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Rodney Hood Going Hard!

kabenac said:
Unfortunately he had some weird injuries (inflammation in foot sidelined him beginning in November and then again in January as well as his chronic 'runs').

I don't know if anything can be done to fix/strengthen his foot. But here's hoping it no longer bothers him and he shows up ready for next season.
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Sounds like he might have inflammatory bowel disease or Reiter's syndrome which can be associated with enthesopathy and plantar fasciitis. If so, he needs to get a good GI doc and get on a good disease modifying agent before he starts having real problems.
 
Hipporippo said:
Sounds like he might have inflammatory bowel disease or Reiter's syndrome which can be associated with enthesopathy and plantar fasciitis. If so, he needs to get a good GI doc and get on a good disease modifying agent before he starts having real problems.
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At odd as it sounds that bowel issues and plantar fascitis could be related, I have a feeling that you know what you're talking about. I wonder if anyone in a position to treat Hood has made this same diagnosis.
 
Joe Bagadonuts said:
At odd as it sounds that bowel issues and plantar fascitis could be related, I have a feeling that you know what you're talking about. I wonder if anyone in a position to treat Hood has made this same diagnosis.
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A quick google search of IBD and plantar fasciitis should be enough for any team doc. I guess they would have to be thinking of IBD to begin with. I'm not saying this is what he has, just that these symptoms can be linked. They probably should look into ruling it out, just to be safe.
 
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Hekate said:
Not that Burks has excellent lateral speed but he has the tools, mainly size, to cover PGs. I think the main worry is his anticipation. He doesn't see the screens coming most of the time. He also won't hurt us as much as Burke does and the offensive gain could be more that defensive loss.
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His biggest weakness is defending against picks. He can't guard PG's.
 
Cy said:
His biggest weakness is defending against picks. He can't guard PG's.
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Cuz trey is awesome at it... Dude gets stuck to the screener like Velcro.

My biggest pet peeve with Alec is falling asleep when he's guarding off ball. I think putting him on ball more is fine. If we switch everything he is going to provide more length when switching on to bigs than trey currently does.

I think Alec can guard backup PGs and will improve on D. He has the physical tools and seems really engaged.
 
Did anyone already say that's what she said?


Ok.
 
As has been stated many times already, Burks' issue in defending isn't that he's slow. It's that he's dumb. Guarding PGs shouldn't be any more of an issue than him guarding anyone else. At least he would have to stay focused on his man more and have a size advantage.
 
NUMBERICA said:
As has been stated many times already, Burks' issue in defending isn't that he's slow. It's that he's dumb. Guarding PGs shouldn't be any more of an issue than him guarding anyone else. At least he would have to stay focused on his man more and have a size advantage.
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And that he is too weak to fight through picks, which only gets harder guarding PG's.
 
Cy said:
And that he is too weak to fight through picks, which only gets harder guarding PG's.
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If he's playing at backup PG then he's taking some of treys minutes. Is trey a good defender? Don't think it will matter much if at all.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Cuz trey is awesome at it... Dude gets stuck to the screener like Velcro.

My biggest pet peeve with Alec is falling asleep when he's guarding off ball. I think putting him on ball more is fine. If we switch everything he is going to provide more length when switching on to bigs than trey currently does.

I think Alec can guard backup PGs and will improve on D. He has the physical tools and seems really engaged.
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