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Message: [QUOTE="BobbyJ, post: 4650856, member: 4250"] As I said in the post you quoted, the key is the combination. Strength is a large factor of that. It allows Stokes to maintain a very wide and solid base plus physical presence when positioning on both O and D. It lets her use her butt and arms for leverage to move bodies without grabbing or pushing and prevents opponents, particularly smaller ones, from getting up under her and into her chest and tying her up. In contrast, DeBerry plays upright and high from a narrow base and tends to try to reach over people instead of carving out her own space and results in her getting moved around a lot and picking up all those cheap fouls. That comes from her lack of the combination, especially strength. So the lack of motor is actually just about half of the overall problem and it's very difficult to overcome the natural limitations. [/QUOTE]