Originally Posted by
gumbomoop
I've posted a number of times my view that the single most important physical skill, especially for perimeter guys, and maybe for all but a true back-to-basket center, is dribbling/handle. Not more important than all other skills combined; but the single most important.
Kidd-Gilchrist has a handle, as do Davis, and Lamb and Miller. Barnes doesn't, much, nor Bullock, nor Hairston [either of them]. Mike Scott and Stoglin, yes. Andre, no. Draymond Green, yes. Those big Temple guards, yes. A couple of the Lehigh guys. Ditto for 3 of the Johnnies [IIRC]. Several Mizzou, Syracuse, and Marquette players.
Here's my question, actually 2, which I intend to ask neutrally and objectively - i.e., actual questions [to CDu and others]: [1] Does "creating for themselves" reduce mostly to handle? [2] Is a good handle the most important factor in creating for other players, too? Or is it just one of 3 or 4 roughly equal factors in being a creator?
ETA for thread relevance: Amile has a pretty good handle for a baseline, drive-oriented "big."