Al Jefferson - Low Post Master

[Lebron23]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdnothEYct4

I hope the NBA bring back the art of low post scoring

[90sgoat]

Big Al was fun to watch, it's a shame he ended like he did, with the league basically blackballing low post centers, seeing as how a number of them have made a return (Jokic, Embiid etc).

[Xiao Yao You]

God he was awful to watch. Inefficient black hole

[Vino24]

He was a rich man’s Rudy

[Xiao Yao You]

more like the big man version of Clarkson

[ShawkFactory]

God he was awful to watch. Inefficient black hole

:lol

You're not entirely wrong. He had nice post moves and could score but didn't do a lot else well.

[ralph_i_el]

There aren't many post-up big men that are featured on offense anymore....BUT.... almost all of the top scorers in the league have good-great post up footwork that they use to abuse mismatches.

Luka, Embiid, SGA, KD, Tatum, Giannis, Booker, AD, Jaylen Brown, DeRozan, LeBron....all these guys will post up willingly when they have the right matchup, even if they start with the ball on the perimeter.

[RRR3]

There aren't many post-up big men that are featured on offense anymore....BUT.... almost all of the top scorers in the league have good-great post up footwork that they use to abuse mismatches.

Luka, Embiid, SGA, KD, Tatum, Giannis, Booker, AD, Jaylen Brown, DeRozan, LeBron....all these guys will post up willingly when they have the right matchup, even if they start with the ball on the perimeter.
How did you forget Jokic arguably the best post player in the league

[HylianNightmare]

God he was awful to watch. Inefficient black hole



This. I loved dudes post game but what a chucker

[Airupthere]

I prefer zbo’s post game

[Smook A.]

God he was awful to watch. Inefficient black hole

He was a terrible defender but inefficient? Not at all

[RRR3]

He was a terrible defender but inefficient? Not at all
He was inefficient in terms of scoring, look at TS% (although you should compare it to league average TS%, because the league was less efficient when he played). Although it's ironic Xiao uses that for him but claims Donovan Mitchell is inefficient because he has below average FG% and ignores his TS% numbers. Almost like he moves the goalposts just to justify hating on players he doesn't like.

Jefferson's inefficiency is somewhat overstated though because he basically never turned the ball over. Which is very valuable.

[Im Still Ballin]

Big Al's issue was that he avoided contact and as a result barely went to the free-throw line.

[RRR3]

Big Al's issue was that he avoided contact and as a result barely went to the free-throw line.
Similar to Vucevic.

[Smook A.]

He was inefficient in terms of scoring, look at TS% (although you should compare it to league average TS%, because the league was less efficient when he played). Although it's ironic Xiao uses that for him but claims Donovan Mitchell is inefficient because he has below average FG% and ignores his TS% numbers. Almost like he moves the goalposts just to justify hating on players he doesn't like.

Jefferson's inefficiency is somewhat overstated though because he basically never turned the ball over. Which is very valuable.

Yeah in terms of TS% he was. Not sure why he also claims Mitchell is inefficient when he's not. Maybe the first two years you can argue that but since then his TS% has been above average

[RRR3]

Yeah in terms of TS% he was. Not sure why he also claims Mitchell is inefficient when he's not. Maybe the first two years you can argue that but since then his TS% has been above average
He claimed Mitchell was the reason the Jazz lost in a series in which he averaged 36+ PPG on almost 70 TS% :lol

[Im Still Ballin]

You'd think big guys like Vucevic and Jefferson would thrive playing physically. Al was a solid 270+ pounds in shape.

[Smook A.]

He claimed Mitchell was the reason the Jazz lost in a series in which he averaged 36+ PPG on almost 70 TS% :lol

In that 2020 series vs the Nuggets? :oldlol: Wtf

[RRR3]

In that 2020 series vs the Nuggets? :oldlol: Wtf
He's quite insane.

[Xiao Yao You]

He was a terrible defender but inefficient? Not at all

49% from the low post. Not quite Mark Eaton bad but he certainly wasn't Dantley, Malone, Boozer etc.

[Xiao Yao You]

Big Al's issue was that he avoided contact and as a result barely went to the free-throw line.

that was another issue

[Xiao Yao You]

In that 2020 series vs the Nuggets? :oldlol: Wtf

can't quit me.

Don't believe everything the trolls say. They like to put a lot of words in my mouth