Brook And Where He Makes His Catch
So it is becoming apparent that Brook seems to struggle (granted his struggle still leads to a 20/10 game – he takes too many shots though) a bit against centers who can push him out of the lane. Roy Hibbert was able to do this against Brook successfully in two games against the Pacers. Look where he caught the ball in Chicago (a game where he was very effective):
Now look where he catches it against the Pacers:
It’s not that he is catching it out of the paint (you catch it directly out of the paint to avoid getting called for three seconds), but look how high he caught it against the Pacers than he did against the Bulls. When you catch it along the baseline, it takes away an option from the defense. They can’t send a double that way, so Brook doesn’t have to worry about it, and that makes his move simpler.
Look at where he caught it against the Pacers though. The Pacers can send double teams from either direction, plus he is a little farther out, so he needs to take another dribble, and that throws his whole move off.
As I showed you in my scout of the Cavs, you can get position on Shaq by catching him off guard. If Brook does that early, it is going to be up to his teammates to get him the ball. If he doesn’t get a catch in close early, get used to him taking jumpers, because that is when he starts floating.
Good point. However, there were many times (at least that i saw) in the Pacers game where Brook did have good position near the baseline to catch the ball for a post up. He had to work to get into that position, and his teamates did not seem to want to give the ball up to him. For a young player like Brook it must be extremely frustrating pushing and working to get good position on a tough guy and get ignore, so that game he kinda just started moving away from the rim (which requires less work) and shooting jumpers when he got the touches.
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