it: It's not the fundamentals, it's the quick twitches.
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He twitches so fast that as his hands move through the air,
they make a sound just like a referee’s whistle.
I wish he would block out and...
use quick twitches
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I bet pro scouts do too
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by SagehenMacGyver47 on Dec 9, 2010 12:22 PM CST up reply actions
well hopefully he delays that for a year then
although you can teach a kid to block out. You can’t teach him to go get it like he does
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one problem is, he may never learn it at this level
because he doesn’t have to. His athleticism gets the job done well enough – until he get to the next level where the athleticism is generally equal across the board. Hopefully this year or next they’ll at least help him learn how, whether he actually wants to do it or not.
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by SagehenMacGyver47 on Dec 9, 2010 7:31 PM CST up reply actions
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