Not in Baye's house. The RAC is going to go nuts when he has blocks like this protecting the bucket
Baye Ndongo is an ELITE rim protector
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It's a little thing, but I've never understood why players feel the need to swat the ball into the rafters on a blocked shot. Just keep your arm straight up, let the ball hit it, and hopefully come down with the rebound and possession, which we see Ndongo doing here a couple of times.
Not only is it smarter but I think it’s so much more intimidating and demoralizing to the offsensive player (so much more bad ***)
Nothing is more demoralizing than just straight up catching someone's shot out-of mid air. That's embarrassing
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"A block out of bounds is like no block at all"
Because sometimes just throwing your hand up and letting the ball hit it isn’t feasible.
I get what your saying but many times you need to meet the ball to block it
Most situations are not straight on guy shooting over you. The guy making the block is often jumping off one foot when jumping ouy/to side to meet the ball. Even when jumping off two feet, most often reaching out/to side to get to ball. You also have that aggressiveness which is what makes the shot blocker what he is. He wants to swat (GIMME THAT ****) and the physicality of the movement is what makes it happen.
Also shots blocked out of bounds rarely go in the basket. Shot blocked out of bounds are usually taken from a very high percentage area so it's actually a ridiculous statement. I don't think it was meant to be taken literally.
Correct, it was a mantra of a youth hoops coach decades ago who tried to teach directing the block inbounds. Not literal.
6'9" Robert Williams - just sayin' (with freakish 7'6" wingspan)
Correct. You have to have velocity on your arm to get to it before the ball gets to the rim. You can’t always just stop your hand/arm midair when coming that fast.
Scangg is a below the rim player, but if I can keep blocks in bounds I try to
For these players, it really does depend on the situation. There are definitely times people can try to keep a block in play and don't. You can't always do it though
Is it just me or does it seem like most of the guys who are good at NOT swatting the ball OOB are guys from other countries?
yup just like rebounding, shot blocking is all about instincts, timing and anticipation. Rob is exceptional because he also has a crazy wingspan and crazy vertical. Amazing how he dropped all the way to 27 in the draft, he's basically the 2nd or 3rd best player from the 2018 class after Luka, alongside Jaren Jackson.
I hate the NBA and the 3 point line……having said that GRF is chilling out outside the 3 point line and chucking up 3s. On defense I am ffinding the fattest player and guarding him.
I was an above the rim player when I was young (6'2" and 36" vertical), so I blocked a lot of shots and would try, when possible, to not swat them away, but of course it was always fun to launch one, too - there's a definite intimidation factor, which I get, but retaining posession is better. Not even sure I can reach the rim any more, without a ladder, lol.