Ball Handling/Dribbling

[Strummer]

You either have the gift to excel or you don't.

No way. It's not binary at all. It's a spectrum, but virtually everybody could be excellent at dribbling a basketball.

Sure, only a handful of people can be Olympic level athletes in track and field.

But it's really a bizarre thought that virtually every college level athlete couldn't get better than DD and Giffey if they happened to have started young and put in a lot of time. It's clearly about practice. The thought that DD is simply not a good enough athlete to master dribbling is silly.

 

[huskyharry]

From everything I have heard, Daniels has worked on his ball handling relentlessly. I bet that he would impress in solo ball handling drills. For people like him, it comes down to in game experience and developing a feel, e.g. having the awareness to realize the help D is going to close in and swipe the ball.

I agree and DD has shown improvement over the last 3 years. His issue appears to be one of balance. He has a narrow base and relative high center of gravity and is easily knocked off balance. I expect next year, he will be incrementally stronger and have an incrementally better handle and he will see some time at the three.