I know most people hate Fesenko, but I always been one of his biggest fans. He dominated Denver last year in the playoffs and came into this season like gangbusters. He lost weight and looked very good in preseason. He got a little burn early in the season with the second unit and I thought he looked very good. Then right around the time when the Jazz started falling apart, Fes was sent to the end of the bench were he remained for a good month or two. I really believe that Fes was being treated badly, until the Raptors Game.
When Fes reported into the game he was at least 6 to 8 inches taller than any Raptor. He was being guarded by very small power forwards giving him almost a foot height advantage. I would have thought he would go straight to the low block and bully the small defenders with dunk after dunk. Instead, he looked to screen and roll every play. His defender would slide off and help on the pick and then they would easily recover and get back to Fes on those few occasions he rolled to the hole. I was disappointed he never looked to dominate the smaller players.
I hope it was just rust from not playing, but next time a team tries to guard him with paul milsap sized power forwards he needs to go to the low block and demand the ball. If he can't score on players when he has almost a foot height advantage and 60 lbs on he can't be an NBA player.
When Fes reported into the game he was at least 6 to 8 inches taller than any Raptor. He was being guarded by very small power forwards giving him almost a foot height advantage. I would have thought he would go straight to the low block and bully the small defenders with dunk after dunk. Instead, he looked to screen and roll every play. His defender would slide off and help on the pick and then they would easily recover and get back to Fes on those few occasions he rolled to the hole. I was disappointed he never looked to dominate the smaller players.
I hope it was just rust from not playing, but next time a team tries to guard him with paul milsap sized power forwards he needs to go to the low block and demand the ball. If he can't score on players when he has almost a foot height advantage and 60 lbs on he can't be an NBA player.