Glen Davis Getting Blocked Less

Is it a coincidence that he singled out Corliss Williamson, Who was not only an undersized PF but also was a winner of the Sixth Man award? Hmmmm…

But I can’t help but think that his blocked numbers would be deflated by all of the outside shots he is taking. Is this just taking into account his attempts at the rim? Either way, it is good to see him excel with his skills, and not try to be something he isn’t.

I appreciate the love but, you are just asking for a +/- post to bring us back to ’ reality ’.

is probably due to a few reasons:

First he is taking less shots in the paint and more perimeter shots.
Baby probably was aware of his problem getting blocked often in the paint last year so made a effort this year to take more jumpers.

Though this is smart on one hand to remedy his problem of getting blocked often in the paint, he has at times overdone taken the jumper this year in some games and needs to make sure in future games he balance’s out his perimeter scoring attempts with more in the paint scoring attempts as well.

A 2nd reason he is probably getting blocked less this year is that he appears to have worked on creating better space between him and his defender (ala Charles Oakley) when he attempts to score in the paint.

A 3rd reason he is probably getting blocked less often is because he is utilizing his spin moves and fade away jumper more often when he try’s to score in the paint which are great moves since those moves helps Baby elude his longer defender and thus lessens the chance of getting his shot blocked.

Baby is a undersized power forward so preventing having his shot blocked in the paint will always be a challenge for him….

But if Doc protects him and does not unfairly match him up against longer opponents (like against Dirk in the Mav game earlier this season), if he continues to mix his inside scoring attempts with some out side ones, he continues to utilize proper spacing between he and his opponent on offense and continues to also utilize his spin and fade away shots in the paint to help elude his defender, hopefully this problem will not be a big issue in the future.

From what I have noticed (no numbers to back it)
Baby was getting blocked on put backs after offensive rebounds
I don’t think he is getting as many offensive rebounds this year and the ones he gets he usually comes out of the paint instead of forcing a shot

alot more, as Tommy likes to call it.

Then he broke his thumb and spent the remaining season trying to get back into the flow of things. He even seemed to lose the fluidness of his jumper, so it may all have been another symptom of total breakdown of the team during the last half of the 09-10 regular season.