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<blockquote data-quote="aaeismacgychel" data-source="post: 1853454" data-attributes="member: 748794"><p>Zed is a lot slower than TJD and plays a lot more traditionally than him as well. Dain really struggled with TJD's quickness both on and off the ball. To be honest, the entire team did. While TJD was able to bully him into the paint a couple times, I think the coaching staff will tell him to pull out the chair next time he gets a shoulder to the chest. And to be fair, if Dain lowered the shoulder on TJD similarly, he'd be immediately called for a charge- that's just what comes with being the bigger guy. Dain can hold his own physically, and has done so quite well this year, but a quick skilled 4 like TJD is just a bad 1 on 1 matchup for him right now. That said, Dain does have solid footwork and agility in his offensive sets, so it is possible that in a couple years he could be able to translate that to his defensive game with good coaching.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aaeismacgychel, post: 1853454, member: 748794"] Zed is a lot slower than TJD and plays a lot more traditionally than him as well. Dain really struggled with TJD's quickness both on and off the ball. To be honest, the entire team did. While TJD was able to bully him into the paint a couple times, I think the coaching staff will tell him to pull out the chair next time he gets a shoulder to the chest. And to be fair, if Dain lowered the shoulder on TJD similarly, he'd be immediately called for a charge- that's just what comes with being the bigger guy. Dain can hold his own physically, and has done so quite well this year, but a quick skilled 4 like TJD is just a bad 1 on 1 matchup for him right now. That said, Dain does have solid footwork and agility in his offensive sets, so it is possible that in a couple years he could be able to translate that to his defensive game with good coaching. [/QUOTE]
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