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[QUOTE="bmayuc, post: 4786919, member: 493"]
yea - he needs to embrace that its ok to be doubled or for a little guy to shoot over him. Doesn't have to dunk everything or block everything.

The very best pivot men know that just their presence demands reactions - which opens things up for others on offense (shooters/cutters) and defense( harder hedge/closeouts knowing he's waiting to erase stuff)

Final note on this - the one absolute NBA Veteran skill that Sanogo possessed was poise. He would get the ball on the block and torture defenders by just standing htere with the ball for 2-3 seconds, let the cutters clear and the defense to have to commit/clarify/rotate its coverage. Then if they were gonna leave him 1:1 he'd go to work. If they doubled, he'd kick and we'd get a good shot (think all the tourney Andre dunks, karaban threes, etc. Poise was his superpower, and DC needs to watch some tape and embrace that. Watch Sanogo last year. Watch Tim Duncan from 2005-2010. Watch Shaq 1999-2005. Just get the ball. Stand there for a couple ticks and take it all in. Be still. Figure out the coverage, then go to town.
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