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wrote:
> Do the Lakers have any big man who can consistently defend in the post
> without help? That appears to be one more asset they lost with that
> fellow that went to Golden State.

Ronny was hardly a good defender in the post, prone to foul trouble and
undersized. I liked Ronny but I think Powell is giving them at least what
Ronny did.

Bynum is a *very good* post defender. He's in a terrible funk right now but
before it the stats bore out how well he was doing stopping his man, holding
his average positional counterpart to something like a 12 PER. That is
*great*.

It's a also a different issue from being a good all around defender as a
center... because you're not just responsible for your man, you're
responsible to stop penetrators and grab as many rebounds as possible. This
is where his reviews are more mixed. He was doing a better job here earlier
in the season.

brink
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On Dec 22, 3:55 pm, "brink" wrote:
> wrote:
> > Do the Lakers have any big man who can consistently defend in the post
> > without help?  That appears to be one more asset they lost with that
> > fellow that went to Golden State.
>
> Ronny was hardly a good defender in the post, prone to foul trouble and
> undersized.

His fouls were mostly help fouls. You could generally leave him alone
on most power forwards, including Duncan.
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