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<blockquote data-quote="sbillini" data-source="post: 2040173" data-attributes="member: 10496"><p>I think this Domask turnover debate is an interesting one.</p><p></p><p>To me, overall he's a good ball handler, but with one glaring weakness, and one that teams (not just Wisconsin) have clearly scouted out.</p><p></p><p>He has a tendency to too easily get his back to the basket when dribbling. Works great when you're inside the arc, and he's shown as good an ability to handle that situation as anyone in the country. But he also does it a lot when crossing half court, and that's what gets him into trouble. Opposing teams have the defender meet him close to half court, he turns his back to the defender, and they bring the double team to cut off his attempt to turn through the original defender. All the sudden he's trapped with two defenders and the half court line (and sometimes the out of bounds line). It happens at least several times a game and i cringe every time i see it coming. It's not a turnover every time, but it's a turnover a lot more than other players bringing the ball up and don't use that technique, and often leads to easy points for the opposing team.</p><p></p><p>If he can get out of the trying to back down the defender 40 feet from the basket habit (or make the move quicker before the double can come), I don't think we're having this debate at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sbillini, post: 2040173, member: 10496"] I think this Domask turnover debate is an interesting one. To me, overall he's a good ball handler, but with one glaring weakness, and one that teams (not just Wisconsin) have clearly scouted out. He has a tendency to too easily get his back to the basket when dribbling. Works great when you're inside the arc, and he's shown as good an ability to handle that situation as anyone in the country. But he also does it a lot when crossing half court, and that's what gets him into trouble. Opposing teams have the defender meet him close to half court, he turns his back to the defender, and they bring the double team to cut off his attempt to turn through the original defender. All the sudden he's trapped with two defenders and the half court line (and sometimes the out of bounds line). It happens at least several times a game and i cringe every time i see it coming. It's not a turnover every time, but it's a turnover a lot more than other players bringing the ball up and don't use that technique, and often leads to easy points for the opposing team. If he can get out of the trying to back down the defender 40 feet from the basket habit (or make the move quicker before the double can come), I don't think we're having this debate at all. [/QUOTE]
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